TAKING TIME OFF WITHOUT GUILT | Jeanne Mayo

Because I have these breathtaking people around me and I never want them to feel like I'm not carrying my own weight, one of my most mammoth mind games and one of the biggest challenges I face is learning to take time off without guilt. Yet without this time, I know I cannot do effective ministry. So I try to follow a few simple rules:

1. I have to remind myself that no one can put me on a guilt trip unless I buy the ticket.
2. If I take a day off and I really want to come out of it replenished, I need to turn the technology off. (Honestly, I don't do this well but I'm working on it.)
3. I have to say to myself over and over again, I want to pace my life so I will not be another one of the ministry fatality figures that litter the ministry world. I've done this for decades and I don't want to blow it now. I know if I can't pace this without guilt I'm not going to be able to make the long haul.
4. The Strategic 5% – It's the big stuff that will really walk with you into eternity and it's the stuff you won't be able to do well if you don't take days off without guilt.

• Only you can control your own spiritual life with Jesus, no one will know if you are just a business associate.
• No one will ever control how you do your own most intimate family relationships.
• No one can control what I do about my own physical health but me.