Give it a rest!

There is so much to do! How many times have we said that? And it is true. There is much to do in this world and in this life. Now, some people try to make us feel that much of what we are trying to do is unimportant. Perhaps that is true on occasion, but I am not so sure that overall it is true. Of course, much of what we do will not be remembered in eternity, but then, I am not even sure what I ate a week ago, let alone for my whole life, yet I am glad that I did! And it is no less important to have done so for having been forgotten. And yet.... It is also true that we need to rest from time to time - in fact, if God is to be trusted, then one day out of seven. Now, I confess that I have not been as good at doing this in the past several years as I had been for the thirty or so before that. Pastoring a church and pursuing a doctorate managed to take up almost all of my time. I suspect that better planning might have given me more "down time." All I can say is that, having lived with a regular, weekly day off and without, the former is much superior. I highly recommend it. If it means some important things don't get done - then they don't get done. I suspect that it is much like tithing - I do better with 90% of my money with God's blessing than 100% without. The same is true of my time - I do better six days a week than working seven, because that is how God made me. As the old commercial used to say, "try it, you'll like it!"

Pastor Ken