Ministry keeps us/me pretty busy and drained sometimes. My emotional tank is filled my by spending time with my family, fishing, and going to baseball games with my family!!! The best is, going on long drives and or walks with my wife and finding that joy of life and why King Jesus brought us together!! With all thought that being said, if I can't do those daily then I make sure I pop in my Ipod while I'm working out to listen to Toby Mac and to pray while I run... That helps me daily to be filled!!

Brian Edgerton

My tank often gets low as well, with this fast paced life we lead, it's always go go go. I fill mine back up with my emotional connection with my children, and my best friend (my husband). There's nothing more fulfilling than hearing the kids giggle as we run around the back yard. Or hearing them squeal with laughter while playing in the pool. Snuggleing up at bedtime, while watching the disney movie, smelling the fresh scent of baby lotion after bath time. The softness of the baby's skin first thing in the morning taking her out of the crib as she nuzzles into my neck to catch another second of sleep before the day starts. With my husband, it's watching him interact with the kids, and the look he gives me when one of them has done something really onrey, or funny. The gentle hug from him after we get the kitchen cleaned up from having another crazy evening of 6 random family members showing up to eat dinner with us. The way he picks up our 3 year old son when he's had a nightmare...or skinned his knee. There's so many things that make my emotional tank full, I think that's a good thing.

Sometimes too, when people run low, it's because they chose to run low. They are in a negative funk that only allows them to stay half full. Those are the ones we need to reach out to and break that negativity and show them by how we live that we can have full emotional tanks it will help.

Praise God for all that he gives us as fuel. No matter the type, he always provides.

God Bless...
Megan Moore

My tank is filled when I hear a beautiful song that lifts my heart and thoughts. I am so often moved by music. So many songs remind me to pray and be thankful for what I have been blessed with, but also what my responsibilities are as a christian. So song and music - definitely, fill my tank!

The concept of the emotional tank is was a concept Kim and I read early on in our parenting in a book by Dr. Ross Campbell, "How to Really Love Your Child". He explained how our children had emotional tanks and encouraged parents to fill them with positive reinforcement. He wisely explained how and we took that as our "mo" for raising our three children and keeping their emotional tank filled by positive reinforcement from 1) eye contact, 2) focused attention, 3) appropriate touching (cuddling, picking up, hair nuggies, 4) communication and 5) words of encouragement. Dr. Campbell's theory was that the tank will be filled either by positive input from us as parents or by the child misbehaving to get any attention, even if it's negative attention from aggravated parents or teachers. That might explain some adults and their attitudes....just left over from how they got their tank filled as a kid.

By following these principals, we were able to raise some pretty awesome kids who are doing the same now with their kids.

Watching my kids become awesome parents fuels my tank. Spending time with with my grandchildren and fueling them fills my tanks!

And when they aren't around, what fuels my tank and strengthens our marriage is a walk around town, hand in hand, with Kim, my best friend and wife for over 34 years now.

Outside of family, developing others in their faith, personal time with God, and tinkering with my MG or puttering in my yard all fuel my tank.

This is a great concept and glad for the opportunity to share.

In Jesus,
Clark