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It isn't that you have so
much to do, it is just that it's all still not done. That is the thing bothering you - not the bulk, but that such a bulk is undone. There is a wonderful skill in learning to do just the next thing. If the Lord comes in the night, you will be quite silly to have worried so about all there is to do. Has worrying helped? Jesus was explicit in His statements about tomorrow. My responsibility is to make sure that there is no unconfessed sin on my hands, and then I plunge in, doing the next thing as though it were the only thing. This is an area I deal with each day. I am a pastor's wife, I own a thriving business (why don't you buy something today?), play in the symphony, and professor of Music at the University of Southern Maine and am a full time law school student. I also have a wonderful family. My secretary said something to me once - "Just don't look down!" I have never forgotten it. I can't say that I never feel overwhelmed, but it is rare. My years are the Lord's and if that is true, so are my hours and minutes. I often stop and tell Him that I love Him, and that the next hour is going to be spent under the Blood and in His name. That keeps things in perspective for me. I admit that I will experience relief when I finally graduate, but in the meantime, there are beautiful lessons to be learned of giving Him the first fruits of my time. |
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