{{2012_03_30_t1.jpg}} {{2012_03_30_t2.jpg}} {{2012_03_30_t3.jpg}} [[http://www.jesusnetwork.eu/de/doku.php/jn_de_2012_03_30|Deutsche Version]] [[Start|| Wiki Start]] [[topics_collection_iv|| Topics Collection iv ]] ======Easter is Coming III: Time to Think ...====== Friday, March 30, 2012. What type of daily job do you have? Are you part of some production line? Are you sitting in some office? Are you taking care of people? Are you attending school or university? {{2012_03_30.jpg }} **Time to think is needed ...** For many of us days are full with "daily activities". We work. We take care of family or kids. We go out and have fun with friends. We are busy. But time to think is needed. And more than that, we also need a culture which enables us to think. I am talking about a personal culture, some habit which makes you ready to think about yourself and others in a productive way! I had times in my life when thinking about myself was not really possible. My thoughts were distracted. I thought about everything, but not getting to any conclusion or to any productive setup. I was just completely chaotic in my thoughts about myself and about the situation I was in. {{ 2012_03_30_2.jpg}} But times changed. I learned to order my thoughts. I learned to listen, and to talk. I learned to think in a way which leads to something. What happened? Jesus took time off ... I thought about Jesus, who took time off to talk to his father. I tried to follow him, sit down somewhere in the nature, take a diary and the bible and start to think, to listen, to talk, to calm down. It took me quite a while to learn how to get to the point. It took me years to learn how to read the bible in a balanced and productive way. I learned a lot about the way people have read the book over the centuries. I know all the different streams of Christianity now, that is quite fascinating. But much more important is that I got to know the God the bible is talking about. What can be more fascinating, more breathtaking and more moving that getting to know the creator and saviour. Time is needed, to get to the point. We need time to calm down, time to listen, time to talk to him and tell him where we are, and then let him guide us, our thoughts, our emotions and our goals ... step by step! Time is needed. (Roland Potthast) [[http://www.jesusnetwork.eu/en/doku.php/topics_collection_iv|... more texts]]