Unusual name for a blog written during this month that is typically devoted to thankfulness, isn't it?
My husband and I sat down last night and watched a movie. I love this movie, and it is very funny and encouraging to me. However, last night when I watched it, I was also reminded that I am not enough. And that made me think of everything else that I don't have enough of. I will just mention one of them here today.
There's never enough... time. The universal lament of human beings everywhere. Whether we are a career professional, a beach bum, or a busy mom of several children, we all say the same thing. There just aren't enough hours in the day. We have too much to do and not enough time to do it in. Whatever your cliche of preference - whatever we do, whoever we are, we just don't have enough time.
But is that really true? I realize now that, for me at least, this actually goes right back to my initial feeling of "I'm not enough". I can't live up to those (usually unrealistic) expectations that I have for myself. You know the ones: I should be able to keep the house clean, provide healthy home-cooked meals for my family, homeschool my kid(s), assist my elderly parents, and serve my church family with joy. Because I have these expectations of myself, I try to accomplish too much each day, and, of course, there is never enough time to get it all done!
So how can I remedy this situation? I know I am not, and will never be, enough. I know that I cannot accomplish all that I think I should. I know that we have all heard it a thousand times, but I will say it here anyway: Prioritize. And, more importantly, pray! Speaking for myself, I need wisdom to know how to prioritize the tasks before me. And I need to know what God's priorities are for my family, not necessarily my own priorities. Is it more important that I not have a dirty dish in the sink, or that my son has a mom who is willing to play pretend with him? Should my house be spotless, or is it more important that my heart and mind be spotless in God's eyes?
I am just as guilty as anyone, when it comes to trying to squeeze too much into a day. And I have paid the price for it. I have stayed up late several nights in a row, trying to get that last bit of house cleaned, and then come down sick because my body's immune system was compromised. I have forsaken prayer and/or Bible study - because I supposedly didn't have enough time - and faced a predicament that I had no idea how to handle, because I had not talked to or listened to God. So I am speaking to myself with this blog, probably more than to anyone else who will read it!
So, it isn't really that there is not enough time; it's that we try to do too much in the time God has allotted us each day. Pray for His wisdom and priorities for you and your family, and He will bless you with just the right amount of time that you need!
My husband and I sat down last night and watched a movie. I love this movie, and it is very funny and encouraging to me. However, last night when I watched it, I was also reminded that I am not enough. And that made me think of everything else that I don't have enough of. I will just mention one of them here today.
There's never enough... time. The universal lament of human beings everywhere. Whether we are a career professional, a beach bum, or a busy mom of several children, we all say the same thing. There just aren't enough hours in the day. We have too much to do and not enough time to do it in. Whatever your cliche of preference - whatever we do, whoever we are, we just don't have enough time.
But is that really true? I realize now that, for me at least, this actually goes right back to my initial feeling of "I'm not enough". I can't live up to those (usually unrealistic) expectations that I have for myself. You know the ones: I should be able to keep the house clean, provide healthy home-cooked meals for my family, homeschool my kid(s), assist my elderly parents, and serve my church family with joy. Because I have these expectations of myself, I try to accomplish too much each day, and, of course, there is never enough time to get it all done!
So how can I remedy this situation? I know I am not, and will never be, enough. I know that I cannot accomplish all that I think I should. I know that we have all heard it a thousand times, but I will say it here anyway: Prioritize. And, more importantly, pray! Speaking for myself, I need wisdom to know how to prioritize the tasks before me. And I need to know what God's priorities are for my family, not necessarily my own priorities. Is it more important that I not have a dirty dish in the sink, or that my son has a mom who is willing to play pretend with him? Should my house be spotless, or is it more important that my heart and mind be spotless in God's eyes?
I am just as guilty as anyone, when it comes to trying to squeeze too much into a day. And I have paid the price for it. I have stayed up late several nights in a row, trying to get that last bit of house cleaned, and then come down sick because my body's immune system was compromised. I have forsaken prayer and/or Bible study - because I supposedly didn't have enough time - and faced a predicament that I had no idea how to handle, because I had not talked to or listened to God. So I am speaking to myself with this blog, probably more than to anyone else who will read it!
So, it isn't really that there is not enough time; it's that we try to do too much in the time God has allotted us each day. Pray for His wisdom and priorities for you and your family, and He will bless you with just the right amount of time that you need!