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Reboot!

Have you ever looked back at something and you were surprised by the amount of time that had passed since you engaged in that activity?  That happened today, when I realized I hadn't written on this blog in over a year. 

And what a year it has been.  I've had a death, a wedding, my oldest child moving out, my 2nd oldest moving back in, my mother moving closer to me and her adjusting to a new life.  That is on top of my regular life which consists of homeschooling and various volunteer activities, as well as just being a parent, a wife, a friend and daughter.  I had that persistent nag cross my mind often, which said, "You need to get back to writing on your blog!"  But I would ignore it and so here we are...a year later.

It reminded me of other things that I have put off.  Number one is rebooting my exercise program and getting back to my healthy eating.  Another one is cleaning out some closets that are calling my name and another that is looming around the corner is my lesson planning for the next year of school.  It also made me wonder what you were putting off.  Is it some task that seems daunting?  Is it a relationship that needs some attention?  And WHY are you putting it off?

I thought so.  Too busy?  Not enough hours in the day?  Or how about---you just don't want to?  Oh I know, I know.  You have good reasons.  Really you do.  So do I.  And if given enough time, I can actually create a really fabulous and stupendous reason to keep putting off things I should do.  The problem with that though, is that our life is fleeting.  It is simply a vapor, yet we often times act as if we have all of the time in the world.  We don't.  See what James says:  "Yet you do not know what tomorrow will bring. What is your life? For you are a mist that appears for a little time and then vanishes.  Instead you ought to say, “If the Lord wills, we will live and do this or that.” (James 4:14-15, ESV)  And there it is.  Life is short and there is much to do.  You don't know how many days you have on this earth and you really don't have time to waste.

I'm sure like myself, the list of to do's can be overwhelming, but rather than get busy for the sake of getting busy, take inventory of what is important in your life.  Is it really cleaning out the closets or is it spending time with someone that needs your attention?  Perhaps that person you've been neglecting the most is the Lord.  He longs for that relationship with you.  He yearns for it!  "Or do you think it’s without reason the Scripture says that the Spirit who lives in us yearns jealously?" (James 4:5 HCSB)

Go!  Get outta here!  Quit reading my blog and get busy doing what you know you ought to be doing! 

And go read James!  Fabulous book!


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  1. But that means I have to unsubscribe from blog and no more sage advice...I duno I think I have a conundrum in the works...

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