Church Burn Out
4 06 2008It’s so possible to get burned out from doing too much at the church. Sad, but true. Where more than half the population should be on Sunday mornings is where 20% are going crazy over petty things like schedules, lunch meetings, he said-she said gossip, and random details that haven’t the least to do with God and evangelism. And it’s so easy to get over committed - at least for someone like me. So I got a little upset when the schedule I don’t even keep track of starts to invade my thoughts and gets me worried. It’s the wrong approach to church and I don’t want to be waking up Sunday mornings thinking of reasons why it’d be ok to stay at home this time. Hello…don’t forsake the fellowship of believers in God…it’s in the Bible.
Check yo attitude
But my frustration really has nothing to do with other people as much as I’d like to admit it. It’s the fact that I let them get in the way. I let the lunch meetings bother me. I let my good works show as if I depend on them rather than my faith in God’s grace to get me through the days. So I run ragged and forget to check my attitude. I can’t let it get to me, as simple as that sounds. I have to check my attitude at the door because it’s the only thing I can control sometimes.
Wherever you are, blessed be the name of the Lord. The sun is still shining. Let the other details slide.
Bob Marley - Sun is Shining…listen free at LastFM
peace
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