4 Mistakes Leaders Make When Creating Margin [EP:106]

<h3>"Margin is the space between our load and our limits." -Dr. Swenson</h3> <p>We all need margin. We were built for it. We need margin from things like being in change, constant activity, overwork, noise, running around, the news, and social media.</p> <p>We also need margin set aside for things like rest, relationships, play, silence, God, eating uninterrupted, processing our feelings, and moving our bodies.</p> <p>We want margin but sometimes we struggle to make it a reality in life. Here are some reasons why.</p> <h3><strong>4 Mistakes Ministry Leaders Make When Creating Margin </strong></h3> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;"><strong>They don’t have a vision.</strong> They know they can’t keep doing it the same way but they don’t know what they want and if you don’t know the target, you’ll miss it every time. </span><span style= "font-weight: 400;"> </span></p> <p> </p> <p><strong>They rarely evaluate.</strong> They rarely reflect and see if they are living into that vision. Did they honor the commitments they made to the things that mattered most? Did They spend their time the way they wanted to? What worked well? What got in the way?</p> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;"><strong>They are looking for a quick fix.</strong> Making margin is actually part of our spiritual formation process. It is another way in which we try to live like Jesus. Spiritual formation takes time and practice. It's filled with trial and error.  The transformative work of the Holy Spirit tends to bring up a bunch of stuff. It reveals our insecurities, shows who or what we are trusting, clinging to, and relying on other than God, and it exposes the fears, lies, and limiting beliefs we have be living by. So many leaders  give up so easily on themselves because things didn't turn around in an instant.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;"><strong>They try and do it alone.</strong> We don’t talk about space, margin, overwork, and burnout in ministry. We hide our struggles. We don’t want people to think that we don’t ha