nate and i are at a conference in jacksonville, fl…(which means besides the conference…there’s really not a whole lot to do)
this is just a quick post…i wanted to post two pictures i took tonight from the hotel…i got lucky and had a storm come up off the coast…i didn’t have a tripod (dang it!) but I think the pictures still came out ok…just ignore the blurry buildings in the lightning pic…
(click the pic to make them larger)
i’ll be home on saturday!
that was my first words after i took my greek test today.
it was one of those tests that you study and study for and when you finish taking the test you realize you could have been playing video games the past two days and made the same grade…(as in it wasn’t good)
don’t get me wrong…i am learning greek…but apparently not the same greek the professor wanted to test me on today. oh well…perhaps the “fog†will lift soon and i’ll be fluent by the end of the class.
(hey a guy can dream right?)
Photo Contest #4 coming up next week!
I promise I’m still here…
I’ve been super busy with church, school, wedding, leading worship at few places around little rock, etc. hopefully things will slow down soon..
I remember a time, back in college, when I use to brag about how busy I was…whether it was the amount of papers I had to do…the amount of retreats I was leading…the late nights…early mornings…no time to sleep…no time to eat…(well maybe not that one)…i was just stressed!
but i boasted about it…it was like i wanted to be busy…so that others would think i was busy…(doesn’t make since i know)
halfway through my senior year of college, my life had become so busy that i noticed it was taking a toll on my relationships with people…the joy i once felt from building relationships and doing ministry was gone…so i tried out a new word…it was something I had learned at a really young age but somehow forgot about it…instead of always saying “yes”…i said “no”
the amount of freedom and the release of stress that came when I first told someone “no” was indescribable…so from then on I made a conscience effort to try to balance my life…
“start small…go deep”
don’t do everything…you can’t…focus on a few things…do them well…
(i say all these things as I just talked about how busy i’ve been lately…)
what do you do to keep from overworking?
how do you balance your life?
do you have a problem with saying “no”?
