I have been spending far too much time getting entrenched deeper and deeper into the blogging community. I say this because I read something on someone's blog today that jogged a thought in mind and while I remember the thought I can't for the life of me remember who said it.
But I digress, the thought was that students in the care of my ministry will remember far more of what I do than what I say. This is not a new concept to me I teach all of the adult leaders who work in our ministry that very thing. But somehow it has eluded me in practical application. I stopped today to think about what it is my students learn when they watch me. It was horrific but it was noticably disturbing in one aspect. I don't ever stop. My schedule runs at a break-neck pace. It seems like Gail and I only slow down when one of us is on the verge of losing it. I actually started the semester trying to actively address the issue. I devoted two hours on wednesday afternoons to be being still, to trying to listen, no agenda other than just being. But as the semester cranked up, those two hours on Wednesday got pushed to the bottom of the priority list. I need them back. I want them back. I want my students, anyone who sees what I do on a regular basis, for that matter, to say Tom taught me that it is good to slow down and be still. Tom taught me to "Be Still and know that I am God" Psalm 46:10