by Dr. Mark Brewer :: “You know someone’s wit by their answers. You know their wisdom by their questions.” As I’ve always said, I really do like this aging thing. (Other than looking and feeling horrible, its quite fascinating!) One of the grand joys in life is finding old prayer journals and day timers. I found one the other day from my seminary days and as an intern at Bel Air in 1978. We had just had an all-staff “brown bag” and Rev. Donn had asked us what it meant to be God’s man or woman serving in L. A. I found I was asking how to balance going to graduate school, not married a year yet, interning at Bel Air, as well as being house “maids” in Pasadena. This all before the days of Twitter, the Internet, or even cable TV! But the question continues to ring in my heart the same. How do we slow it down enough to hear the voice of God. It’s been a long time since I’ve met someone who was “deliciously” bored. The management of my time is still the best barometer of my yieldness to the Spirit of God. This season of Pentecost I’m going back to the basics of simply letting Christ be the Lord of my time . . . and life. Keep up the strategic planning of leadership, but keeping that “ear to heaven” very attuned. Pray for me.
