“BEWARE of the barrenness of a busy life,” wrote Corrie Ten Boom. How timely! Is the constant "go go go" of life wearing you thin? Do you find yourself struggling to juggle the demands of life, of family, of ministry, of everything pressing in, and at the same time struggling to squeeze in meaningful quality time with God? Well, if you haven’t discovered yet, we can’t juggle the demands of life successfully if we are trying to do it in or own strength without first having that quality time! Time with Jesus has to be central, and foundational, to everything we do and everything we are. Look at it this way. If we are trying to put a bunch of sand and a bunch of big rocks in a jar, they will never all fit unless we put the big rocks in first. Then we can pour the sand in afterwards. The big rocks are the non-negotiable significant parts of our life that we can't do without... quality time with God, time with our family, work, eating, sleeping, etc. The sand is all the daily mundane nitty gritty that comes along and tries to absorb our time. The nitty gritty isn't bad. It's just daily life! But it will rob us of the best thing, and that is Jesus, if we don't keep our priorities straight. Don't think I'm just preaching to you all here though. I'm preaching to myself! I've sometimes been so busy that I've been rushed and feeling the "Frazzle." That's one reason for this be-lated podcast. But God called me this weekend, to step aside from all that I "needed to do" and come away with Him! He's calling you as well! Come away my dear friend, come away with Jesus and be refreshed!