Last year before resigning my position as a full-time Pastor with one of the Local Churches in Town, my greatest fear was what I would be doing with all my time. My greatest fear then was that of being bored and exhausted with nothing to do. But six months after, now my wife and I are busy doing our own ministry apart from working part-time as Marriage and Family Pastors in another local church.
What I have come to realize, contrary to the fears I once had, working for yourself, especially when you are doing what you are passionate about, can make you become very busy. I’m suddenly realizing that I don’t have time. I don’t even have time to read the newspaper which for those that know me well is unbelievable. In fact we have gotten too busy that the Friday before good Friday, I was shaken to the reality that my body couldn’t take it in anymore. My body forced me into a rest, which I must confess is one of the best things that have happened to me this year.
According to Richard Swenson, author and medical Doctor, if a patient has rheumatoid arthritis, in addition to important medications, two therapeutic measures are essential: activity and rest. Rheumatoid patients need daily activity or their joints will freeze up. But they also need well-defined times of rest or their joints will be destroyed. Our lives are similar to that of the rheumatoid patient. Activity and rest. Together. Balanced. Both important. Both of God.
"To give the best take a rest" - Grace Achoki
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