Wisdom at Hand
Posted in The Life of the Historian and tagged with Discipline, God, Wisdom, Work on August 13, 2009
I’m a disciplined person. Ironically, I wrote a post on this subject with the exact same first line a year ago today, but I promise I’m going somewhere else with it today. (Though as I re-read through that post, it’s oddly fitting. I’d like to think that more has changed than just the disappearance of that pile of shoes!)
I like to be on top of the various parts of my life. I like to have a neat, clean apartment. I like to be a good curriculumer (yes, I also like to believe I can make up words) and teacher. I like to be a good whatever-you-wanna-call-me at work. I like to be a good friend. I like to be a good blogger.
Yet it’s incredibly difficult, nigh impossible, to keep up with each of these things all at once. It feels like balancing plates, or whack-a-mole, or trying to stop up a leak. Sometimes my analytical mind wishes that I had a computer program that knew exactly the weight and timeliness of each task and would put them in order, and I could just do the the next thing on the list. That way, even if not everything was done, the most important things would be. I just haven’t been able to create an efficient way of knowing how to put everything exactly in it’s place.
But really, this isn’t as difficult as I make it out to be. Though I might want to be perfect at everything, it’s likely not what God has for me. He promises wisdom if I ask for it. I believe that I simply take the time to ask Him for wisdom about my schedule and the tasks before me, He will grant it.
So my question (for myself): When was the last time I asked?
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August 13th, 2009 at 12:56 pm
Point well made, Ronnica. I continually struggle with juggling responsibilities and getting my priorities straight, yet seldom ever ask for wisdom. Just more proof how desperately I need a Savior!
August 13th, 2009 at 1:25 pm
Mmm, good point. It’s hard to get everything balanced well. Yet we have wisdom for the asking.
August 13th, 2009 at 2:23 pm
Balance is difficult. Sometimes the weight of things changes when I have them in the air! Thanks for stopping by my blog :)It’s great to “meet” you!
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August 13th, 2009 at 3:12 pm
Good point. It’s definitely hard to juggle all the roles and responsibilities we have in life and I think we are always struggling to keep up with them. However, I think that the fact that you realize this fact is a step in the right direction. :)
August 13th, 2009 at 5:37 pm
I am so glad that I am all grown up. How challenging life can be and going thru it, I have made it that way. now, I just take each day as it comes and ask the LORD what HE wants me to do that day. So thankful I am where I am in my life.
August 13th, 2009 at 8:52 pm
Girl I’m right there with you. Can’t do it all and some days some things just won’t get done. I haven’t blogged for a week and truthfully sometimes it’s great to slow down and enjoy doing nothing.
August 13th, 2009 at 10:09 pm
Balance is a difficult thing that people strive daily to figure out. Writing it in a post helps a bit, I imagine.
August 13th, 2009 at 11:56 pm
I asked him for wisdom today about what I need to be doing right now. I don’t have an answer exactly but I have a greater sense of peace than I did at the time of asking. I think that means this is IT – wife, mother… that is the plan for me at this time until He shows me otherwise. Maybe it is fleshly to feel like there is more that I’m to be doing. Or maybe I just haven’t given him enough time to show me what’s next.
Regardless, I did feel SO much better after I took it to him in prayer.