Busy busy

Run run, hurry up, don’t stop, can’t wait on you, must keep going, we will talk later, must catch up with you sometime, but we never do. Any of these phrases familiar to you or maybe all of them are.
Life is so hectic today and it seems to pass by so quickly, like 1000 miles an hour.
Just after I got married we lived out in the country, each summer evening the neighbours used to gather and sit on the wall across from the front of our home and talk and laugh together for what seemed like hours. I was busy then to, a young married man with my own business, but those times where precious. I have stood at many bedsides of people who are at the end of life’s journey, I have never heard anyone say, “I didn’t spend enough time at work” or “I spent too much time at home with people that love me”.
Isn’t it funny that the things we love doing best are often the things we do least? The people whose company we enjoy most off are usually the ones we are quickest to let down.
Pastoring can be a busy life style and one can soon get disconnected from their family, so some time ago I decided to take Fridays off. Boy have I had to fight for that day. Offers to preach, to visit, some people have said “but this is vitally important, a one of” to which I have had to constantly remind myself that my family is important and time out is essential.
Ask yourself this question, what organisation would close or what part of your circle of influence would cease to exist if you where to die or to simply move on? Let’s not kid ourselves, life would just continue, so get in touch with that old friend, take some time out and smell the roses along the way.