Anyone who knows me knows that I pray for and struggle to keep the victory in the arena of self-discipline. I hesitate to label myself outright lazy (though I probably could) as I have been known to work outrageous hours and put forth crazy effort toward things I enjoy (scrapbooking, rug-hooking, memory-making with my kids when they were small). When I was in school, my minimum standard for writing assignments was akin to other people's top standard. I was still lazy, though, when you consider that I never really did give those assignments my all because I knew I would get an "A" with my minimum standard. Okay, I've answered my own question. I am lazy.
This is quite possibly the longest introduction to a blog topic the internet has seen. This is not a blog post about laziness. Not directly, at least. I have already turned off half of my reading audience as my FB friends, while a varied group, are not a lazy bunch. Stick with me. You will relate, I guarantee.
As part of my initiative to position myself in God's will for the rest of my life, I have mapped out some goals. I organized a binder and I made some lists. Right out of the gate I find that it will be tough to do each day what I feel I need to do to meet my own goals while serving my family. Now I know how my husband feels coming into parenting and household issues after a full day at work. Last night I could not wind down because my mind was spinning in a million directions with regard to ways to help my kids map and reach some goals in a timely manner while managing my home and accomplishing some things for myself. I had done what I could all day, and it just did not feel like enough to make it to all of the finish lines in my head.
Today, though, while spending some time with the Lord, I was reminded of a simple truth. (Seems like all real, solid truths ARE simple...we would never be able to remember them otherwise.) God never intended for us to live in the future. Here is my proof: "Therefore, do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself." Matthew 6:34, NIV. This does not mean do not work toward a future. This does not mean do not plan. This means DO NOT WORRY.
I caught a vision of myself in a tent in the forest. One of the lush, green, still forests of the Smokies. I can now see myself pottering around the campsite, stoking the fire, making instant coffee (tying the food up so bears won't get it). This is how I would like to treat all of my TODAYS. I want to camp in them. Enjoy them. Stay put in them. If I would but get up, pray over the day, make my list of things to do and people to see, and then set out to conquer JUST TODAY'S LIST, I would find a peace that comes from doing one's best. The unplug time while the family is at work and at school and then again at reading time before bed would be restful and, oh I don't know, FUN even!
Friends, camp out in the beauty of today. Tomorrow might not even come. Why waste a minute of joy on it?
This is quite possibly the longest introduction to a blog topic the internet has seen. This is not a blog post about laziness. Not directly, at least. I have already turned off half of my reading audience as my FB friends, while a varied group, are not a lazy bunch. Stick with me. You will relate, I guarantee.
As part of my initiative to position myself in God's will for the rest of my life, I have mapped out some goals. I organized a binder and I made some lists. Right out of the gate I find that it will be tough to do each day what I feel I need to do to meet my own goals while serving my family. Now I know how my husband feels coming into parenting and household issues after a full day at work. Last night I could not wind down because my mind was spinning in a million directions with regard to ways to help my kids map and reach some goals in a timely manner while managing my home and accomplishing some things for myself. I had done what I could all day, and it just did not feel like enough to make it to all of the finish lines in my head.
Today, though, while spending some time with the Lord, I was reminded of a simple truth. (Seems like all real, solid truths ARE simple...we would never be able to remember them otherwise.) God never intended for us to live in the future. Here is my proof: "Therefore, do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself." Matthew 6:34, NIV. This does not mean do not work toward a future. This does not mean do not plan. This means DO NOT WORRY.
I caught a vision of myself in a tent in the forest. One of the lush, green, still forests of the Smokies. I can now see myself pottering around the campsite, stoking the fire, making instant coffee (tying the food up so bears won't get it). This is how I would like to treat all of my TODAYS. I want to camp in them. Enjoy them. Stay put in them. If I would but get up, pray over the day, make my list of things to do and people to see, and then set out to conquer JUST TODAY'S LIST, I would find a peace that comes from doing one's best. The unplug time while the family is at work and at school and then again at reading time before bed would be restful and, oh I don't know, FUN even!
Friends, camp out in the beauty of today. Tomorrow might not even come. Why waste a minute of joy on it?
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