I'm just worn out.
As a pastor, I don't work unreal hours. 45 hours/week is pretty standard for me. I'm fortunate that I have a church family that supports me in maintaining a sane schedule. So if I'm not working insane hours, why am I so worn out?
I think it has less to do with the hours worked than it has to do with what kind of "work" goes on in those hours. As a pastor, my work is almost entirely mental/intellectual and emotional/relational. I only have so and so much energy to give out of those areas. In a week like this, in which I'm very busy and will have put in around 60 hours by the end of Sunday, squeezing out those last drops of mental and emotional energy results in rapidly escalating stress and frustration.
This is compounded when those last drops of energy are supposed to be channelled into a sermon on praise (psalm 103), and when they first have to filter through layers of tiredness and frustration and wanting to be with my family instead of spending another day at the church building. Many of those last drops just aren't making it through the filter at all! Whence comes this post...
So, if you're reading this, please pray for me!
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i'm praying for you. sounds like your well is almost dry. your family out here misses you like crazy. thanks for checking up on me this week
we will certainly be praying for you! your Dad is feeling a little tired and discouraged with farming today too -- it's hot and muggy, wheat just combined is testing at 7 for vomitoxin, which means our pigs can't even eat it, right now he's getting the swather going, should be on his way home from Dufresne by now. Love MOM
Just prayed for ya bro! I'm on the docket for psalm 40 this Sunday at Emmanuel...not sure why I decided to exchange my prof gig for a pastor's gig this week. It's all in my head right now - I just have to get it all out on paper...take care!
Hey Val, mom, and Garth - THANK YOU for praying for me. It went alright. Felt really good about the first half of the sermon.
Garth, hope your psalm 40 gig goes well. it's psalms 96 for me this week, and i'm pretty excited about it.
Hey Dave,Sometimes it's easy to forget how tough a pastor's job can be. I have a good friend who was a pastor for several years and, although from the outside, it can look like an 'easy job', in no way is it an easy job. I will try to pray for you more regularly. I hope this weeks brings less stress, less discouragement, and more joy.
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