Enjoy Life

I was just thinking about how this time of year is really crazy. It's getting close to Christmas and everyone is worrying about getting everyone the presents they want and worrying about paying their bills with the leftover money they don't have. People are getting sick in the winter and the economy is still down. Some people are having to pick up second and third jobs to just get by. What was I writing this for? Oh yeah, for encouragement. Haha! I was sitting here in my office looking at this poster of Jesus. It's a shadow picture of Him looking up. For those of you out there who are so stressed by trying to do everything so that you can have everything, but you realize you have no time for anything (you following me?), I want you to just take some time to look up and know that God is in control. Read Psalm 46 for encouragement. It speaks of God being our refuge in times of trouble and in times when we are unsure of what to do or what's going to take place next. Then in verse 10 it says, "Be still and know that I am God." Sometimes we just need to stop and do that. So calm down a little. I don't know what you're going through, but God does. He doesn't want us to stress out. His words not mine. So my encouragement for you is to enjoy life. God wants us to. It doesn't mean we don't have responsibilities or work, but enjoy life where you are right now. I have to tell myself that a lot. There's a lot of times when I press myself too hard at the church or trying to figure out how to grow the church and reach as many people as we can. It's not bad things, but if I'm too sick to do anything or too stressed out that no one wants to be around me, then I need to slow down. So those of you who push yourself too hard, my advice is make a list of the most important things. If you are working for things that you don't need, then let them go. Then focus on the most important things. You'll be much happier then.