Busy... Busy... Busy... at Thursday, October 08, 2009

I think everyone hears this term a lot. "Hey how are you doing today"? "I am doing great I am so busy, but it's great?" I have even been caught saying this I am just BUSY. I was reading this chapter in "Toy Box Leadership" and this caught my attention "Some people feel as long as they are busy, they are making progress.

Is this really true? Ask yourself when you are busy how does that make you feel? Does it feel like you are accomplishing a lot of things? this chapter also goes on to say "Busyness makes them feel important, but Henry David Thoreau wrote, It is not enough to be busy. The question is: what are we busy about?"

The next time you have a conversation and you are about to say I am busy ask yourself what am I busy about?

I know from past senior pastors that I have had busyness was a sign of progress. I want you to have these kids up here doing stuff. I want noisy hallways. There are seasons in our lives that are going to be busy, but should that season really be every day life.

I had a pastor in Houston during our busy season came up and told me to come in the office later. He knew we had been running around to every event, prayer meeting etc. So is busyness a good thing I will leave that one up to you, but the one thing I would like to add is just because you are busy you can still be ineffective.

What are you busy with?