30 days of thankfulness: day 20: Today was a pretty busy day. Our Thanksgiving celebration is tomorrow at work so there is a LOT of preparation to finish and a LOT of decorating to still do. I feel like I am running around like a crazy woman half the time and quite frankly..I am exhausted. In our devotional this morning, I read a passage that I felt maybe, JUST MAYBE, the Lord meant for me...and a few other women I know. Luke 10:38-42 ....But Martha was distracted by all the preparations that had to be made. She came to him and asked, “Lord, don’t you care that my sister has left me to do the work by myself? Tell her to help me!” “Martha, Martha,” the Lord answered, “you are worried and upset about many things, but only one thing is needed. Mary has chosen what is better, and it will not be taken away from her.” I think I resemble Martha a lot. I get focused on the tasks. The cooking and cleaning and all those 1000s of preparations. I get bogged down and my focus isnt on HIM. I love that Jesus tells her Martha..chill out. You get so upset about all the little details that you forget to focus on me. Mary was right to focus on Him. All those little details will fall into place if your focus is right and if your focus is right...who cares if it isnt perfect as long as you are together? Today I am so thankful that God sends me messages when he knows I need them. He knows me better than I do. He knows that I am getting overwhelmed and tired and he KNOWS I need to take a break and remember WHO my focus should be on. God told me to chill out today...and I listened. In the midst of all the chaos, and all my preparations and all my running around, I sat down with the residents in front of the warm fire and we all had a cup of hot cocoa. We sat and chatted about Thanksgiving plans and who was going where. We talked about our favorite foods and the memories of cooking. We laughed about the first turkey dinner for a new husband..that didnt QUITE get cooked all the way. We reminisced about the things that made this holiday so special.The fire and the conversation and the hot cocoa...and being together with some people that I love dearly...it was just what I needed today. Thank you Father for the gentle reminder to keep focused on you and thank you for the calm assurance that no matter what...everything will be fine because YOU are in control.
Posted on: Thu, 21 Nov 2013 07:49:40 +0000
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