Busyness is a plague. All of our comings and goings trying to keep up a form of godliness (because there are so many more things that must be done and can be done for the ministry's sake) are actually a hindrance to our spiritual health.
Busyness makes our lives broad. We dabble in lots and lots of things. Yet we only dabble. We are very broad, but we are very shallow. We do so many things that we are unable to do many things very well or fully. We especially do not know how to rest well. We do not know how to wade in rest. We do not have a clue what meditation is. We cannot drink deeply while we are running.
Being here in SC has afforded my family some time to be still. While my schedule is relatively the same or maybe even greater, our quiet times are quieter because I have one agenda–one task on which to focus. Christie's day's gets to be stiller. The boys get real mama time.
Similarly, this quotation by Lord Avebury, speaks to the issue…
Rest is not idleness, and to lie sometimes on the grass under the trees on a summer's day, listening to the murmur of the water, or watching the clouds float across the blue sky, is by no means a waste of time."
