My life has been extremely busy and hectic lately. Ministry this time of the year is always by far the busiest time of the year. My life has been consumed lately by Bible studies, Growth Groups, Sulphur Springs Workcamp, IMPACT, China meetings, fundraising, the Awakening, preparing for summer interns, and much more. This time of the year I feel like a horrible husband because I am away from the house more than normal on top of the fact that Heather and I’s wedding anniversary is May 22 and I always seem to be busy on that day.
My mind becomes consumed with maintaining my schedule and keeping track of meetings and planning sessions. I get anxious just thinking about tackling my to-do list. I get so busy that I tend to forget the essentials in life.
Sometimes I need to remember to just breathe. Take a step back from life and breathe.
After a busy meeting full of meetings and things on my agenda, this afternoon I was listening to one of my favorite bands, The Cost. One of their songs, “Breathe” (you can listen to it on their myspace page), began to minister to me and my busyness. Let the chorus of this song spoken from the perspective of God minister to you today…
Breathe.
Just Breathe.
Take a breath.
And breathe in me.
Sometimes we need to just take some time to step back and simply breathe. Breathe in life. Breathe in God.
Genesis 2:7 (NIV) says, “the Lord God formed the man from the dust of the ground and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life, and the man became a living being.“
We are not alive without the breath of God. We are not truly living until we are breathing in God. The time that I am most susceptible to forgetting that fact is when I am busy.
If your life is really busy and hectic like mine is lately, let me encourage you take a step back for a few minutes and reconnect with God. The work will still be there in a few minutes. The best thing we could probably to do to most efficiently tackle our to-do lists is to take a step back, engage our Heavenly Father, and breathe.
Breathe, just breathe.
Thanks for the reminder! It is easy to get so caught up in life that I forget to take the proper time to breathe.
Wow. Thank you, Brian…. Happy Anniversary! Take a little time tomorrow for each other. The work will still be there
Happy Anniversary Brian and Heather. And Brian I think we all know what you are talking about. We all need to step back and breath. Sometimes doing to much not only hinders our family life but the life we have with God. And you know that is what I am doing today……just stepping back and taking a breather. Thank you so much for all the hard work you doing…and Heather thank you for helping Brain along the way. You guys are awesome.
S & T – thanks for the happy anniversary’s. I appreciate the kind words and encouragement.