hmmm…..
I have been buried under an avalanche of work lately. It seems like sermons and funerals, Bible studies and hospital visits, presbytery meetings, not to mention a Doctor of Ministry project have nearly buried me alive. I bet you have been there. Like a huge snow pack roaring down a mountainside, the pressure to catch up and stay on top of things is almost life threatening.
This winter, experienced skiers, trained to survive avalanches, have been buried under by them. In the United States something like 17 skiers have been killed this season when avalanches overtook them. Four died last weekend in two separate avalanches and many more barely made it out with their lives intact. These are not amateurs accidently caught up in an unpredicted force of nature. These are highly trained professional skiers who are tempted by the thrill of trying to beat the mighty snow masses down the mountain side.
I am not sure how to avoid these avalanches. We all run into them from time to time. An avalanche of work, or laundry or bills pilling up. Sometimes we can control the enormity of the mass, but sometimes not. Probably the skiers caught in the icy landslide said a lot of prayers as they tumbled down the slope. They rightly feared for their life. Maybe we can pray, too, as we try to survive the avalanches in our lives. We can ask for help to stay on top of the onslaught and pray for guidance to navigate out of it. And hopefully we will survive.
hmmm…..
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