Busier is not better
Had dinner with a good friend last night. Must be, I drove to Toledo. He has one of those geek-box-phone things. He loves those geeky gadgets. I asked him if it made is life better. He said, it's made my life busier. That's not what I asked, did it make your life better. "I don't know what better is". My heart cracked a little. What is better I thought? Its not busier. Busy can keep you (at least it does me) from addressing the things that need to be addressed, and I can tell you, while I was in school (here we go again!) working, trying to do everything else, my life was not BETTER, it required a lot of holding onto God - ok He was holding on to me. And when I was done, there was.... silence. Everyone said it would not take long to fill my time. They were right. It didn't. I filled it with dinners with friends, beaches, walking, and doing things that I missed doing. In my 5 minutes of silence with God, I know 5 minutes doesn't sound like much, but it's a start, I learned being silent, doing the things I enjoy, reading a book, watching kids pick through sea shells, that is better. Busier is not better.
Psalm 46:10 Be still and know I am God.
P.S. I am still having the BBQ on Sept 16.
Dave- you got garbage detail
Sara- you are in charge of singing AND dancing
Tiny- bring your camera
And everyone else, just show up (with a chair) and I'll have food and CHEESECAKE - 2 kinds
Had dinner with a good friend last night. Must be, I drove to Toledo. He has one of those geek-box-phone things. He loves those geeky gadgets. I asked him if it made is life better. He said, it's made my life busier. That's not what I asked, did it make your life better. "I don't know what better is". My heart cracked a little. What is better I thought? Its not busier. Busy can keep you (at least it does me) from addressing the things that need to be addressed, and I can tell you, while I was in school (here we go again!) working, trying to do everything else, my life was not BETTER, it required a lot of holding onto God - ok He was holding on to me. And when I was done, there was.... silence. Everyone said it would not take long to fill my time. They were right. It didn't. I filled it with dinners with friends, beaches, walking, and doing things that I missed doing. In my 5 minutes of silence with God, I know 5 minutes doesn't sound like much, but it's a start, I learned being silent, doing the things I enjoy, reading a book, watching kids pick through sea shells, that is better. Busier is not better.
Psalm 46:10 Be still and know I am God.
P.S. I am still having the BBQ on Sept 16.
Dave- you got garbage detail
Sara- you are in charge of singing AND dancing
Tiny- bring your camera
And everyone else, just show up (with a chair) and I'll have food and CHEESECAKE - 2 kinds
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p.s. busy don't mean good, does it?