It’s important to take a Sabbath and I don’t think we should live without it

We know the Bible talks about a Sabbath rest, but is it really possible in todays frenetic world? Wai Jia Tam shares how she learnt that the busier she was, the more important it was to take the time to meet with God.

’Are you kidding? If you want to survive here, you can’t do Sabbath!”

There I was, finally starting in the world’s best public health program at John’s Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health in 2017, pursuing my master’s degree and coming face-to-face with reality at age 30. The weight of expectations sat heavy on my shoulders as I considered the scholarship boards that took a risk on me, a new mother starting an accelerated program.

How would I do this?

I squeezed appointments with professors in pockets of free time, nursing my baby in between lectures—hoping to arrive … somewhere. I hustled and strived to no avail. But God seemed to close all the doors. When all my colleagues were almost finished with their capstone projects, I had not even found one to embark on.