One of the greatest phrases I’ve picked up from Lon Solomon, MBC’s Senior Pastor, is “trickle charge.”  It’s a pretty simple concept and I’ve found it amazingly helpful in my life.  Here’s the idea – humans are a lot like batteries.  You can shock/rapid charge a battery if you really need to get it up and running right now.  You just apply a ton of current in a really condensed time and it’s back to normal.  But if you shock charge a battery too much, it ruins it.  It’s far more effective to “trickle charge” a battery – let it get back to full strength slowly and over a prolonged period of time.  Trickle charging takes a lot more time, but it’s better for the battery and the battery holds it’s charge much longer.

Interesting, huh?

I guess I write all of that because I’m spending this week “trickle charging” in a small lakeside town in Upstate New York.  It’s been an amazing year and a great summer.  But I need a little bit of a break.  I need to “trickle charge.”  Any chance you would be willing to pray for me this week?  Would love to know some of you are praying for me – for rest, for fresh vision, for a renewed passion and to come back to DC ready for the year God has for us.

But I would also like to know you have some trickle charge time on the calendar.  Trust me, you need it…we all do!