Soul Care

It's interesting to me that in ministry most people are often rigorous in pouring out themselves into other people but seldom take the kind of care and attention that is needed to cultivate our own lives. Ironically, we dismiss the need for that because we say we are too busy with "ministry." What I have found to be true in my life and in the lives of friends in ministry is that when we don't take time away from our jobs to invest in ourselves, invest in who Jesus is transforming us into, then disaster like what ensues after a earthquake induced tsunami comes roaring into the picture. Dallas Willard puts it this way, "Put everything you have into the care of your heart, for it determines what your life amounts to."