• Aug. 21, 2008
Just slow down
We live on a street in town which is residential, so the speed limit is 25 mph. Our street is at the edge of the residential part of town, and VERY few people only go 25 down our street. My husband gets so mad when he sees cars zooming past our house. He is always wondering aloud why they can't just slow down and obey the speed limit.
Sometimes I feel that way with life. Isn't life only suppose to move at the speed I'm comfortable with? Lately, life feels like it's moving along at breakneck speed. It's hard to take a step back and breath for a moment. Why can't I just slow down and concentrate on what I know needs to get done? I guess lately, I've been pulled away from the important to take care of urgent things. When that happens I feel like what our dog looks like when he is chasing his own tail.
I need to get better at weighing every decision with prayer and patience. I have been doing great at starting my day out with prayer and Bible Study- time alone with God. I need more practice at living moment by moment withing God's will.
I think I should let some of the little urgent things go- cleaning up the mud the kids and the dog just tracked through the kitchen- so that I can accomplish the important- taking that time to train the kids in God's Word on being motivated by love for others.
What often seems pressingly urgent at the moment, really isn't. If I look only at the problem before me, there is no way around it and it must be dealt with right away. However, when I see a problem before me and then look to God in prayer for His take on the situation... it either isn't so big and pressing, or He has a much better and quicker way of taking care of it.
What I'm trying to say is that I need to intentionally practice living with God's eternal perspective in every area of life. He can see the big picture, I see a micro-fraction of it... "Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding," Proverbs 3:5. Just slow down and trust God!
Sometimes I feel that way with life. Isn't life only suppose to move at the speed I'm comfortable with? Lately, life feels like it's moving along at breakneck speed. It's hard to take a step back and breath for a moment. Why can't I just slow down and concentrate on what I know needs to get done? I guess lately, I've been pulled away from the important to take care of urgent things. When that happens I feel like what our dog looks like when he is chasing his own tail.
I need to get better at weighing every decision with prayer and patience. I have been doing great at starting my day out with prayer and Bible Study- time alone with God. I need more practice at living moment by moment withing God's will.
I think I should let some of the little urgent things go- cleaning up the mud the kids and the dog just tracked through the kitchen- so that I can accomplish the important- taking that time to train the kids in God's Word on being motivated by love for others.
What often seems pressingly urgent at the moment, really isn't. If I look only at the problem before me, there is no way around it and it must be dealt with right away. However, when I see a problem before me and then look to God in prayer for His take on the situation... it either isn't so big and pressing, or He has a much better and quicker way of taking care of it.
What I'm trying to say is that I need to intentionally practice living with God's eternal perspective in every area of life. He can see the big picture, I see a micro-fraction of it... "Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding," Proverbs 3:5. Just slow down and trust God!
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• Sep. 1, 2008
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Posted by onebizybee
Ah, yes! The tyranny of the urgent. I have been working on that topic for a while. I am so with you. I live on a three way stop and no one stops, let alone slows down, and I wonder if the Lord is saying the same thing to us....
