IT’S TIME TO TAKE A BREATH
ONE OF THE SIMPLE BUT EFFECTIVE STRATEGIES FOR STRESS RELIEF IS TO DELIBERATELY PAUSE, TAKE A DEEP BREATH AND LET IT OUT SLOWLY. WHY NOT STOP NOW AND TAKE A FEW DEEP BREATHS AND LET THEM OUT SLOWLY.
A SHEPHERD OF YOUR FLOCK
SOMETIMES WE PASS OVER THESE BIBLICAL IMAGES TOO QUICKLY. TAKE A MOMENT TO REFLECT ON GOD’S CALL TO YOU TO SHEPHERD YOUR PEOPLE. SOMETIMES THEY ARE APPRECIATIVE AND THAT FEELS GOOD. SOMETIMES AT LEAST SOME OF THEM ARE A PAIN IN THE REAR, BUT GOD ASKS YOU TO CARE FOR THEM.
IT WAS WHILE THE SHEPHERDS WERE ENGAGED IN ORDINARY AND OFTEN BURDENSOME WORK, THAT THE ANGELS SPOKE TO THEM OF THE GOOD NEWS OF CHRIST’S BIRTH. EVEN IF JUST FOR A FEW MINUTES, REFLECT ON WHERE YOU ARE SEEING SIGNS OF GOOD NEWS BEING BORN IN YOUR LIFE AND MINISTRY.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR MINISTRy
I’VE BEEN ORDAINED FOR ALMOST FIFTY YEARS. I’VE SEEN LOTS OF CHANGES BUT THE CONSTANT IS THAT FAITHFUL CLERGY KEEP STRIVING TO SERVE THE GOD THEY LOVE. NEVER FORGET THAT THE BIRTH WE ARE CELEBRATING IS GOD’S GIFT TO THE WORLD AND TO YOU.
