William Carey

As part of school, some of my brothers and sisters and I are going through a book on one of the first missionaries: William Carey. He had an extremely hard life, but he was a hard worker and also studied often. Too often. The book gave his weekly schedule. A good deal of it was devoted to preaching, and all the rest was given to study and work. He did not seem to leave any time to his family. This could have contributed to the depression experienced by his wife. It seems all too easy to fall into the trap of becoming so engrossed in work and ministry that family is completely forgotten. I think that although God does want us to use our time for him, he also wants men to train and spend time with their families, the way he planned.