Ants vs Grasshopers
My quest this year was to be a better steward of what God gives me. It's involved painting my bedroom and such. My bathroom is a work in progress that has been delayed for lack of proper funding for said project. There have been more pressing things to use that money for. I'll get there. I'm not worried. I'm being a better steward of the homestead. And the funds.
A couple of months ago, I asked God what was keeping me from Him and He was kind enough to show it. That was right after the cat scratch fever episode. I fixed that thing. It was so hard for me to face what I once had been and the person involved but ever since then, things have changed in my life.
The money seems to go just a wee bit further. My time seems to be better managed and I don't feel like there's a hole in the bucket anymore. It's kind of hard to explain otherwise. The one big thing I can attribute it to is a Proverb I read about being an ant.
If you're a kid or a kid at heart, you probably remember the story of the ant and the grasshopper. The ant worked and the grasshopper fiddled and played all summer long. When winter came, there was nothing for the grasshopper. I don't think I've ever been a total sluggard but for a season, I got kind of lazy. It's sometimes hard to get motivated when you're dwelling on things. I still think about them but they don't have the drain on me they once had. Getting right with God was a wise thing to do and I'm pleased He helped me find the courage to fix the thing I needed to.
That didn't happen on my own.
Anyway, I made a decision to be more like the ant. In doing so, I've been working my butt off around the house and I'm much less tired than I ought to be. I make good use of the time I have and rest when it's time to rest. In the past week, I've trimmed trees, mowed, raked, and hauled off stuff. I have a tarp down on about 1/4 of the back 40 in hopes of killing weeds and seeds before planting time. My mom gave me a new tool today that will help me prepare flower beds. They haven't really been dealt with in three years. That ends this year. Being a better steward means being a better neighbor, too.
I find time to get things done. I helped with a project at church today. I went to the green waste and hauled off a truckload of stuff. I went to a meeting. I went to my mom's, then went to see my youngest son. I was back home, had the tool put together, and followed up on the things I needed to for the ministry I'm involved with. That was all before 9:30 and I still have time to write this while the fryer is heating up. Chicken legs aren't too far off in the future! I have missed two hours of work in the last seven weeks. For a while there, it seemed like I was either sick or dealing with catastrophe or calamity on a regular basis.
Yum!
When I was busy living in a funk, I never had time to do anything. Now I'm wondering how I have so much time to get things done, and I realize something I read once is starting to ring true...
There is always time to do the things of God.
It's another example of how God is changing my life. I still don't understand the whole thing about Tami Jo but I know keeping on working will help me not dwell on it.
Tomorrow we're gonna talk about love.
A couple of months ago, I asked God what was keeping me from Him and He was kind enough to show it. That was right after the cat scratch fever episode. I fixed that thing. It was so hard for me to face what I once had been and the person involved but ever since then, things have changed in my life.
The money seems to go just a wee bit further. My time seems to be better managed and I don't feel like there's a hole in the bucket anymore. It's kind of hard to explain otherwise. The one big thing I can attribute it to is a Proverb I read about being an ant.
If you're a kid or a kid at heart, you probably remember the story of the ant and the grasshopper. The ant worked and the grasshopper fiddled and played all summer long. When winter came, there was nothing for the grasshopper. I don't think I've ever been a total sluggard but for a season, I got kind of lazy. It's sometimes hard to get motivated when you're dwelling on things. I still think about them but they don't have the drain on me they once had. Getting right with God was a wise thing to do and I'm pleased He helped me find the courage to fix the thing I needed to.
That didn't happen on my own.
Anyway, I made a decision to be more like the ant. In doing so, I've been working my butt off around the house and I'm much less tired than I ought to be. I make good use of the time I have and rest when it's time to rest. In the past week, I've trimmed trees, mowed, raked, and hauled off stuff. I have a tarp down on about 1/4 of the back 40 in hopes of killing weeds and seeds before planting time. My mom gave me a new tool today that will help me prepare flower beds. They haven't really been dealt with in three years. That ends this year. Being a better steward means being a better neighbor, too.
I find time to get things done. I helped with a project at church today. I went to the green waste and hauled off a truckload of stuff. I went to a meeting. I went to my mom's, then went to see my youngest son. I was back home, had the tool put together, and followed up on the things I needed to for the ministry I'm involved with. That was all before 9:30 and I still have time to write this while the fryer is heating up. Chicken legs aren't too far off in the future! I have missed two hours of work in the last seven weeks. For a while there, it seemed like I was either sick or dealing with catastrophe or calamity on a regular basis.
Yum!
When I was busy living in a funk, I never had time to do anything. Now I'm wondering how I have so much time to get things done, and I realize something I read once is starting to ring true...
There is always time to do the things of God.
It's another example of how God is changing my life. I still don't understand the whole thing about Tami Jo but I know keeping on working will help me not dwell on it.
Tomorrow we're gonna talk about love.
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