I start every day with a to-do list I wrote the night before. I usually put more things on my list than I get done, so I will push to try and get everything done, but today, I got everything crossed off. I finished working on my sermon for Sunday, I got my boat uncovered and ready to go fishing, I drove to a friend’s house and picked up a bunch of fishing equipment they were getting rid of, I split firewood for an hour with my grandson’s help, I reviewed 150 Bible verses, I did all of my basic disciplines including exercising, and I took my wife on a date, we went and saw “Mission Impossible.” Whooooeeeeee, that movie will wear you out! With my achy hips, I am good for about 30 minutes on my feet, and then I need to take a break. I usually do that in my chair and review Bible verses while sitting. I said I reviewed 150 verses, but that was 30 verses at a time in five different rest times. I came in and sat down seven times, but I took a short nap in two of them. Back in the days when I ran marathons, I would run for ten minutes and then walk for one. That system worked well for me and allowed me to finish strong. I have been pastoring for 50 years, and I have had someone else preach for me ten different times each year. I have faithfully taken at least a day off every week from any ministry work. I went to our kids’ concerts, basketball games and fished regularly. In his book “7 Habits of Highly Effective People,” Stephen Covey calls one of the habits “sharpening your saw.” He said that you can keep sawing wood even when your saw gets dull because you don’t think you have the time to stop sawing to sharpen it, but pretty soon, you are getting very little wood sawn because the saw is so dull. Wise people know when and how to sharpen their saw.