Be Quick But Don't Hurry

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Legendary basketball coach John Wooden used to tell his players... "Be quick, but don't hurry."

It is good to be quick but hurrying is a mental state that makes us out of control and often leads to mistakes. 

When God created time and the gift of a day he wasn't being stingy. 

He wasn't thinking how can I give these people barely enough time each day. 

He was generous and gave us more than enough time each day. 

But when we are in a hurried frantic state it steals time from us. 

We all have 24 hours a day but we all experience those 24 hours differently and some of those hours can be stolen. 

And being in a hurry is one of the biggest things that steals our time because we lose control and make mistakes that take longer to fix. 

The other part of this is being quick... We should be quick to do the things we know to do.

In today's communion it's a time of thanksgiving for the gift of enough time and asking for God's help to be quick but not hurried. We are also asking God to restore and redeem any time that has been stolen from us because we were hurried. 

I am praying for you. 

Daniel