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Full-time ministry is like this...

The video below has gone viral, and as I watched it, I felt for both Nadal and Djocovic. They have just finished a marathon of a tennis match and are absolutely spent. as I watched and thought about the clip, my thoughts drifted to how that experience, that they are having, of imense fatigue and a need just to sit down, relax, and chill out, can be very similar to some seasons of ministry. That even when you may want to, or need to sit down, take a break, chillax, it isn't actually possible. Thankfully though there are times for rest, which we need to embrace, just like the reality that every tennis match finally concludes in some way shape or form. I hope you enjoy the clip, and see the funny side of it with compassion.

 

Boundaries Not Limits

An interesting thought occurred to me this morning after meeting with some of the 12two community to pray. The thought was this... How often it is that we live life according to our limits, not our boundaries.

The thought can apply to almost every expression of our culture. We work to the limit of our time allowances, rather than within a set of structured boundaries. We live at the extent of our sexual limits, instead of within safe boundaries. We push the limits of the authority over us, instead of being content to live within the boundaries of that authority. We travel at the speed limit, not the speed boundary.

There is something dangerous and unhealthy about living at our limits, which is maybe why we so often enjoy to live there. Boundaries however set up a margin, and that margin will always have the potential to be a healthy thing for us, where as our limits do not. Something to think and comment on maybe?