Time And Kingdom Spirituality

I've been reading Margin by Richard A. Swenson, M.D. (NavPress) and have been impressed with how he addresses an issue we've all experienced, sat through seminars on, etc. Time. He calls it "margin." Margin is having time and energy for the things that are truly important in life. And time for leisure.

Here's a quote I like on the stresses of time:

The marginless lifestyle and its resultant chronic time pressure are particularly devastating to our relationships: to self, to family, to others, to God.

Everyone needs personal time. Those who say they don't need time for self are probably the ones who need it the most. We all need time to let the dust settle, to evaluate how life is going, to plan for the future. "Those who are caught up in the busy life have neither the time nor quite to come to understand themselves and their goals," explains Robert Banks. "Since the opportunity for inward attention hardly ever comes, many people have not head from themselves for a long, long time. Those who are always 'on the run' never meet anyone any more, not even themselves."