TAKING CARE NOT TO COME APART
For too many years I spent way too many hours per day, week and month working and meeting goals and tasks that were often self imposed, or at worst, other-generated. There seemed to be too much job at the end of most days. Most of my married life I failed to take all of the vacation available to me in any given year…a fact I do not see as a bragging point in retrospect.
But I’m finally starting to get my act a bit better in order…better late than never, right?! I just got back from going turkey hunting with a great friend where we spent 2 days hunting together and never got a shot. But we had a great time together. We laughed…shared…prayed…enjoyed the beauty of God’s creation…felt the warmth of the sun on our face…watched nature wake up…and fell into our beds absolutely exhausted at night. It was great!!! So why have I missed it for so many years?
Because I forgot a simple truth that Jesus taught his disciples where He took them “apart” to Caesarea Philippi, ( a resort of that day) from the hectic schedule of demands of their ministry. To quote Vance Havner of years ago, “Be sure you take time to come apart, or you will come apart.”
Why do so many of us run to the edge of coming apart? Maybe because we take the job’s demands, people’s expectations, crammed schedules, and our own passion to “make a difference” too seriously…and our balance, relaxation, and pacing not near seriously enough.
So do you need to do some readjusting?