Quick thoughts on Balance
Posted by JasonAug 17
Just some quick thoughts…I know I am not the only one. I have talked to tons of others but how to deal with it?
I am a father, a husband, an employee, a student and a Christian, in many areas these things overlap but often they do not. Where do you find time for it all? To be successful I need to read a lot for my job. I need to study and continually improve myself. I am sure there are many jobs where this isn’t required but mine is not one of them. How am I supposed to balance my time?
When you feel a call to ministry on your life (as I do) you seem to place a higher priority on study of the Bible and theology than “normal Christians.” I wonder if that has hindered my career. God has not yet called me into full time ministry, I don’t know that he ever will but I have tried to walk a line between being prepared for both full time ministry and my full time IT career, so I have not been able to give full attention to either.
How do you balance learning about God and career?
Just some quick thoughts…I know I am not the only one. I have talked to tons of others but how to deal with it?
I am a father, a husband, an employee, a student and a Christian, in many areas these things overlap but often they do not. Where do you find time for it all? To be successful I need to read a lot for my job. I need to study and continually improve myself. I am sure there are many jobs where this isn’t required but mine is not one of them. How am I supposed to balance my time?
When you feel a call to ministry on your life (as I do) you seem to place a higher priority on study of the Bible and theology than “normal Christians.” I wonder if that has hindered my career. God has not yet called me into full time ministry, I don’t know that he ever will but I have tried to walk a line between being prepared for both full time ministry and my full time IT career, so I have not been able to give full attention to either.
How do you balance learning about God and career?
One comment
Comment by Dale Sackrider, II on August 18, 2010 at 1:39 am
I have often asked myself – how do others balance faith, family, and field. I tend to excel at one at the peril of the other two. I often find myself in what I call “guilt management” – I feel guilty that I’m not with my family while I’m working late on a project – I feel guilty that I’m leaving work at 6pm to get to a family function because I know there is a big deadline.
And in all of it I’m in a continual state of guilt regarding my faith – I don’t read like I “should”, I don’t pray like I “should”, I don’t even volunteer at a level that registers.
Bottom line – I don’t think I do a good job of balancing anything but guilt – I am very good at balancing my guilt across all three equally… :o)