Burned out Families
An interesting blog post from the folk at Fuller Youth Institute: http://fulleryouthinstitute.org/2010/02/burned-out-parents-burned-out-ki...
Research shows that parents who feel burned out often influence their families so that their children become burned out as well. It's obvious that youth take after their parents in many ways, but it's interesting to think that our levels of stress are not only noticed by youth, but often contribute to their own stress levels.
I'm sure there are adults in our church who would consider themselves burned out. I could probably name a few youth who are there too. With all the demands on life - school, work, sports, family, church, etc - it's easy to get into too many things. And when we do, our youth will pick up on that and start to feel the pressure too.
Maybe part of being church together is encouraging each other to practice self-care so that families are a place where God can replenish us with energy that can so easily be sucked away.
And on that note...I'm off for a week's vacation! Time to refuel and reenergize for continuing ministry at BMC. So long!
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Hi Darren, I hope you enjoyed your vacation.
I've finally found time to have a look at your blog and even respond to it.
I agree 100% that stress in the family, as displayed by the parents, will be picked up by the kids and make things harder for them than it already is. Being a kid today is stressful enough without having to deal with your parents' anxiety.
On the other hand, one can't pretend everything is fine when it isn't, that would be dishonest and the kids would pick up on that too.
I think the answer is to pull away from all the competitive activities we find ourselves in and spend more quality time "chilling out" with our children.
Regarding your earlier blog on prayer.
God hears the petitions of our heart, it doesn't matter if a personal prayer is expressed in words. So don't get caught up in the logistics of constructing a verbally golden prayer. Just sit, be still, and put yourself in the frame of mind where your prayers are existential but not verbalized.
That sounds like meditation, but it's not. to meditate is to clear the mind, to pray is to focus the mind on doing the will of God. Provided the prayer isn't selfish, it will be heard.
It's an interesting topic, thanks for bringing it up.
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