Short Entries & Ordering Our Priorities

I would really like to come up with some great entry that would make all who read it think a little deeper but I just don’t see it happening.  So I apologize if you stop in hoping to hear a little something more then that I baked banana bread this week but trying to keep a house, homeschool and run a small online book business keeps me and my mind maxed out.  I’m barely able to have a moment of quiet to even write a post. And if ye be a wonderin’, yes,  I do make time for devotions.  Since there’s not too many quiet moments that’s why you may see a lot of photo entries.  They’re easy and don’t require too much thought.  Besides, I really wanted my blog to be a sort of family memory journal.

I am currently reading the book Freedom from Tyranny of the Urgent.  I think I’ve written on it before but it bears talking about once more.  Do we let urgent things keep us occupied and neglect to do the really important things?  What does God want us to do this day?  We need to find the will of the Father.  This is what Charles Hummell talks about in his book and I find it very thought provoking.  Jesus only did what the Father showed Him to do.  He would leave a town, travelling to the next one, and leave behind scores that were clamoring for Him to heal them.  In our earthly thinking we would think that He should have stayed to show his power to the people – but this was not God’s will. 

We will never have more hours in our day.  Once the minutes are gone they can not be retrieved.  We must have our priorities in place.   I am always needing reminded of this.  It can be so easy to say and yet quite difficult to do.  We must know God’s will for us.  That can be somewhat simple for a lady to know.  He calls us to love our children, be obedient to our husbands and to be keepers at home; trying to balance the housework and homeschooling can be a challenge alone, but add to it the various other things each of us deal with and keeping our priorities in order can become a real challenge.

What do you do to keep your priorities in order?  I know that probably no one has it all together but maybe if each of you share something that works for you it could spark someone else.

Walking in his grace moment by moment…

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