Taking time for inner renewal

There is just so much that needs to be done. Extra demand at home and at work. More time with the family. Keeping up with our health exercise program. planning the next holiday. Time out for friends. Involvement in our children's schoo; activities. Completing that new management course.



In these and many other ways the busy round of life draws us into a myriad of activities, all important, but all demanding more of our time and energy. Even our church activities jostle for our attention and commitment. And the more creative acts of service requiring long term support and care often demand more that we are able to give.



So we try to do more while our energies ebb away and we become like uprooted trees with our roots wildly groping for the sky. Thus, we anxiously throw our arms towards heaven, praying for extra grace and special enabling, when instead we should be planted again in nourishing soil. The soil is not to do less, but to change our priorities so that we can take time to be still. And in the stillness find new strength and hope.