Lay it Down

The Lord does not call us to success, but rather to faithfulness.

I've been looking at my efforts as of late, and seeing some success, but not necessarily faithfulness. My team and I were talking this morning; we are busy! There are definitely things in this life that are easy to make an effort toward completing and there are other things in this life that are easy to put on the backburner. How much am I living order this year? I thought I was living out order in my life by investing my very life in my girls, by making sure my administrative tasks are completed on time with excellence, but what is missing? Alot. Recently, I went through a period of 24 hours and wrote down everything I did every fifteen minutes for those 24 hours. I realized I can be much more effective in my life because of how much time I spend outside of my ministry work. I know I am pursuing tasks with excellence now, but I saw a whole world of possibilities open up in front of me when I saw the amount of time I spend elsewhere. I mean, I am still taking my time off; I am still making time for mentorships off campus; I am still making spiritual direction. I am still investing weekly time in my girls. I am still on campus evangelizing. I am still making daily me-time. My administrative tasks are finished, my fundraising is being worked on. How much more could I be doing? Alot. I am not saying I want to kill myself with work. I'm not saying I want to be a work-aholic. I want to see myself being the best I can be for the Lord, and He was asking more of me last week. I sat down with my schedule and realized I had a little more I could give (of course I've reached my limit) ;). I took on another regional responsibility last week. I know this responsibility will stretch me to limits I can't imagine, but I also know God's been preparing my heart (and schedule) for this opportunity. Praise His name!