Imagine a job that is people intensive, like sales. There you are on the phone all day everyday, slipping out to businesses for cold calls, or for follow-up calls. People know you, they like you, they enjoy hearing from you, and sometimes they have to track you down because they need something from you.
And then Christmas comes and people just disappear. They're gone, and if they are around they are busy with the things that makes this time of year great. And what do you do if you're in that job you've imagined?
Well if you're a pastor in that kind of job you take a nice long deep breath. Most years I roll out of town today (the day after Christmas). It's vacation time because this is the quietest week in the year for church life. But we have a nephew's birthday coming up in a couple days so we're staying in town for that, and then leaving next week for vacation. ln the mean time I'll be finishing up and closing out the year by looking ahead and planning. There's still a service Sunday to prepare for, and budget to finalize for next year. So there's still a lot of busy work.
I hope you enjoy the days of the next week. Do yourself a favor. Be sure to take a nice, long, deep breath.
--Ben
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