Sitting in my Bible College cafeteria, after just finishing three platefuls of spaghetti (I was starving), I looked at the clock and thought, “Hmm, six o’clock… what am I supposed to be doing right now?” My next thought was, “Oh no!”
The college had a guest lecturer in town for the week and one of the teachers had invited him and me over for supper that night at six o’clock. Now, this teacher’s wife was a trained chef, so being invited to her house was a rare treat. Unless, of course, you have just finished eating a year’s supply of spaghetti in one sitting.
Backing out was not an option, so I ran over to the dorm, showered, changed and hurried to Mr. Walker’s residence. Without ever mentioning my first supper, I went in and ate every hors d'oeuvre and every course of the meal placed in front of me. In fact, I even crammed desert in there… seconds too if I remember properly (I couldn’t be rude). I went home that night thinking, “I am never going to eat another thing again”.
The problem, of course was not the amount of food itself. There have been many days since where I have eaten that much food and more with no trouble at all. The problem was the fact that the meals were too close together. If you do not take time to digest anything, even the best French cooking is quite unenjoyable.
My point: Many people live their lives like my “Double supper” day. They jam one activity in on top of the next and run from one event to another. Days are filled with running here and there to the point that we hardly enjoy any of it. Just watch the status lines on Facebook and you will see things like this (Written by a friend of ours who is a young mother): “______ is a little tired of this pressure cooker life I have. Feeling high stress and low hope. Need to swap those around real quick”. Our lives are full, but they are not always fun.
“What is your life? You are a mist that appears for a little while and then vanishes” (James 4:14).
Some read that and think, “I am only here for a little while, so I better cram as much as I can into my life. I need to have experiences!”
Maybe another way to see it is to say, “I am only here for a little while, so I better slow down and see the important things before they are gone”.
“Be still, and know that I am God” (Psalm 46:10).
The college had a guest lecturer in town for the week and one of the teachers had invited him and me over for supper that night at six o’clock. Now, this teacher’s wife was a trained chef, so being invited to her house was a rare treat. Unless, of course, you have just finished eating a year’s supply of spaghetti in one sitting.
Backing out was not an option, so I ran over to the dorm, showered, changed and hurried to Mr. Walker’s residence. Without ever mentioning my first supper, I went in and ate every hors d'oeuvre and every course of the meal placed in front of me. In fact, I even crammed desert in there… seconds too if I remember properly (I couldn’t be rude). I went home that night thinking, “I am never going to eat another thing again”.
The problem, of course was not the amount of food itself. There have been many days since where I have eaten that much food and more with no trouble at all. The problem was the fact that the meals were too close together. If you do not take time to digest anything, even the best French cooking is quite unenjoyable.
My point: Many people live their lives like my “Double supper” day. They jam one activity in on top of the next and run from one event to another. Days are filled with running here and there to the point that we hardly enjoy any of it. Just watch the status lines on Facebook and you will see things like this (Written by a friend of ours who is a young mother): “______ is a little tired of this pressure cooker life I have. Feeling high stress and low hope. Need to swap those around real quick”. Our lives are full, but they are not always fun.
“What is your life? You are a mist that appears for a little while and then vanishes” (James 4:14).
Some read that and think, “I am only here for a little while, so I better cram as much as I can into my life. I need to have experiences!”
Maybe another way to see it is to say, “I am only here for a little while, so I better slow down and see the important things before they are gone”.
“Be still, and know that I am God” (Psalm 46:10).
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