I do. My life seems to flow in peaks and valleys. I am either, on the go all the time,
or there are days when there is nothing in particular to do. The last three months have
been very, very busy with many opportunities for personal and spiritual growth.
In these times I am tempted to focus more on the urgent, or what “needs” to be done
and focus less on my personal time before the Lord.

Two things help me maintain balance in my life during these times.

The first is from lessons I learned in the book, “7 Habits of Highly Effective People”
by Stephen Covey. Habit number three is, “Put First Things First.” This habit is
about learning to distinguish between those things, which are, urgent, and those things,
which are important. Personal time cultivating our relationship with the Lord is as important
as the air we breathe. But, like the line in that great hymn of the church, “Come, Thou
Font of Every Blessing”, I sing, “Prone to wander, Lord, I feel it, prone to leave the God
I love;” Remembering Covey’s habit number 3 helps me sing the rest of that line, “here’s
my heart, O take and seal it, seal it for thy courts above.”

The second thing that helps me to stay in balance is including the song, “Be Magnified”
in my personal worship time. (Hosanna Music, CD “{Be Magnified”.)  Maybe you also
will identify with these lyrics:

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May Our Loving Abba Father, Be Magnified in your life today.

Selah
\O/
Alex