Hurry

"I was becoming a pastor who wasn't in a hurry."

-Eugene Peterson-

"O lord, you will ordain peace for us, for you have indeed done for us all our works

-Isaiah 26:12-

I am reading The Pastor by Eugene Peterson. It's as enjoyable of a reading experience for me as I can remember. Over and over again, it's message is clear: slow down. Slow. Down.

I tend to get swept away by my own importance. I tend to succumb to the lure of control and busy. I tend to dismiss with my actions that everything good comes from the only one who is good. I tend to forget why we call him good.

I want to become a person who isn't in a hurry.

One who understands with real clarity the urgency and importance of the gospel. But, one who trusts so deeply in the Timing and move of the holy spirit that I can rest.

A wife, a mom, a friend, a young life leader, a person....who isn't in a hurry.

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