Doing too much?

Our Daily Bread
Are you doing too much?  Are you stressing yourself (and maybe the folks around you)?  Should you be taking more time for yourself?

I heard professors in college say that ministers have to be especially careful of this.  They called it "trying to minister out of an empty well".  This is a great visualization of the problem.  Have you ever been a seen a well that ran dry?  You can't dip any more ladles of cool water from an empty well!  You can't server others the cool water of God's love when you are trying to minister or serve from an empty well inside you.

We all need time to recharge.  That is why God wants us to take a Sabbath!

Lord I want to take time to charge up so I can serve others better!

Witness Wednesday
I have to give a devotional at my weekly Emmaus walk team meeting on August 20.  I am praying about what to do.  My first thought was to sing something (still a possibility).  My second thought was to read the devotional I wrote for the D2 class earlier this year (it might be too personal for a group of guys that I don't know well).  My last thought was to pray about coming up with something new.  I am leaning towards this option.  I will pray about it some more and ask God for his leadership.

I have been trying to flee to God this week as I move on from a relationship that is not meant to be.  God has been with me in a very strong way the past few days, as I wrote in other entries.  I want God's will to be done.  He knows what is best for me.  I sure as heck don't!  hehehe

Other Stuff
I had a great time last night!  My hero and I made dinner for my walking buddy and her husband.  I saw the recipe on the Food Network a few weeks ago.  It was a little beyond my cooking skills so I asked my hero to help me with it.  We figured it out between the two of us!  It turned out great!  My only disappointment was the sauce.  I couldn't get it to thicken the way it was supposed to.  I will have to work on that for next time.  My hero also made a good call when she suggested to put the stuffing in the food processor to make it more stuffing like instead of chunkier.  I feel comfortable making this recipe for a dinner party or a romantic dinner sometime (if and when I ever have one of those again!).  hehehe

I plan to focus on creating the leader guide for a small group I suggested for church the rest of the week.  I plan to have a draft done by Sunday.  If I get very, very motivated, I may work on a second leader guide as well.  ;-p

Hang in there my friends!  I will be upbeat and steady.  That is what I do...