To do lists help my life make sense, ridiculous... I know, but it's simply the truth! When I start to feel overwhelmed, I take a breath, say a prayer and make a to-do list, and suddenly the world makes sense again. Every time I check something off my list, I feel so productive, so useful, and like I have some kind of control over my life. But you want to know the truth? I have NO control over my life, God is going to do with it whatever he wants, and I have to trust him, and trust that he's got my back! SO does my love of to do lists mean I don't trust God? Does it mean I'm grasping for the control I never had to begin with? Maybe, but I don't think God calls me to a life of chaos, so I think I'll keep my sticky notes, and schedules, but I need to always remember that God is ultimately in control; not me and certainly not my sticky notes! I need to remember that God will catch me when I fall, and even when it seems like there is no way out, like I will be overwhelmed forever, the lover of my soul will come to my rescue, and bring me peace amidst the chaos. And you know what? Without my post-its, and schedules and to-do lists my life will still make sense, God will still be in control, but they are just a little gift to me, a way for God to help me feel his peace.
http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Psalm%20139&version=NIV
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