I'll Rest When I'm Dead!

He makes me lie down in green pastures.
He leads me beside waters of rest.
    He restores my soul.

Psalm 23:2-3

 

Let me very up front about this, I LOVE my job!  I really do.  In fact, I can only think of one job I'd enjoy more....having the opportunity to teach others to do this job!  I truly believe God put me here, to do this thing I get to do, because He knew how much I would love it.

 

That's not to say there are times when my schedule doesn't get a bit hectic. That's not to say there aren't times when some situations are emotionally, physically and spiritually draining to the point of exhaustion.  That's not to say every single day is like sitting in a hot tub eating chocolate ice cream.  There are times when I simply crave having time to get away and be quiet. 

 

Most of my job is listening.  I listen when no one thinks I am paying the least bit of attention.  I listen when people think I can't hear them.  Why?  Because it is in those times that people let their guard down and they speak freely without feeling the need to say, "Sorry Padre."  I listen in order to learn.  I learn in order to be able to help.  I help because that's what God has put me here to do.  Believe it or not, one of the things I hear quite often...how many vacation days a person has built up because they "never take time off."  

 

I have started using my vacation days.  Because I want take time to rest and be restored.  Plus I have personal projects I want to accomplish. But mainly because I need to follow my own counsel: "You have to take care of YOU. If you don't take care of you then you cannot take care of anyone else."  So my goal this year is to start taking care of me so God can use me to take care of others.