the power of pause

the disciples said to Jesus , “everyone is looking for you” listen to His response : “then let us go somewhere else” here’s the bottom line : for Jesus , withdrawing is not optional . it is intentional and essential. i give , relate , care , listen , and serve wholeheartedly if i am at home in my own skin . when i am in the hubbub of daily life , i can lose sight of that. . .  i know that when i give in to the “should” of being all things to all people , and when i give up the need to withdraw for rest and renewal , i lose the rhythm of life that feeds my soul . Jesus is saying to His disciples , “do you see that clump of people ? do you know why I have any power in that clump ? because I regularly say no , to withdraw to a place where I listen to a different voice — my Father’s voice — about my identity” power of pause , terry hershey

~ by hobart kho on November 8, 2009.