{"id":1241,"date":"2015-02-03T16:23:03","date_gmt":"2015-02-03T21:23:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/campus.cru.org\/faculty\/?p=1241"},"modified":"2023-07-18T21:10:22","modified_gmt":"2023-07-19T01:10:22","slug":"make-time-for-things-that-matter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/campus.cru.org\/faculty\/2015\/make-time-for-things-that-matter\/","title":{"rendered":"Make Time for Things That Matter"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"1241\" class=\"elementor elementor-1241\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section data-particle_enable=\"false\" data-particle-mobile-disabled=\"false\" class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-5ef39c7 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"5ef39c7\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-d8b727a\" data-id=\"d8b727a\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-69811f2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"69811f2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>How often have you had this internal conversation?<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section data-particle_enable=\"false\" data-particle-mobile-disabled=\"false\" class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-b976987 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"b976987\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-6a89481\" data-id=\"6a89481\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3abab52 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"3abab52\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>I\u2019m behind.&nbsp; Again.&nbsp; The items on my \u201cTo Do\u201d rival the number of freshmen in my lecture classes. My time is not my own.&nbsp; I don\u2019t like the pace of my life\u2014so little time for people. So little time for God. I\u2019m not sure I like the person I\u2019m becoming.&nbsp; But the academy seems to demand it.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Is it possible, in the pursuit of excellence in my research and teaching, to find time for relationships with Jesus and others? How do I become a person who loves others well when I have no time for people? How can I count myself a disciple of Jesus when I can\u2019t find time to follow Him? Something has to change.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section data-particle_enable=\"false\" data-particle-mobile-disabled=\"false\" class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-fdc7d45 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"fdc7d45\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-0b29b33\" data-id=\"0b29b33\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ccfee25 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"ccfee25\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Reality: Relationships Take Time<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section data-particle_enable=\"false\" data-particle-mobile-disabled=\"false\" class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-5bc9945 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"5bc9945\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-f86a645\" data-id=\"f86a645\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ed8f809 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"ed8f809\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>People take time.&nbsp; My marriage tells me this.&nbsp; I see it in the eyes of my kids.&nbsp; While dear friends seem to understand the demands of my schedule, at least for a while, they won&#8217;t remain friends for long without an investment in our friendship.<\/p><p>Missed conversations, missed experiences and events in the lives of those I care about, take a toll. Whether I like it or not, relationships take time.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section data-particle_enable=\"false\" data-particle-mobile-disabled=\"false\" class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-b7bd1c6 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"b7bd1c6\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-2d879fa\" data-id=\"2d879fa\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a5fc487 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"a5fc487\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Reality: My Schedule Ultimately Reflects the Affections of my Heart<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section data-particle_enable=\"false\" data-particle-mobile-disabled=\"false\" class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-18d4010 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"18d4010\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-b8c5bfa\" data-id=\"b8c5bfa\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5376ffe elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"5376ffe\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>I love my work. That\u2019s why I cut corners relationally&#8211;with family, with colleagues and friends, and even with God.\u00a0 I won&#8217;t change unless I first confront the reality that I make time for the things I love.\u00a0 My affections drive me.<\/p><p>Eventually, though, I realize how out of control my life is, where my affections are\u2014manifested typically in a broken relationship.<\/p><p>So how do I:<\/p><ul><li>become a person who loves God first?<\/li><li>become a person who loves my spouse and children well?<\/li><li>fulfill my calling to the academy with excellence and rigor?<\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section data-particle_enable=\"false\" data-particle-mobile-disabled=\"false\" class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-2fa9994 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"2fa9994\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-0d33906\" data-id=\"0d33906\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f92a23b elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"f92a23b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Reality: We need the expulsive power of a new affection. <\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section data-particle_enable=\"false\" data-particle-mobile-disabled=\"false\" class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-1ff3eeb elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"1ff3eeb\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-511060b\" data-id=\"511060b\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-55a8043 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"55a8043\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Scottish theologian and political economist, Thomas Chalmers wrote:<\/p><p><i>The best way of casting out an impure affection is to admit a pure one&#8230; It is only when, as in the Gospel, acceptance is bestowed as a present, without money and without price, that the security which man feels in God is placed beyond the reach of disturbance. Only then can he repose in Him as one friend reposes in another&#8230; The only way to dispossess the heart of an old affection is by the expulsive power of a new one.<\/i><\/p><p>Considering God\u2019s great, unchanging love for me \u2013 that Jesus gave His life in my place, and that in Him I\u2019m completely forgiven, I respond by giving him first place in my life.\u00a0 I embrace the expulsive power of a new affection.\u00a0 My heart makes space for God.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p><p>Making time for things that matter is first of all not a question of technique, but of affection.\u00a0<\/p><p>In light of a new growing affection for Jesus, I create space for people, learning to love them as I love myself.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section data-particle_enable=\"false\" data-particle-mobile-disabled=\"false\" class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-c703dcb elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"c703dcb\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-15cdd63\" data-id=\"15cdd63\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b9a03ad elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"b9a03ad\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><b>FC Editorial Team<\/b><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>How often have you had this internal conversation? 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