many give the excuse that being a bivopastor you can't accomplish as much for the kingdom as a "full-time" pastor. I think it comes down to priorities and time management. Yes some days get more stressful than others but can be managed by planning and self-discipline. It means you can't be a last minute slacker (which is comes under the talented artsy types). Here a look of what happened today.
5:45 wake up and dress and travel to hospital for father of member open heart surgery
6:30 at hospital with family till 8:30
8:30 at work doing manual labor, yeah i wish i had an office job ( all i see people at desk doing now is facebook anyway. by the way, what did pastors do before blogs,twitter and facebook?)
lunch with daughter and wife at 12 cause i know i will be out of town tonight
1:00 back doing service work
3:00 stop by hospital to see family after surgery
4:00 take off work an hour early ( that means you lose money)
get changed on road at 4:30 till 5:45 to visit hospital out of town for member who had major motorcycle wreck on interstate and was air lifted.
Stay at hospital till 7:00 . swing by a get dinner quickly . back home at 9:oo play with 3 yr old daughter till 9:45 cause i didn't get to see her much today and will be gone for 2 full days. started final listen on worship cd. while typing sermon. my sermons are usually written through the week in my work truck while I go over thoughts. Usually condense 4 pages of notes down to 2 typed pages with scripture inserted. have wrestling match with printer. These are the times when i wish i was better with a computer or had a secretary. oh well. By the way, I am doing what i love and did this even when I didn't get a dime. You have to love people. I see some that can fake it for up to a few years but you can't fake it for a lifetime. Being bivocational requires a greater since of sacrifice. So stop feeling sorry for yourself just because you feel takin for granted by your church people. Its called spiritual warfare and its a trap of the devil!
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