WHEN THINGS SETTLE DOWN

I was just telling someone about how I seem to be so busy anymore that I find my writing has not been as often as it use to be. I know my calling is to write. I was so tired last evening that I sat down to watch some TBN and I was watching Mark Chironna and the next thing I know is that I fell asleep and I was up at 2AM. Not the easiest thing to do at 2AM to go back to sleep. So I prayed and got caught up with some correspondence. As I was about to settle back down to sleep I read today's reading from a daily devotional I received from church. After I read it I felt the nudge of Holy Spirit to go ahead and post what was written. Possibly a reminder for others, including myself, to slow down and take a breather now and then. Do not let things consume you to the extent that you will be so far gone that there is no returning back to a life filled with balance.
Excerpt From Daily Devotional
Tuesday November 9, 2010
"Teach us to realize the brevity of life, so that we may grow in wisdom." PS 90-12 NLT
"He logged twelve-hour days, and sometimes weekends. Even when he wasn't working he was thinking about work. His wife tried to slow him down. He knew they weren't as close as they once had been. He hadn't intended to drift away, it's just that she always seemed to want time, and that's the one thing he didn't have to give. He was vaguely aware that his kids were growing up and he was missing it. They complained about books he wasn't reading to them, games he wasn't playing with them and trips he wasn't taking with them. After a while they stopped complaining or expecting their lives might be different. I'll be more available when things settle down,' he thought. When he felt guilty he told himself, "I'm doing it for them." His wife asked him about going to church but he said, "There'll be plenty of time for that sort of thing when things settle down." His doctor told him he had elevated blood pressure and high cholesterol-but he told himself there'd be plenty of time for that when things settled down. Quietly, efficiently, irresistibly, his body was preparing to do him in. One morning his wife woke at 3AM and he was not beside her. She went downstairs to drag him to bed and saw him sitting still in front of the computer, his head hanging low. She touched him but he didn't respond. When the paramedics got there they told her he had suffered a massive heart attack. Things had finally settled down!"

I do not think I need to add anything to this, it was already spoken and the message rings loud and clear. Take time to rest.