I would not consider yard work of any kind to be Sabbath Day work. As was said above, this "necessity" is laid upon us not by the Lord, but by modern standards of "curb appeal". Further, this kind of thinking often ends up as the ground of justifying all kinds of "works of necessity or mercy" that really are not. The Lord makes it clear in Isaiah 58.13 to refrain from trampling on His Holy Day--a proper reverence for the Sabbath Day will not prevent one from doing true works of mercy, such as carrying a meal to a shut in, and while there engaging in Godly conversation, etc. or emergency aid to persons or even animals, where delay would mean disaster. But if we remember that the first duty of the Sabbath is *worship* then the rest will be handled more properly, and we'll not look for "works of necessity or mercy" that take our minds and labors off of that delightful first duty.

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Rev. Todd Ruddell
Pastor, Christ Covenant Reformed Presbyterian Church (RPCGA)
Wylie, TX
www.christcovenantreformedpc.org

Our best marks can contribute nothing to our justification, ...that is proper to faith. Faith cannot lodge in the soul alone, and without other graces; yet faith alone justifies before God.--G. Gillespie