![]() ![]() When Robert Murray McCheyne, a young Scottish minister, lay dying at the age of twenty-nine, he turned to a friend and said: ‘God gave me a message to deliver and a horse to ride. Neither of these two ways of living pleases God, even though the latter may sound more ‘spiritual.’ Others, on the other hand, never think of themselves and become the paradigm of a fatigued person with a restless life. Some people never think of others that is the paradigm of a selfish person. ‘They made me keeper of the vineyards but my own vineyard I have not kept!’ Song of Songs 1:6b, RSV ‘All the unhappiness of men comes from one thing, which is not knowing how to be at rest in a room.’ Pascal If you find this resource helpful and would like to purchase the whole book, you can do so here. The first chapter of Martinez, Take Care of Yourself: Survive and Thrive in Christian Ministry, Hendrickson, 2018, reproduced with permission of the author.
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