A Few Thoughts

I really don't have a planned post today, so I'll just write a few scattered thoughts from my week. :)

I realized today that having a schedule is actually freeing. When I don't have a schedule, I either try to do too much, or wander around not actually doing anything, but afraid that at any moment someone might ask me to do something and prevent me from...whatever it is I wasn't doing. But when I have a schedule, I know that there are certain things I must do, and somehow, that frees me. Even if someone interrupts or something unexpected happens, the schedule is not wrecked, but remains there for me when I can resume it. And while I am somewhat lazy by nature, I've found that I really do prefer being busy to just dawdling around. While that's an extraordinarily helpful principle in everyday life, I also discovered a spiritual parallel. God says that whoever loses his life (to Him) would save it (Luke 9:24). Jesus also says that his burden is easy, and his yoke light (Matthew 11:30). And, obviously, "The Truth shall make you free"(John 8:32). Of course, it can seem like there are so many rules and restrictions to following Christ. But to anyone who has ever fully submitted their life to Christ, you know the freedom that follows. When we are dead in our sins, "free" to follow any worldly passion or desire, everything escapes us, and we are unfulfilled, angry, and confused. But when we stay within the parameters that Christ set, we are truly free.

My parallel, in few words, then: Just as, spiritually, death creates life, so physically, hard work done in a schedule creates time. When I am in a schedule, and doing many more things than normal, I also find that I have much more time! Time for God, time for family, time for friends, time for hobbies...you name it, I've got the time. But only when I'm busy. ;)

May God bless you all.
Until next week,
Rachel