Too Busy?
I spent the afternoon with a couple of my sisters mudding drywall. When my sister first asked if I’d like to go along, I was hesitant. My mind kept going to everything I needed to accomplish. This is my first week back from a 10-day trip, and there’s always much to do. As I prayed and pondered, I realized that it’s easy to always be too busy. Sometimes I’m on a legitimate deadline but there was nothing I planned today that couldn’t be put off until tomorrow so I decided to go.
I’ve commented at times that it’s nice to be busy as it keeps me out of trouble 🙂 but it is possible to be too busy. If you’re too busy to take time to help a friend, you’re too busy. If you’re too busy to listen to someone who’s hurting, you’re too busy. As my mom would say, not every phone call is a call of God but I want to be faithful to hear His voice when He does call. No matter how much I think I’m doing “for Christ,” it avails nothing if it’s not what He called me to do.
I admit I’m one of those people who are often too busy. Yes, I need to be responsible and there may be times I can’t take time to talk on the phone or take off to visit but I pray I will never be too busy to hear God’s voice and know what He desires for my day. The work I planned to do today will be there tomorrow and, as I work on it, I’ll remember the blessings of this day and the time we girls had together. “Yesterday’s gone and tomorrow may never come but we have this moment today.”
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