Burn Outs, Rest, breath of fresh air!

So this past week I have had the chance to just re gain my energy and attend a class back at my bible collage about inner city work and seeing it from a biblical point of view. For sure there was a part of me thinking I sure do enjoy the time off at work but there is also a part of me that is very grateful  to apply what I have learnt from this class.

Having this week off from work and taking a step back from my job and breathing a little it really makes me think about the inner city life. The marginalized people, the people who are very much in need of God's love and grace. the people who are "Under the over pass" ( Which is a book that Iam reading right now side note).

Anyways one thing that kept going through my mind while taking this class was people who are called to this ministry.. and being called to this ministry just how fast you can burn out. Which then made me think about  the book of Job, just how he always relied on his own strength and yet God was speaking to him trying to get his attention saying "Hey, hello, Job Im here...your are not alone" I've only been working at Hope Mission for 3 months now but I can see the warning sings of people who burn out and don't admit to themselves that maybe they are burning out. Which is very sad to see in a ministry :( Which once again brings me back to Job. In way in life or in ministry we think that we are Job, We can do things on our own and we got this no big deal... but boy or boy does it ever suck wen reality hits us hard and God gives a wake up call! Which is pretty much what also happened to Job. Iam not sure if Im making sense right now or not but the point Im trying to make right now is that burn outs in ministry are no fun! (burn outs in general are no fun!)

And the most simplest way for a burn out is.... KEEPING BUSY! I hate to admit this but this is for sure something that I, myself struggle with alto! Business... distractions. While sitting in on this class this topic hit me so hard! You would think that I would have noticed by now that distractions are my specialty.. but nope.. it took a good class on Urban Ministry and God speaking to me this week about where my heart is at in this ministry.   Not only did I learn about that topic but also just what justice looks and being at risk looks like.

So overall it was a pretty great week and the rest that I needed. Speaking of rest off to bed to I go!

(Sorry about being late on posting this by the way)