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As a "Christian worker"
there are many demands on one's time that are difficult to prioritize. There are huge lists of things that must be done Many people need help and many more who don't really need it think they do. Where is the balance? I have what amounts to three full time jobs, and much of the time I must refuse phone conversations and social encounters. Many people do not understand how much must be done in each hour because most human beings waste so much time they do not realize what it takes to actually get things done. Often, the discipline required does not allow for even one careless dawdle. Sometimes, usually when the schedule is the most severe, there will be a problem, or perhaps a grieving person who needs a certain quality of comfort, and what seems not at all possible, must be done. Everything must come to a halt, and I need to sip tea with someone. Or perhaps there is a need to go to another country when the timing is most impractical. How do we strike the balance? There are no pat answers. But I do know that the only way to live a calm and obedient life in both extremes is to realize that my time is not my own. I gave the Lord my life. That meant everything. I didn't mean He could have the planning part and the healing part, but not the time part. I trust the Lord to take the minutes and the hours and break them and bless them as He did the loaves and fishes. All that I have is all that I have. And I want my time to be His. |
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