Balancing Act?

Training is going well. I ran a 10k last weekend with Daddy Jim and we had fun. What wasn't fun was over committing myself...which I tend to do often...

After the run I came home, showered, and drove over 4 hours to play in a band benefit concert, turn around and drive all the way back home to Atlanta only to be at the church at 8:00am the next morning. I got home I think after 9pm that Sunday night after preaching in the evening and doing all of the other things that pastors do on Sundays....(insert pity party here). This was a typical weekend. It's sad, pathetic, and not God-honoring.

And then Monday came. We had an interesting week this week because we had leadership councils 5 hours from home for a few days where the speakers stressed the importance of balancing relaxation with work, worship, play, etc and as much as I wanted to relax I had people calling me and my regular weekly demands still to fulfill.

So I felt myself left with the option to take care of work when I should have been relaxing so that I could come home and relax with Andy(my preference by the way) or relax in Savannah and rush through all of my work when I got home, ignoring Andy in the process.

What happened was a mix of the two. I got a little work done, and came home to spend 12 hours in the office yesterday not seeing Andy at all. I spent some good quiet time with God as I got to watch the sunrise from the beach of Tybee Island, GA. Today, after the 7 mile run this morning, Andy and I am spending some much needed time together which I am looking forward to, but there is still work to be done--housework, church work, etc.

It never ends, so where's the balance?

I'm trying to learn and am praying through it all. Jesus was able to balance as he still got up early and took time to pray. During the day people were around him all day with their needs. While I'm not Jesus I can really relate to the demands that were on him all day.

He wasn't married and the scriptures don't really record him taking time to "play" with his friends. His friends were his disciples. Thankfully we don't have any children yet, but that adds another dynamic.

LORD--can you help me balance all of this?

God's promises are true

In devotions I've been reading Zechariah and there are some promises recorded there about the Messiah. I find it very interesting and encouraging.

Zechariah reference:

3:8 pictures Messiah as servant (Mark 10:45)
6:13 pictures Messiah as priest (Hebrews 6:20-7:1)
6:13; 9:9-10 pictures Messiah as king (Matthew 21:4-5)
11:12-13 pictures Messiah as betrayed one (Matthew 27:9)
12:10 pictures Messiah as pierced one (John 19:37)
13:1 pictures Messiah as fountain (Revelation 1:5)
13:7 pictures Messiah as shepherd (John 10:11)
13:7-9 pictures Messiah as God (John 1:1)
14:5,9 pictures Messiah as Lord over all (Revelation 11:15)

Thank you, LORD for fulfilling the promises of your word!