"Well, that is none of your bee's wax, now is it?" Do you remember that retort from your youth? I hope that wasn't just in my family! "bee's wax" mean "business" of course! We would ask that question if a friend said they were too busy to hang out or to go to a ball game. Today's devotional is about being too busy. We can be doing a lot for God, but not taking time for ourselves to rest and listen to God.
I ran into this a few weeks ago. I have a tendency to over-commit my time. I did it again and had to back out of some things at church. I hated to do that because I wanted to be a part of several things at once. It just didn't work out. I was going home after work to take a nap so I could finish the evening at a church function so I wouldn't fall asleep there! I was also being crabbier than normal at work because I was so tired. I feel much better now, though I feel I let some people down.
It is hard to realize that you have to take care of yourself no matter how much you want to do other things. God helped me see that the Disciple 2 class is my top priority at church right now. After reading the lessons the first few weeks, I can see why. I will be writing more about that soon.
Lord, I give my busy-ness over to you. Help me determine my top priorities and follow them through!
Movie Monday
The movie this week was Easy A. How cute! One of my Starbucks friends recommended this movie. My best friend also saw it and liked it. It was sort of along the lines of Mean Girls and Saved! all rolled into one! The title has a double entendre between the book The Scarlet Letter and something else (if you can imagine). It is about a high school girl that gets noticed after she lies about losing her virginity. Rumors and hijinx ensue until the true comes out at the end. She learns a valuable lesson about telling the truth. Truth is more important than being popular in high school! She also learned that seemingly innocent lies really can hurt people.
The actors were great, playing up each of their respective parts. The lead character was especially charming, though she did try a little too hard in some places. The witty dialog is what captured my attention and kept it. Very cool. It also helped that you got to see the cutest guy in the movie with his shirt off. Bonus points! If he had hair on his chest, I would buy the DVD! hehehe
I give this movie 2 bear paws. It is fine to rent or watch on DVD. The big screen is not a requirement.
Other Stuff
It was nice being back at church yesterday after missing two Sundays. It was nice seeing my church friends. The sermon was great as well. My favorite part of the sermon was when Rev Keeny said "part of our relationship with God is just being human. Feeling" or something like that. I sometimes get down on myself when I am not as steady (or some would say mechanical) in my daily life. I have been learning how to accept and deal with my feelings. I don't want to repress them again just to "appear" to be all together! God is teaching me discipline, though I sort of suck at it. I will keep working on it.
I relaxed yesterday after getting home from church. I had a massive sinus headache. I slept and watched movies the rest of the day. I managed to do my reading for Disciple 2 in there somewhere. I feel much better this morning. I will see what today brings.
I will be upbeat and steady. That is what I do...
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