Good
morning! The children and youth in our
school district started school last week.
This got me to thinking of all the groups and committees which will
start meeting again now that the summer is over. Life is about to get a lot busier for many of
us, students and adults alike! Let me
show you what I mean. We’ll use me as an
example.
Imagine that
this plate is my life. I have a lot of interests,
activities and obligations which I try to balance on my plate, or fit into my
life. (Go through list, adding
representative items to the plate one at a time. For example, a spiral notebook and a pen
could represent your work, a spatula cooking, a framed picture of your family,
etc.) Keep the plate balanced until the
last item is placed on the plate, if you can, then let the whole thing fall to
the ground.)
OH, NO! What happened? I put too much on my plate, didn’t I! The same thing happens when we try to fit too
much into our lives without taking time to pause. To rest.
To regroup and refresh with God.
If we keep going, going, going without an occasional break, everything
we want to do suffers. We don’t do as
well in school as we could. We don’t
have the energy and focus to excel in sports, or music, or dance, or whatever
we like to do. We can neglect our
friends and family members.
God tells us
that we all need rest. God rested. After creating the heavens and the earth, God
took a break. Jesus, too, walked away from
the crowds and spent time alone with his thoughts and with God every now and
then.
I encourage you to follow this example. Take time out of your day and your week to unplug, unwind and spend quality time with God. If you do this, the rest of your life will be in better balance and everything else will benefit.
