Frustration. Fatigue. Burnout.
Good-meaning Christians can fall into this trap if they aren’t careful. In the secular world, we call people who get to this point “workaholics.” The advice the world gives is that these people need to reorder their priorities and learn to say “no” to new things. They need to schedule a little “me” time.
I wanted to let all of you know about the special events taking place at Pleasant Garden Baptist Church in connection with the Easter season. You don’t want to miss Easter Sunday, April 5th, of course – but we also have a really exciting day planned the week before on Sunday, March 29th.
If I was asked who my favorite CCM artist of all time is, I would have to say it’s Casting Crowns. (In case you are interested, Michael W. Smith and Chris Tomlin probably round out the top three.) One of the things I love about the Crowns’ music is that their songs almost all originate out of devotions for the youth group they lead back in their hometown. (Coolest youth leaders ever, right?) I wanted to share one of their more recent songs with you this morning that has meant a lot to me.
I’m highly resistant to change. I think the main reason I hate change so much is that I’m such a big planner. I like to have very detailed plans about most everything. Daily, short-term, and long-term I have a pretty good idea of what I want to see happen and my vision doesn’t change unless and until it has to.
As I write this, our area is bracing for its first real winter storm of 2015. Forecasters are calling for 3-5 inches of snow. I like to see the snow, to watch it fall, and see how pretty everything is when it is covered with the white stuff. I’m old enough now that I don’t really look forward to it sticking around for any period of time, since I generally have to get to work regardless.