Timing is such a little thing. Prioritising is suppose to be easy. Doing everything, every day as you planned it the day or the week before - this is not so easy. As some people says - life happens and you don't always know what to expect or if it will be good or bad. You also don't know what the impact of this will be on your future or on your daily routine. There is so many mixed emotions on whether routine is good or bad, I'm not even going to try to say anything. You can decide for yourself what works for you.
What I want to say today is actually very simple. Sometimes things don't happen the way you plan. Sometimes you spend days on planning the perfect tomorrow - but what happens if suddenly the perfect tomorrow doesn't come. What if something or someone unexpectedly interferes with the perfect tomorrow you had planned.
This happens a lot to me. The thing is I know it happens a lot and I still try to plan everything to the perfect minute. The perfect minute as it fits ME. And there you have it, it is all about ME !!!
Do you think I have the right to get upset if everything doesn't go the way I plan it. Do you think I have the right to be mad at the other people for turning my day or week upside down. Do you think that I have the right to make everything in this world about what is best for ME ???
I've been reminded that this is not what Christ did.
Christ gave His only son. He didn't do what was best for Himself.
He did what He thought was the best for someone else. He made the ultimate sacrifice.
How many of us - during the last week or so, did something for someone else without expecting something back in return. How many of us was glad when something happened that turned our world upside down - in other words something happened with the worst timing. How many of us changed our perfectly planned tomorrow with a smile, just to please someone else.
My son have been thrown from place to place and team to team this rugby season. His teachers all are just doing what they think is best for themselves. My son however is just dealing with it - with a smile. He keeps on playing his heart out. He keeps on practising, giving his best everyday - not minding in which team he plays. I want to get that coaches and tell them how there behaviour has messed up my planning week after week but something keeps on holding me back.
I think the inspiration is my son and his attitude towards all of this chaos.
Sometimes we can just look at our kids. They are just living each day to the fullest. They do as little planning as possible for tomorrow and when tomorrow comes they handle whatever comes there way, when it comes there way.
I wonder - When in your lifetime did you become the planner and the person who always worries about tomorrow. When did we lose our childlike outlook on life ?? When did we begin to think that we can change tomorrow by perfect planning. When did we lose our guts. We must have more guts than our kids. If they can handle everything coming there way every day, how come we can't do the same.
Yes, we as parents are there to catch them if they fall but we also have someone to catch us when we fall. We must just grab His hand. We must just trust Him.
I am so tired of all of this planning. It is time consuming and when my budget doesn't work as it is suppose to or when someone does something that needs me to reorganise my week - I get really mad.
Don't get me wrong. I'm not saying don't plan at all. All I want to ask you is to when you make plans and things don't go your way. Think of the other parties involved. Don't get so mad. Deal with the problems ahead one at a time - and do it all with a smile. Without forgetting where your real strength are.
Don't let the perfectly planned tomorrow's ruin your chances of enjoying the day God has given you today.
Don't forget to focus on God. He will guide you through everyday - one day at a time.
And as I've learnt during the last few weeks. Never let anyone make you think that God isn't with you.
HE IS AND ALWAYS WILL BE THERE FOR YOU. HE WILL ALWAYS BE RIGHT BESIDE YOU. HE WILL NEVER LET YOU GO !!! TRUST IN HIS LOVE AND HIS PROMISES !!!
Remember !!! Every obstacle can become a opportunity if you look at it from God's perspective.
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