Busyness!
Have you ever felt over-whelmed by what you "had" to get done? Too many appointments and stuff on the calendar? That seems to be more and more the norm for our society, especially my students! Trying to keep up with them is a non-stop riot of insanity most of the time. Going from dawn to dusk in a constant whirl of busyness. 7 days a week often, going from school to sports practices to instrument lessons to church to homework to whatever other activities that have in their lives. I would be tempted to ask where they learned this behavior, but all I need to do is look at myself! I run from home to work to working at home to trying to play with my kids to chores to the little bit of personal time that we have to reading the book I'm reviewing until the clock reads WAY past my bedtime! Compare that to God's ideas: "For six days you should work, but on the seventh day you MUST rest." Hmmm... Add to that when God actually speaks (not all the references,...