So Busy
July 17, 2009
This morning I was in the backyard making sure all the plants were watered. My mind was spinning trying to order the day’s events and tasks and I allowed the thought to enter my mind, “I am so busy.” The reason that bothered me so much is that I have made a commitment to not use the word “busy” and instead replace it with the word “active.” I want to be active. I want to order my life around living every moment strategically and with purpose. May I use every waking minute effectively to bring about good and and say yes to everything that is beautiful in the world.
The problem with having a mindset of always being busy is that we become too busy. It’s easy to fall into the trap of being too busy to stop and chat with a neighbor, too busy to celebrate God’s creation (that’s way it’s ok to take time to water the backyard), too busy to listen to someone who is lonely, too busy to invest in the life of a kid without a father, too busy to pray, too busy to worship, and on and on the list goes. I know it is true for me…if I feel too busy, hurried, that life’s out of control, or begin to think I’m in a rat race…then I end up being just that, a rat! A rat that ends up going nowhere, but in circles or at a dead end.
May we live in a way that allows us to live free and never too busy. May we live free to bring about good and beauty.
Entry Filed under: Journeys. Tags: back yard, beauty, busyness, celebrate, Creation, God, good, live life, Nazarene, pray, Purpose, rat race, Zillah Church of the Nazarene.
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Meghan | July 20, 2009 at 2:08 pm
I like the idea of replacing “busy” with “active.”
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Lesli | July 21, 2009 at 8:34 pm
I appreciate your thoughts Pastor Eric. We try to think about not filling up our time and letting it get away from us but like you said to make those activities matter. Adding meaning in those activities with those we are sharing them with. The fellowship, laughter, meals and prayers we share with those we spend our time with can turn our seeming busyness into a blessing.
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Eric | August 6, 2009 at 3:26 pm
There’s a book called “Simple Church” that I have been wanting to get and read. It is a call to the church to not get so busy that we are unable to be the church.