Why is it that we never seem to have enough time to get everything done? Just because God created the entire world in 6 days – and had a day to rest on the 7th, doesn’t mean we have to accomplish everything before the weekend!
But I have so much that I have to get done … or do I? What is it that I ‘have’ to do? There is a saying that says ‘the only things we have to do are pay taxes and die!’ Even that isn’t true. At the risk of being political, how many people are in this country illegally that don’t pay taxes … that work under the table and off the books. You don’t ‘have’ to pay taxes … now, if you don’t, the IRS might pay you a visit – but it’s still a choice. Do we ‘have’ to die? Jesus said we don’t. He said to believe in Him and we will never die but have eternal life!
As I sit here this morning – knowing that I have to take mom to the doctors, have to finish the laundry, have to go to the grocery store and have to be at Morgan’s band concert at 6:30. It’s overwhelming and frustrating – and I think if I actually wrote down everything that I ‘have’ to do – I might just cry!
Really, though … what is it that I ‘have’ to do? Everything on that list is a choice. I choose to take mom to the doctor because I care about her health. I choose to do the laundry because it is important that my family have clean clothes to wear. I choose to be at Morgan’s concert because it is important to her … and she’s quite good at it!
So, really, I don’t ‘have’ to do anything. I have choices to make, and I make them based on the priorities in my life. I ‘have’ to go to work … no I don’t. I’m not at work today … I chose to take mom to the doctor because her health is important. I choose to go to work because it is important for me to provide for my family. There are many out there that don’t make that choice.
When you list all of those ‘to-do’s’ … I have to do this and I have to do that – how do you feel? List a few things … I’ll wait…
Feels pretty overwhelming, huh? Like we’ll never get it all done. Now – take that same list and don’t think of what you ‘have’ to do – tell me what you choose to do – and why. Feel a little different?
Rushing around all day – and then I ‘have’ to go to Morgan’s concert – what a chore – an incredibly overwhelming day. How do you think that comes across to Morgan? Whether I intend to or not – she feels that frustration – that feeling of obligation. If I stop and realize that I made the choice to go to her concert because I love her and she is important to me (did I mention that she’s really good, too!) – that feeling shows, too. How is it that I want her to feel?? I want her to know that I made the choice to be there because she is the most important thing in my life – not that I’m there because of a to-do list or an obligation.
So, what does my day look like now?? I’ve got nothing that I have to do – and it’s gonna be a great day … accomplishing all of the things that are most important to me and my family!
But I have so much that I have to get done … or do I? What is it that I ‘have’ to do? There is a saying that says ‘the only things we have to do are pay taxes and die!’ Even that isn’t true. At the risk of being political, how many people are in this country illegally that don’t pay taxes … that work under the table and off the books. You don’t ‘have’ to pay taxes … now, if you don’t, the IRS might pay you a visit – but it’s still a choice. Do we ‘have’ to die? Jesus said we don’t. He said to believe in Him and we will never die but have eternal life!
As I sit here this morning – knowing that I have to take mom to the doctors, have to finish the laundry, have to go to the grocery store and have to be at Morgan’s band concert at 6:30. It’s overwhelming and frustrating – and I think if I actually wrote down everything that I ‘have’ to do – I might just cry!
Really, though … what is it that I ‘have’ to do? Everything on that list is a choice. I choose to take mom to the doctor because I care about her health. I choose to do the laundry because it is important that my family have clean clothes to wear. I choose to be at Morgan’s concert because it is important to her … and she’s quite good at it!
So, really, I don’t ‘have’ to do anything. I have choices to make, and I make them based on the priorities in my life. I ‘have’ to go to work … no I don’t. I’m not at work today … I chose to take mom to the doctor because her health is important. I choose to go to work because it is important for me to provide for my family. There are many out there that don’t make that choice.
When you list all of those ‘to-do’s’ … I have to do this and I have to do that – how do you feel? List a few things … I’ll wait…
Feels pretty overwhelming, huh? Like we’ll never get it all done. Now – take that same list and don’t think of what you ‘have’ to do – tell me what you choose to do – and why. Feel a little different?
Rushing around all day – and then I ‘have’ to go to Morgan’s concert – what a chore – an incredibly overwhelming day. How do you think that comes across to Morgan? Whether I intend to or not – she feels that frustration – that feeling of obligation. If I stop and realize that I made the choice to go to her concert because I love her and she is important to me (did I mention that she’s really good, too!) – that feeling shows, too. How is it that I want her to feel?? I want her to know that I made the choice to be there because she is the most important thing in my life – not that I’m there because of a to-do list or an obligation.
So, what does my day look like now?? I’ve got nothing that I have to do – and it’s gonna be a great day … accomplishing all of the things that are most important to me and my family!
No comments:
Post a Comment