Doing the Next Thing
Sometimes things don’t go as planned. Sometimes I forget my obliaions. Sometimes the kids reject their obligations. Sometimes I forget what day it is. Like today.
Today I woke and remembered my devotions. I remembered to feed the kids–which took until just a few moments ago. I remembered to read my email and to check the blogs I read. Wow, the person who was supposed to post on Laced with Grace is late today. Hmm. I wonder who it is. ACK, it’s ME!
Somedays are like that. Somedays the kids aren’t doing what they are supposed to, I am not doing what I am supposed to, and everything is all out of whack.
“For my thoughts are not your thoughts,
neither are your ways my ways,”
declares the LORD. ~Isaiah 55:8
Oh yeah. My ways are not so good, my ways have more reading and hanging out than teaching my kids and cleaning the house. His plans are for me to do all my jobs to the best of my ability, and to train my children to do the same.
Right now things are all out of whack. My life is not what I want it to be. Things are a mess that need cleaned up. Kids are disobeying and I need to step in and retrain them. Jobs are not getting done and I need to focusing on doing instead of thinking about doing.
Besides, they get into the habit of being idle and going about from house to house. And not only do they become idlers, but also gossips and busybodies, saying things they ought not to. ~1 Timothy: 13
Wow, where did that one come from. Yes, I am getting waylaid and sidetracked, instead of stepping in and doing the work I am focusing on reading blogs and taking naps. Becoming an idler I am. No wonder my kids are getting sidetracked and waylaid. No wonder they don’t want to do their work. I need to step back and refocus. I need to stop thinking about what needs to be done and do what needs to be done.
23Whatever you do, work at it with all your heart, as working for the Lord, not for men, 24since you know that you will receive an inheritance from the Lord as a reward. It is the Lord Christ you are serving. ~Colossians 3:23-24
What about you? Are you struggling to actually do what you know needs to happen next? Are you spending your time, like me, considering what to do but not doing? There is a time for everything, a time to wait and be still, and a time to do the next thing. What is your next thing?
Lord, help me to get back in sync with You. Help me to do what I know needs done, to focus on the here and now, and to finish my work for Your sake. Help me to glorify You in all I do and teach my children to do the same. Help me to be a witness to those who are watching of living Your plan, and help me to not get sucked into idleness and those sins that quickly follow.
Heather, I could have wrote this post myself. Thank you for making me feel like I am not alone. Blessings. You have been in my thoughts and prayers.
WOW – this was spot on for me today! Thank you for helping me to open my eyes and refocus on some things in my life. 🙂
I have been praying so much lately for God to help me use my spiritual senses and to get out of the earthly realm. It’s so hard to get out of our comfort zone.
I think it’s the post-holiday burn out. We need time to re-energize and get things going again. We just need that extra little push from Him!
Heather, I appreciate how REAL you are. I love you more and more. 🙂
Thanks for this one. I needed it today. Blessings.
Yup – been there – done that…Not doing what I really need to do – just hanging out and leaving important things undone…But I think I am on the right track for this year (so far)…
Thank you for sharing your struggles today…I stand in agreement with to ask the Lord that He will guide us to do the things we ought to do…