There is always time to do the will of God. If we are too busy to do that, we are too busy.
03420 – Joy & Ordinary Moments
Joy comes to us in ordinary moments. We risk missing out on joy when we get too busy chasing down the extraordinary.
03305 – Faith & Doubt
A faith without some doubts is like a human body with no antibodies in it. People who blithely go through life too busy or indifferent to ask the hard questions about why they believe as they do will find themselves defenseless against either the experience of tragedy...
03169 – The Bible in One Hand…
Sometimes the Bible in the hand of one man is worse than a whiskey bottle in the hand of (another)... There are just some kind of men who're so busy worrying about the next world they've never learned to live in this one, and you can look down the street and see the...
02730 – Stop and be Grateful!
We are all so busy chasing the extraordinary that we forget to stop and be grateful for the ordinary.
02664 – This World vs. The Next World
There are just some kind of men who — who’re so busy worrying about the next world they’ve never learned to live in this one, and you can look down the street and see the results. from To Kill a...
02349 – Created for Joy!
I sometimes forgetthat I was created for Joy.My mind is too busy.My Heart is too heavyfor me to rememberthat I have beencalled to dancethe Sacred dance of life.I was created to smileTo LoveTo be lifted upAnd to lift others up.O’ Sacred OneUntangle my feetfrom all that...
01492 – Lives Built on Frenzy & Compulsive Busyness
One of the most serious dangers confronting those who minister in the city is that their lives come to be built on frenzy and compulsive busyness. This usually leads to a lack of focus, a tendency to accumulate more and more things, a collapse of reflection, and the...
01292 – Be Busy; Look Important; Be Out of Touch
A sobering truth about life in leadership is that we can be very busy and look very important, yet be out of touch with that place in the center of our being where we know who we are in God and what he has called us to do--that place where we are responsive to the...
00984 – Daughters and Sons of God
You are not what you do, although you do a lot. You are not what you have collected in terms of friendships and connections, although you might have many. You are not the popularity that you have received. You are not the success of your work. You are not what people...