Pastor's Weekly Word

 

One thing we don’t often talk about when we discuss Jesus and his ministry is how Jesus took his time. I never get the feeling that Jesus was in a rush, or at least, he didn’t seem to feel rushed. He had a calm rhythm to his work and his life. There was a lightheartedness to his demeanor, even during the most serious of situations. Sometimes he would go up a mountain to pray. Other times we find him walking along the side of the sea. You might say he had a playful posture. He was what Jaco Hamman, in his book A Play-Full Life, would call a traveler instead of a tourist.

 

“The boundless nature of play-fullness is beautifully portrayed in the difference between approaching life as a tourist or as a traveler,” Hamman says. “Tourists overcome vast distances at great speeds” wondering when they will arrive. “Traveler, on the other hand, discover distance, recognizing that the journey between destinations itself might be the vacation.”