It's May again--the new December! Honestly, can we cram any more activities into one month? Between all the end of year gatherings, staying up late for tests, and wrapping up the school year, this month seems to be even more overwhelming than preparing for Christmas.
To keep some balance, I try to keep first things first. First, this is the time in which spiritual matters can quickly take a back seat to all the pressing activities. Fight this. I do two things. I make worship a priority (not just because I have to be there, but because this keeps me balanced for the week) and second, I start the day with a prayer walk at about 5:45 to begin the morning with a conversation with God to sort out the day.
The second thing I keep as a priority is personal connections like family dinners that linger an extra half hour, talking about the day. With Hannah home for the summer, it is like old times again with the laughter and the playful jostling back and forth. Another is setting up intentional times with our small group so we don't let life overtake us or taking the initiative to contact friends for a more intimate gathering at a restaurant or around the fire in the back yard. Without these small gatherings, it can feel like those large May activities are nothing more than completing a checklist.
Don't reduce life to leaping from one event to the other. That can easily happen in May. Time to reconnect. . .with God as well as with others.
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