Sunday, November 4, 2012

Busyness

My days this past week seemed to blur together.  Where did the time go?  What have I been doing during the last 168 hours?  (Make that 169 hours since daylight savings time ended today.)

When I have weeks like this one, I realize that I took on too much.  But I've got to keep going: people are depending on me, things are piling up, I'm falling behind, the laundry isn't finished, the house needs cleaning, I've got major projects waiting at work, I need to finish all of the home projects I've begun.  What should I do?

Mark 6:30-32  The apostles gathered around Jesus and reported to him all they had done and taught.  Then, because so many people were coming and going that they did not even have a chance to eat, he said to them, Come with me by yourselves to a quiet place and get some rest.”. So they went away by themselves in a boat to a solitary place.

Now this is the point where I tend to stumble.  I see so much to be done, but Jesus is telling me, "come with me to a quiet place and get some rest."  I'm thinking, ok I just need a little rest.  But that's not what it says.  It says to go with Jesus to a quiet place and get some rest.  Perhaps that is the key to finding rest, because burning the candle at both ends just turns into a great big waxy mess!

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