Are you busy?
You’re laughing at me right now aren’t you?
No, perhaps the question should be,
when are you not busy?
Honestly, I would love a morning
where I could sleep in…Good and real sleep where there would be no early
requests for chocolate milk and no refereeing between who gets to sit in the
blue chair. But there’s that thing called breakfast that my family likes to do
and of course the world does not stop just because I’m tired. To sleep in until
eight in the morning, yes that sounds like a dream I once had.
I need
sleep! You need sleep. People need sleep. But I don’t get enough, do you? If I
can’t sleep in, how do I get more? Oh right, yes there’s the go to bed earlier
thing. Yeah, first of all no! I had caffeine at four in the afternoon so I could
make it through the remaining part of the day and now there’s no way I could go
to bed at nine. Plus I have a blue dozen things on my to-do list, my I-should-of-done-yesterday
list and the list I still have to make for tomorrow.
I’m
busy, worn out and getting cranky because there’s not enough hours in my day.
And there is no time for rest!
Yesterday
I finally made time to stop and sit down. I started reading Courtney Joseph’s new book Women Living Well. She’s right. The
world tells us the more we have, the more we do, the more, more, more. Now that
will bring us happiness. And that’s a lie! One I fall for way too often.
She
says in her book, “Do you want to be a better wife? Study your Bible. Do you
want to be a better mother? Study your bible. Do you want to be a better
homemaker, friend or coworker? Study your bible.” You know what? She nailed it! And I
already knew that! But how am I going to add one more thing to my mile long list? If I
don’t have time for God, then something’s got to go…and NO it can’t be my bible
time.
Why am
I really here on this earth? Unfortunately, it’s not to be a professional shoe
and purse shopper. And no one seems interested in performing a study on how long I could sleep in each morning. No really, I am here to give God glory, to be a loving and
supporting wife and to be a mom who walks with Jesus so my children can grow
up loving and serving Him. That is it! I don’t have to write this blog, my kids
don’t have to be in fifty sporting events and yes, sometimes even good things
like church activities can hinder my walk with Christ. By the way I’m not
giving you an excuse out of helping and teaching at church. But I am saying
pray about those things! And sometimes saying No, is the right response.
The old
saying: Take time to smell the roses. Have you lately? Join me this week as I
take more time to rest and study the bible. Spend extra time in prayer. Ask Him
if there is anything you need to get rid of so you can spend more time with
Him.
If you need rest, if you need sleep, if you need extra time,
if you need… Matthew 7:7 tells us to ask!
with love and prayers
Posts to look forward to: Recipe for Ham Gravy and The Full Book Review on Women Living Well by Courtney Joseph.
Welcome to the world of blogging, Megan! I've enjoyed reading your first two posts! I can relate to the topic of this blog well and have had to determine the priorities for my own life concerning the place that serious Bible study had for me. It's had such an impact on me that I wrote a five part series on the topic for my own blog. If you find yourself interested, you can go here: http://www.accomplishthepurpose.blogspot.com/2012/12/the-power-of-priority-part-five.html This page has links to the other parts of the series. I hope you find it encouraging. I'm also sure that you will keep up with your blog better than I have (it's been since February that I lasted posted)! Keep up the good work, and see you at church! :)
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