I remember back in 1989 attending a Purpose Driven Church Conference and hearing Rick Warren speak for the very first time. God used him to speak into my life. I don't recall the name of his message, but his points were lighten up, line up, and look up....Isn't that weird how you remember that stuff. Under lighten up his points were relax daily, rest weekly, and retreat annually. This is good advice for all of us that tend to drive ourselves and others way to hard...
So this week I'm spending the week at Destin, Florida retreating....the only thing I would add to what Rick had to say is retreating annually just isn't enough for most of us living in a high pace world and a high intensity ministry like church planting.
Remember life is a journey, don't forget to stop at the rest area....
Destin is nice, but oh so crowded!
check out St. George Island. It's only about 1 1/2 hours east of Destin/Panama City. Very quaint. Very quiet. You can rent a house right on the beach for 1/2 of what you pay for a ritzy condo in Destin.
I go there with my family 2x every year ... April & October. You can't beat it.
Enjoy your vacation!
Posted by: Geoff Baggett | July 07, 2007 at 09:04 AM