Margin

One of my biggest challenges is to keep margin in my life. Margin is that place that exists in our daily lives where nothing takes up our time. Where we are able to relax, reflect and just exist. Silence and Solitude exist here. Twenty years ago experts said that because of computers and technology, the average American would only have to work 22 hours a week. Instead, due to the demands to keep up with technology, Americans are working more than they ever have. Time magazine wrote an article a few years ago about kids having nervous breakdowns at 9 years old because of the overload in their lives. We have scheduled ourselves to death. The clock rules our lives. We rush the kids to school so they are on time, hurry off to work to put our time in. Nights are filled with events, sports, concerts, meetings, more work, more to do than we can accomplish in one day. At some point we have to say enough is enough and take time to rest our souls. People are suffering from nervous breakdowns at an unbelievably rate. Doctors offices are filled wit people who have all kinds of physical ailments due largely to stress in their lives. One of the Ten Commandants is to honor the Sabbath. After God created the world He rested on the seventh day. It was not because He was tired, but because He knew the value of stopping, resting, and appreciating what had taken place. We need to find rest for our should. We need to take the Sabbath seriously.