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Here is something I wrote about seven years ago. Boy, did I ever need reminding!
Charles Spurgeon once said: Learn to say "no", it will be of more use to you than to be able to read Latin.
This would be a wise lesson to all of us! It is so easy to over crowd our lives with too many activities. Truth is, God would have us use our time wisely. In fact, He instructs us to "redeem the time".
Here are a few tips in keeping our time sacred and well-used!
#1 - Don't plan more than you know you can reasonably handle. If you know that teaching a VBS class or volunteering for a 4-H event will over-load you, then do not feel guilty for declining. A tired, stressed-out wife and mother is of little use to her family. Ditto for a VBS teacher! You can't be effective when you are exhausted and resent having "something else to do"!
#2 - Each evening, prayerfully ask the Lord to help you in the upcoming day. All that we do should have some eternal value. It must also be done through Christ and with all of our might. If we are stretched too thin, we have no might.
#3 - Having hobbies is a good thing, but don't become involved in too many of them. I remember lamenting once to my friend Anita about not knowing how to crochet. She gently reminded me that it is better to do one thing well than to do many things in a mediocre way. It should be that way in all of life. Do what you do well, and don't worry that you might only do one thing really well!
#4 - Remember, time once spent is gone forever! Each moment that passes is a moment that we are closer to the end of life's path.
It is important to spend each moment wisely, prayerfully, and in a way that honors God.
Eccl. 9:10Whatsoever thy hand findeth to do, do it with thy might;
Your sister in Christ,
Julia |
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