I almost did not write this blog because… I’ve been too busy. It’s been an incredibly busy time as of late—visiting the sick, going from hospitals to hospice, from funerals to pre-marital counseling, writing sermons, meeting with committees, planning worship, counseling, coaching baseball, shuttling children to multiple baseball and basketball games, school functions, and trying to keep the home fires burning brightly just to name a few. But the truth is… everyone is busy. How many times have you heard a retiree say, “Since I retired I’ve been busier than ever!”?  Mothers are busy, fathers are busy, kids are busy, churches are busy. The world often looks like a giant ant pile that has just been stepped upon by a size 13 shoe. Yes, we all go through seasons in life that are out of proportion when it comes to the “busyness quotient.”

Yet God has ordered the world, as well as our physical bodies and spirit, to a rhythm that must include something we know little about called “Sabbath.” If we choose to ignore this God ordained rhythm, then we do so at our own peril—both physically and spiritually.

 So I slow down for a moment to write these words as a memo to self, and perhaps to you as well, that we all must learn to hit the pause button on life on a regular basis. Jesus has told us, “My peace I give to you. I do not give as the world gives.” So may we take aim at cultivating the peace of Jesus into the busyness of our lifestyles. And may it begin in me and you. Gotta go!

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