The Potter's Hand

Sep. 20, 2006 - Focus

I woke up this morning feeling a bit overwhelmed. A busy summer of lax routines, trips, extra free time and an early back to school have left me feeling out of sorts. Seems everywhere I look in my home there is something staring back at me asking, no begging, to be done. The boys could do their math problems in the dust on my end tables, or scrap something off the floor for a microscope study. It's almost that bad.

I have routines...I have meal plans...I have cleaning schedules. Problem is none of that matters unless I USE them! Seems simple really, but as I walk from room to room, or look out my window, I see chaos. It's chaos by my standards anyway. When my environment is out of sorts, it leaves me feeling much the same.

My devotion this morning reviewed the end of Amy Carmichael's life and how she was bedridden with arthritis. Despite incredible pain, she continued to praise the Lord and do what she could in her last days.

OK, that is humbling. Amy persevered through her pain, not allowing her circumstances to change her focus. Why am I complaining? Time to reFOCUS. Time to get up off my rear and get those routines back in place. I really have no excuse do I?

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Posted by joyismystrength

It's been a few days since I've had a moment to stop by for a visit. I feel like you, completely overwhelmed. It's one thing to have plans written on paper, completely another to have the day follow the plan. Life has a way of meandering off in it's own direction.
On paper my days look contained and organized. In reality we're doing school for hours, and nothing much else fits into the hours of the day.
Praying a mantle of peace and order over your home today.

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Posted by nsremom

I know EXACTLY how you feel. Just yesterday I told my husband that I would be soooo organized....if I didn't have kids. :) That's the truth!

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Sep. 20, 2006 - Untitled Comment

Posted by amatthia

I hear ya about the fact that all those things are useless unless we use them. LOL. Sometimes things just seem to get so overwhelming, hey? I recieved a devotion form above rubies the other day called "just do it" . I really needed that. Stop making excuses, stop complaining, stop talking about "JUST DO IT". (I am a recovering procrastinater) ;-)

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Posted by eyecorn

I can sympathize!! I got very lax this summer. It's hard to get back into the routine. But, you've made a big step...you know what you have to do and are willing to get started! That's very good :)

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Sep. 20, 2006 - Untitled Comment

Posted by Anonymous

It sounds like you and I are a lot alike. Especially with those chocolate truffle cakes! But seriously, I need order and get really out of sorts if I don't get it -- which I usually don't. Once I was looking at a book about Mother Theresa and there was a picture of her foot. Just of her foot. She had arthritis so badly that her foot was all twisted and she had those uncomfortable sandals on and she never complained and just kept serving. I took one look at that and said, "Oh, let me never complain again!" Now when I start to complain dh will say, "Mother Theresa's foot". That usually shuts me up. (So does a chocolate truffle cake.)
Jennifer :)
www.homeschoolblogger.com/JennLovesJesus

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