Seemed like an innocent Idea. At the time.
So, <cue the eerie music that foreshadows horror & disaster for our brave heroine> I went to work behind-the-scenes and started my little "fixing" stuff.
Tweak. Click. Zip! Zing! Pow! Click. Tweak. Mmmm? Yep.
Well, there I was with things "fixed" (or so I thought) and a few more left to do. Several days later I "tried" to go back in to write a new blog-post and --what is this?-- I couldn't get "in." Knock! Knock! I mean, I couldn't even FIND the little button that blog-owners use to get IN to their own account.
That was irritating, but oh well, I was in a hurry to do something else, too, so I got side-tracked, and each day went by and my blog fell further and further behind. I "meant" to get back to it--but real life has a way of intervening with "more important" stuff like meals and laundry and family responsibilities.
Time. It flies.
I'd catch myself thinking "I should write about this," and then remember I was stuck outside the door without a key and oopsie daisy--real life again would call: YOOOHOOO!--and I'd forget about it again.
Then just recently, I got an email from Google mail, and--what is this?--miracle of miracles! Hello? I completely forgot that I had changed the email associated with my blog-account. Well, that explained why I couldn't even SEE the back door knob, never mind having a KEY to get in! HA! I can be SUCH a nitwit at times. Short memory, too. But that's a whole other topic!
Anyway...I am working now to restore things to what I used to have on my blog--no more sleek, trimmed to the lean look. That's not me.
But restoring the pages and gadgets takes time.
And TIME is what I wanted to talk about today. Somehow when I was younger I thought I'll have MORE time when I get older. But no, that hasn't been true. If anything I feel it rushing away, between my fingers, much faster now than ever before.
Rushing to do this. And that. Hustling between daily chores that really aren't URGENT! but feeling like I have a TIME CRUNCH bearing down on me! Being irritated when "little" things prevent me from getting done with a boring chore, because there's something else I'd RATHER be doing instead. And then biting off the head of a loved one because I'm irritated.
Compounding and pressing in on all sides.
Some (most!?) of my busy-ness comes from the bushel-basket of activities of my own making. All of them "good" and even mostly "meaningful" in their own right. Plus I work part-TIME. And that's a necessity.
But a LOT of busy-ness comes from getting carried away and forgetting my PRIORITIES. When I feel the most harried and harrassed by TIME nipping at my heels is when I stupidly 'allow' myself to get side-tracked with silly-ness. Like playing too many games-in-a-row on my iPhone. Or caught up with social media-izing on Facebook or Instagram or Pinterest. Ad nauseum. Total fail.
Actually? I've been pretty good about sticking to my resolution to continue my daily Bible reading each morning. But honestly? On the days when other stuff crowds in and I fail to sit down in the morning to read my Bible? I feel like I've been cheating on God--the lover of my soul. Almost without fail, the remainder of my day is marred by pushing God away.
Would you DREAM of saying this to Him? "Hey, God. Not today. Okay? Because my other stuff is more important than this half-hour with You. And seriously, God? You expect me to get up even EARLIER so that You can talk to me through Your Word? I'm too tired for You. I need to sleep much more than I need some wisdom from You. Go away."
I won't say THAT (^above) because I actually LIKE getting up in the morning! AND I really LOVE my morning routine (brush teeth, dress, cappuccino, Bible reading, then GO!). But I HAVE let some pretty inane stuff push Godly living OFF my list a few times in the MIDDLE of my day! I don't even want to tell you how bad it can be sometimes.
So. Whatever it is for you or me, we all could use a sort-of mid-year kick in the britches reminder:
keep those priorities straight. - If "make good food for the family" was on your PRIORITY list on January 1, and you're not doing that, figure out what IS stopping you. Fix it.
- If "get more exercise" was the goal, then cut out a half-hour of sitting & watching TV or reading blogs (but not mine!) and go walking.
- If "read my Bible daily" was on your New Year's Resolutions, add it into your schedule, your "To Do" list for the day.
Re-resolve to STICK WITH THE PLAN!
Ask God to bless your daily work. Because He LOVES to bless His children.
And You--my dear friend--are a Daughter of the King.
There is a time for everything
and a season for every activity under Heaven:
a time to be born and a time to die,
a time to plant and a time to uproot
... to kill and ... to heal,
... to tear down and ... to build,
... to weep and ... to laugh,
... to mourn and ... to dance,
... to scatter stones and ... gather them,
... to embrace and ... to refrain,
... to search and ... give up,
... to keep and ... to throw away,
... to tear and ... to mend,
... to be silent and a time to speak,
... to love ... and to hate,
... for war and ... for peace.
Eccelsiastes 3: 1-8 NIV
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