We Can't do it all, and do it Well

Becca (16), Emil, Stacy, Tatum (13)

I don't think I have ever had a time, during my adult life, when I have not been "busy".  Life is busy.  Ministry is busy.  This is our "normal".  But busyness can often be the tactic Satan uses to distract us from focusing on the Lord and His plans.  Anyone who knows us or is a part of our ministry team knows that we work hard, and that we are almost always working.  At GRN the laborers are few and the tasks enormous.  We are involved in numerous ministry projects both inside and outside the office.  We also have the ministry of our family; our girls (13 and 16 now), and our marriage.  With so much on the calendar we know that we cannot do it all, well, at least not well.  And attempting to do so has not been good for the growth of our marriage, our relationship with our girls or our personal relationship with the Lord.  I am not sharing anything new with those of you working in ministry.  This is a challenge you face when serving the Lord; the balance of life. 

As we begin 2016 we plead for your prayers.  Like you, we want to be effective and successful in ministry, in our family, but most of all in our obedience to the Lord.  Please pray for us as we seek the Lord's direction in our work at GRN, in raising our girls and in our marriage.  We only want to do what it is He is calling us to.  And we will be praying the same for you.
Happy New Year!  We look forward to this year, in God's will.