Balance

The past few days I've been thinking about my current work schedule. I've been putting in TOO many hours. Some of it is because I do not properly empower others around me to accomplish work I need them to do. Some because I do not properly prioritize and manage my time. But the rest is because I'm trying to do too many jobs in a single day (filling my position and covering for 2 other full time positions that are empty) and have too many people making demands on my time.

Anyway, I realized that not only is this not getting things done, but that it may be why I was sick and exhausted the past week. I realized that I need to start going to work at a normal time...going home at a normal time...and leaving the work, at work (at least the best I can). I can't come home and work.Next I need to pick a bedtime and stick to it until I train myself to actually sleep. If I can do those things I might have more energy to do things at home that I need and want to do. I can work on keeping the house looking more like a home, having energy to go out to fun things at night instead of just having enough energy to stare blankly at the TV (or surf FB while listening to TV really), visit friends and get to know them better, and mostly to have time and energy to read God's word and to spend time in His presence listening to His voice, learning how to obey and follow Him better.

So today I was reading the chapter for tonight's Life Group (yes...late I know) and I read this, talk about confirmation:

"Christians should be among the most valued of employees because everything we do i unto the Lord. When we're on the job, we give 101% of ourselves because we do it as to the Lord. But we also draw our boundaries. Our job is permitted to require only so much of our time, and then it must bow to the other priorities God has called us to" Bob Sorge, "The Fire of Delayed Answers"

Okay, okay. Time to truly try.

Next step...work on 'hearing' the rest of the chapter really dealt with resting and not looking to other sources. Boy that will take knowing how to hear God's voice. When is He saying 'wait for me' and when is He saying 'I've provided help for you right over there'

More to follow...must get ready for Life Group! Yea!