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Overworked? take a ‘timeout’ with God
“I feel like a rat in a maze!” “I wish I could just get off of this treadmill and take a break!” “If only I could come up for air!”
Familiar comments for many workers. People are working longer hours, taking fewer vacation days, and finding it more difficult to “unplug” than they have in decades past. In a study published several years ago, 1/3 of American workers reported feeling chronically overworked (see “Overwork in America: when the way we work becomes too much,” Families and Work Institute), and the issue certainly isn’t limited to the United States.
It is possible for each worker to find balance and right direction, to step off the treadmill of life’s incessant demands, and take a deep breath by scheduling a “timeout” with God. Christ Jesus did it. He pulled “all-nighters” praying, and then came down from the mountain ready to heal multitudes! What did Jesus, who had the most productive life of anyone who has ever walked this planet, know that enabled him to teach, heal, and pray 24/7? For one, he kept his thought in total alignment with God and thus didn’t identify himself or others—as a sinner, an invalid, or hopeless. And, perhaps above all, Jesus knew who he was: the Son of God.
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September 26, 2011 issue
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Letters
Betty Lynn Evans, Kevin King, Michael Morgan
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Mending hearts
Jenny Nelles, Staff Editor
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‘This makes us see glimpses of God’
Oivind Ostang
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A new era in health care?
Eric Nelson
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Boston Redevelopment Authority approves Church development plans
The First Church of Christ, Scientist Real Estate Planning
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Forgiveness—it’s natural
By Paul Grimes
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Father, what is forgiveness?
Name withheld
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Breaking the chains of resentment
By Aimee Hermanson
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Song for the day
Darren Stone
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What’s happening in your neighborhood?
By Patricia Sharp
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God doesn't create 'natural disasters'
By Jack Hubbell
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I turned to God
By Katherine Brokensha
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Healing on a school trip
By Deanna Scheck
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Healed quickly
Sara
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Keeping in touch
Marta Greenwood
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‘Go, and do thou likewise’
Linda Jewell
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Overworked? take a ‘timeout’ with God
Melanie Ball
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Defeating false witnesses
By Abby Fuller
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Freedom from knee injury
Mary Ann Sprague
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‘I knew God was in control’
Teresa Pinilla
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Jaw pain quickly healed
Wendy Rose Bryden
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Deciding on God’s side
The Editors