Too Much On Your Plate?
Thank goodness I asked this now and not last week, right? If you are like me, you may be working on burning off some of the things that overloaded your Thanksgiving Day plate!
Obviously, for the purposes of this blog, I am not only talking about literal plate contents. I’m also asking if you have too much on your theoretical plate. Too many irons in the fire. And any other cliches you can think of that mean we are too busy!
I know it is the busy time of year. While two of my three children are now in college, the one left in high school has plenty of rehearsals, concerts, performances, and social events to keep this mom’s taxi on the road! I’m not suggesting that it is wrong to be busy unless …
If you are too busy to enjoy the things you are doing, maybe you need to decrease the number of things. Colossians 3:23 still tells us that whatever we are doing should be as if we are doing it for the Lord.
If you are too busy for your family, you are too busy. Things and even events will wait or be missed, but your family – particularly if you are a parent – is your priority. The Bible tells us children are a gift from the Lord and we should give time and effort to pointing them in the right direction (Psalm 127:4-5).
Finally, if you are too busy to be thankful and praise God for the blessings in your life, you are far too busy. Each day we have is a gift from the Creator, as are the air we breathe, people we love, life we lead, and grace we need. May we never have too much on our plate to be thankful to the One who supplied the plate from the beginning.
“For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.” (Romans 6:23)
AUTHOR: Amber Tatum
