Presenting ...
... a weekly letter of encouragement.
16 October, 1996 - Singapore
Good Morning!
YOU KNOW YOU ARE
MAXED OUT WHEN YOU:+
#1 Can't Relax
If this is true, than guard your family
time against all but life-and-death interruptions.
#2 Can't Say No
Are you responding to the urgent
rather than the important? Are the "squeaky wheels"
deterring you from investing in people who will count for the
future? Count for the Kingdom?
#3 Can't Take A Day Off
When you find it difficult to take at least
a day off a week, could it be that you are need-driven
rather than God- driven?
#4 Find Little Joy In Family Life
If you are emotionally absent from the family,
you can be sure that it will prove destructive in terms of un-
satisfying family relationships. Your wife will be critical about
your work, feeling you are not giving her quality (and quantity)
time and attention.
#5 Think It's All Up To You
Here, you are taking on your shoulders that
which is God's responsibility. A friend of mine with an "A"
type personality use to say that periodically he had to resign
as "Chancellor of the Universe". Do you need to do
the same?
#6 Find It Hard To Let Your Hair Down
We all need relationships where we can let
our hair down. Perhaps this means being vulnerable. Sometime
it simply means just having fun. Beware of believing the lie
that says time spent in fun is wasted time.
#7 Can't Take Vacation Time
Extended vacations are a must, along with
occasional briefer times away. If your work or ministry-load
prohibit such breaks, then you are failing to delegate as much
as you should.
KEEP IN MIND THAT "YOUR ENEMY THE DEVIL , PROWLS AROUND LIKE A ROARING LION LOOKING FOR SOMEONE
TO DEVOUR."
( I PETER 5:7) LETS MAINTAIN
THE BALANCE, AND NOT AFFORD HIM AN OPPORTUNITY!
My prayer is that you are having a great week!
Dwight Hill
+Adapted from "The Hidden Dangers
of Stress Overload" by Bob Mumford. Ministries Today, Mar/April
1995
© Copyright 1996 Dwight Hill. Unlimited permission to copy or use is hereby granted subject to inclusion of this copyright notice.
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