like a fire

This last month has been pretty hectic. I have been cranking out all the promotional stuff for the church’s new service and a lot of smaller events, like this one (pictured here). I have also been trying to plan the rest of the year for youth ministry stuff and discipleship stuff (my new responsibilities in the church).

This last Saturday, I was in the midst of detailing the context for the youth teaching series (transformers) and just was completely unisnpired by any teaching that came up. I thought that most of it was good, but I just wasn’t inspired by any of it. At that point I knew that I had allowed some bad habits to resurface. I hadn’t been spending the time I needed with God, I hadn’t been praying, hadn’t been reading my Bible for anything other than lesson prep. Basically, I had checked out of my relationship from God. Not a great thing for the average person, even worse for a pastor.

I don’t know why, but for some reason it is very easy for me to get distracted. Almost everyone I know is as busy as they can get, most of the time. I am definitely like that. At the same time, I know the value of checking out of busy-ness and checking into God. I had a great time with God this morning. Hope I keep it up and stay focused.