Thursday, June 21, 2007
11:44 AM
Consider some of the symptoms of hurry sickness in our life.
Constantly speeding up daily activities. You are haunted by the fear that there are just not enough hours in the day to do what needs to be done so you try to do things faster and become impatient when you have to wait.
Multi-tasking. You do or think about more than one thing at a time, packing as much into your day a possible.
Clutter. You are weighed down by things you failed to refused to do. You trade wisdom for information and exchange depth for breadth.
Sunset fatigue. By day's end, you are too tired, drained, or preoccupied to receive love from the Father ot give it to people around you.
The discipline of slowimg and the practice of solitude are antidotes to hurry sickness. To eliminate hurry from our lives doesn't mean we won't be busy. jesus was often busy but he was never hurried. His priorities were always ordered according to His life-giving connection with His Father. by practicing the disciplines of slowing down, we too can learn to become unhurried people. This involves cultivating patience by choosing to wait, trusting God to enable us to accomplish all we need to get done. When we practice solitude, we remove ourselves from the forces of daily life that otherwise mold us. We withdraw from noise, people, activities, connections with God. Begin each day by praying over the day's schedule-tasks to perform, people we will be with-and placing it in God's hands.
Lord, may I find rest in You alone. My hope comes from You. May I put my trust in You each day to accomplish all that i need to do. Amen
Jeffrey Tan was here.
