“Be still, and know that I am God.” (Psalm 46:10a NIV)
It's time to learn another way to live [other than the fast lane of hurriedness]. To do that, we must ruthlessly eliminate hurry from our lives. As much as we complain about it, though, there's part of us that is drawn to a hurried life. It makes us feel important. It keeps the adrenaline pumping. It means I don't have to look too closely at my heart or life. It keeps us from feeling our loneliness. As long as I have [busyness], I can demonstrate that I am an important person.
"The press of busyness is like a charm," Kierkegaard wrote. "Its power swells... it reaches out, seeking always to lay hold of ever-younger victims so that childhood or youth are scarcely allowed the quiet and the retirement in which the Eternal may unfold a divine growth."
Hurry, then, is not just a disordered schedule. Hurry is a disordered heart.
-- John Ortberg, in “Leadership Weekly”
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