Faith Through the Journey

Have you ever had a time in your life when you felt that all you did was stop and start because of all of the events and commitments on your calendar? You’ve begun a project that has to be put on hold because of something else that has to be done RIGHT THEN? Or you have five different unfinished projects going because you can’t seem to isolate and finish at least one of them??

For an orderly person like I am, that kind of a schedule seems to threaten my sanity! The first half of 2012 has been like that and I wish I could just snap my fingers and get everything FINISHED! It’s comparable to flying in a holding pattern: you’re at the airport, the ground is in sight but you just keep circling, going nowhere and getting more frustrated every minute because you’re looking at where you need to be but can’t seem to get there. Thankfully, I can look at some big things that have been accomplished during this period of time. We’ve gone to Mayo Clinic, I’ve had surgery, the state GOP convention and my husband’s campaign have been completed, we’ve taken a number of trips, and our children are all well and doing what they’re supposed to be doing.

Being overly busy can be very stressful, but at the end of that “busyness” there needs to be something to take the place of  everything that you have now finished. Someone once said, “Those who aim at nothing hit it every time”. I must admit that I’ve spent a good deal of time during the past week resting up after last week–it seems that every time I sit down I fall asleep! When I’ve caught up on my rest, I need to know what direction I’m headed in the immediate future. Planning is not bad, but in the midst of those plans I need to be open to having my “schedule” interrupted. I think that’s what Jesus meant when He said in Matthew 6:34, “Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about its own things.” One day at a time, being open to having my plans rearranged when it becomes necessary… I think that’s God’s plan for us. He won’t show us the whole plan at one time, because we’d probably run away screaming at the things still to come in our lives!

I believe that God’s plan for my life is for me to come to Him every day asking “What do you want me to do today, Lord?” If I ask Him what He wants me to do, I know I will have a blessed day, guided by His hand and strengthened to do whatever He has set before me. Completing my to-do list on any given day isn’t the most important thing; completing God’s to-do list for that day is what matters.