Pace of Life and Relationships

I'm spending a bit of time this afternoon prepping for Sunday's first "official" message of our 40 Days of Love series. (If you're interested in last Sunday's sermon previewing the new series, you can listen to it for free by clicking here.)  Anyhow, in the midst of preparing, I came across the following quotes about busyness as it relates to the depth of our relationships...

Dr. Richard Swenson is one of the world’s authorities on stress and he wrote this:

“I’ve come to believe that the speed of society is as much responsible for the problems of personal and social dysfunction as any other single factor.  Virtually all of our relationships are damaged by hurry. We’re always in a hurry.  Many families are being starved to death by velocity.  We walk fast, we talk fast, eat fast.  Then announce, ‘Sorry, I’ve gotta run!’  God, I suspect doesn’t fit any better into our break neck schedules than our children do.”

Chuck Swindoll states, “Busyness destroys relationships. It substitutes shallow frenzy for deep friendship.  Busyness feeds the ego but it starves those who love us.  It fills the calendar but it fractures the family.”