Lift Comes to a Close

Tonight was the last midweek Lift children's service of the school year.  It has been a phenomenal year!  I am the one who is blessed to serve these wonderful children of God.  Honestly, if you've never worked with kids before and you have a heart, you will enjoy children's ministry!  Anyways, we have a lot of stuff planned for the summer.  These kids are going to have a blast!

And now, I'm tired. I need a nap.

My Soul Finds Rest in You Alone

Ah, summer!  To me, nothing quite defines the joy of not having school quite like Calvin and Hobbes. 

This past semester was so overwhelmingly difficult and busy that I feel guilty even taking today to do nothing.  I feel that I should be running around and scrambling to get homework done or staying up all night in order to finish a paper.  I actually had time time to read for fun today - which is a rarity for me!

That got me to thinking - how many times do we ask people how they are doing and the first thing they respond with is, "busy!?"  As a society, we are overworked, overstressed, overstimulated, and unbalanced... and I think that it's one of Satan's most insidious tactics.  Apparently, it's working, because usually the first thing to go in all of this hustle and bustle (I kind of feel like I'm 85 by using that phrase) is our devotion time, our prayer time, our Bible reading time, and our rest. 

God doesn't want us to be overworked.  Part of the fallout from Adam and Eve's indiscretion is that work is difficult - difficult but not overwhelming.  My solution?  Pull a Calvin & Hobbes - grab you Bible and go walk somewhere.  Whilst (I like that word) walking, try to empty your mind of the worries of the day.  Let them go.  If something pops into your head, just pray and ask God to take it for now.  Sit somewhere nice and give the time to Him.  Whip out that Bible and read Psalm 62.  Repeat daily, ad infinitum.  Oh goodness, I'm turning into my professors, using Latin in a blog post!