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Thursday, October 13, 2011

time management......what is that?

ok. i am sure that we all need some help with this issue of time management. lately, it has been a priority prayer of mine because i am considering going back to work. as i was reading, "the rest of God" this morning there it was in black and white.....the true definition of time management. i dont understand why, but all too often i let myself forget that every possible question in life has already been answered for me in the Bible. so, lets get a fresh look at time management from God's perspective. we go to Psalms. "teach us to number our days aright", Moses asked God, "that we may gain a heart of wisdom" Ps. 90:12 This is God's time management technique. There is a right and wrong way to tally up our days and spend our time aright according to God. And if we can figure this part out, we will gain wisdom. In other words, wisdom comes from numbering our days right. In the book, the author compares life to a classroom, but not your average classroom. God is the teacher and its cirriculum is not fixed. its cirriculum is life itself, interrupted, demanding, unpredictable at times, and so on and so on. And unlike a classroom teacher, God is present at all times, day or night. He is in every moment, as we rush and ramble to get things done. it is my observation that, today, moms especially, can get time-obsessed......me included. sometimes when i am demanding orders to get dressed, eat breakfast, wash hands, and with that faster, hurry, right now attitude, i get lost! i get time-obsessed instead of God-obsessed. it is always after the storm of rushing that i realize that this is not what God created me to be. we must ask God to teach us this technique of time management. to notice Him in all those rushing moments, to pray when we start to have the right-now attitude, to see eternity as our ultimate goal, and not getting to school by the tardy bell. So, my prayer is to slow down, pray more, and to prepare better so that we make it to school on time with the right attitude that glorifies God!

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