Advice to an Overworker by MRS. C. C. LEWIS

Review and Herald Publishing Association · Tacoma Park Station, Washington, D. C. · Mar 4, 1915

Advice to an Overworker

By MRS. C. C. LEWIS

MRS. C. C. LEWIS

This is rather a dismal outlook for a young father, but you must not give up. Look over the past, examine your life, and see if perhaps you were not overzealous in your efforts to make your work go. You doubtless went beyond your strength many a day, and the Master did not require that of you. It would not be strange if there was mingled with your labors a bit of personal ambition. Have we not all marred the work sometimes in this way, and brought sorrow to our hearts?

It was a new thought to me one day many years ago, that it was just as wrong for me to overwork as it was to overwork my helpers. The latter I would not think of doing, while the former I did without compunction. Tell the Master you are sorry for this unwise use of your strength, and ask his forgiveness. “As a father pitieth his children, so the Lord pitieth them that fear him.” Give yourself to prayer. The Lord will heal you, or give you grace to bear your suffering.