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Tuesday, June 10, 2008
When Lists Make Terrible Masters
Posted in God Things
My "To Do List" probably rivals Santa's handy list in length right about now. Have you ever felt that way, too? I look at the potential for a day, and I hold up my list. There's a few seconds of promising productivity, and then the awful overwhelming feeling floods my heart, mind, and soul.
A list makes a great guideline. It's even not bad as a target. But, there's this fine line that gets crossed in my heart and mind when my tightly clenched fist grasps my list and won't let go. My heart wants to finish everything that's on the list, my mind is determined, and I get very preoccupied with the list. The next thing that happens makes me sad: I start to ignore all else. I'm a woman on a mission.
The kids know what's happening in those moments. They shy away from asking questions for fear of receiving one of those too-busy-to-answer-so-it's-gotta-be-no responses. (Do I want my kids to feel that way?) My Hero even has a brilliant response--if he's really quiet, he seems to be assured he won't get rooked into my devious plans to overtake the world...uhhh...list! (Hmmm. Is that some kind of "turtle move" going on there?)
The thing that I have just come to this morning is something very important to me. Didn't I just say I wanted God's will in my life in a clear and tangible way in my last entry? (Why, yes, I did.) So, as I take a serious look at this scenario with the list, how does it fit in with my heart to know and follow God's will? Does the Scripture say "As the servant looks to the hand of the master" in Psalms, or does it say as the servant looks to the list?
Today I want to look to the hand of the Master! This day has the potential to be full of "works that He has prepared in advance for us to do." I want to be sensitive to this in ways I might not normally be. Today, I want to be in the center of His will, even if it means in the everyday mundane stuff.
So, what do you have for me today, Lord? As we go forward from these morning moments, can we do together those things which You have prepared in advance for me to do? Show me Your plan for this day, the balance between productive and lovingly-present with my family, and those things which really need to be accomplished in this single day.
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Tuesday, June 10, 2008 - Untitled Comment
And I know my kids and I are a lot more relaxed when we go with the flow instead of always trying to divert the flow.... *sigh* The best learning happens that way for us!