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Wasting Hours?

April 17, 2014 |

Appointment Time

I used to be a type A person (and still am!). You know the type. I’m that type of person who feels if I’m not doing something, I’m totally wasting time. I am that type of person who likes “to do lists.”

I grew up being nurtured into believing that work is what life is all about. I can still hear my dad teaching us kids, “Work, work, work.” I was brought up by a society that thinks this way and reared up by teachers who give us greater worth as students when we perform well. I grew up thinking that my worth as a person is equal to the amount of work I put in. Worst of all, I am that type of person who gets really upset when those people around me are not doing their responsibilities as they are expected to. In short, I am often a miserable person. 🙁

boot3d_smI am supposed to be a man of faith and yet because of this nature, prayer has been difficult for me at times because I feel it is getting in the way of me accomplishing something for the day. One time, I was invited to take a walk up the San Gabriel mountain trails and I felt like I was going to waste three hours of precious time. Hmmm… Three hours! That’s a lot of time wasted! List of things to do march one by one in my mind. I could study my bible. I could do laundry. I can do research for a sermon. I can study Spanish. I can study how to edit video movies.

Now that I am older, I started seeing how wrong I am when I have this attitude! Praying and meditating during my hiking are not wasted hours but invested hours. How many times in my life when it was through prayer that I found strength. Taking the time to walk to appreciate God’s beautiful creation is not a waste. So many occasions in my life, I found wisdom and peace through solitude and meditation. Taking time to press the “pause” button in life is important.

Out of the silence in my life I hear the whispers of my GOD. Out of quiet comes the understanding that I have people who love me and that I have a wife and a family who care a lot. And best of all, I realize that I care for them too… and that what really matters is not how we perform or what we have accomplished. More important than performance is the relationship I have with my friends, my family and my God.

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About Bermie

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Pastor Bermie and his wife Carmelita served as pastor for the past 33 years. After seminary, they served twelve years in the Philippines.

They pastored churches in Central Luzon and Mindanao, Philippines (1984-1996). They also served as directors in Philippine Summer Education Program camps…

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