I can't believe it has been almost a year since my most recent regular post!
Life, as I'm sure you know, can get so busy, that things just tend to go by the wayside without our even noticing sometimes. Right now, I am working long, long days, then by the weekend, I am exhausted. I have grandchildren now, and new puppies at home, so my free time on the weekends is spent trying to make up to them for the time I lose during the week working such long hours. Can you relate?
Even at work, where I am a nurse, I get caught up in trying to get so many things done, meetings met, notes charted, assessments done, that I get annoyed when I have to stop "working" to take care of my patients. And taking care of patients is my real job. Since when did the people I am called to care for become annoyances?
I know where this really comes from. Is it surprising to find that we are in the middle of a great cosmic conflict, a battle between good and evil, in which each and every one of us is fighting for our lives and for the kingdom? It is so easy to get so caught up in the busyness that we forget what is really going on. Satan knows that if he can't take us out directly, that he has a much better chance at taking us down if we are simply too tired or too distracted to fight!
I need to stop each time I feel tired, each time I feel overwhelmed, each time I feel distracted or annoyed, and remember why I am really here, what I am fighting for, and Who is fighting right beside me, (and in front and behind me-- see Psalm 125:2). Who is willing to stand up and fight today?
Life, as I'm sure you know, can get so busy, that things just tend to go by the wayside without our even noticing sometimes. Right now, I am working long, long days, then by the weekend, I am exhausted. I have grandchildren now, and new puppies at home, so my free time on the weekends is spent trying to make up to them for the time I lose during the week working such long hours. Can you relate?
Even at work, where I am a nurse, I get caught up in trying to get so many things done, meetings met, notes charted, assessments done, that I get annoyed when I have to stop "working" to take care of my patients. And taking care of patients is my real job. Since when did the people I am called to care for become annoyances?
I know where this really comes from. Is it surprising to find that we are in the middle of a great cosmic conflict, a battle between good and evil, in which each and every one of us is fighting for our lives and for the kingdom? It is so easy to get so caught up in the busyness that we forget what is really going on. Satan knows that if he can't take us out directly, that he has a much better chance at taking us down if we are simply too tired or too distracted to fight!
I need to stop each time I feel tired, each time I feel overwhelmed, each time I feel distracted or annoyed, and remember why I am really here, what I am fighting for, and Who is fighting right beside me, (and in front and behind me-- see Psalm 125:2). Who is willing to stand up and fight today?
