I don’t always prioritize well. What gets me in trouble is my to-do list. My to-do’s can overshadow the people thing. I can get so caught up in what I’m doing that I don’t allow for people disruptions.
I have that backwards, sometimes.
But I’m doing better at listening to the Spirit. Of course, I can say yes or no to the Spirit. It is always better to say yes. I have to discipline myself to put aside what I am doing to respond to a legitimate need, or phone call, or to meet over coffee at Starbucks.
I have to hold my time loosely.
I can’t covet my time. I can’t hoard my time. I can’t protect my time. It’s not my time, anyways. It’s God’s time. He can help himself to my time to use as His time, by guiding my thoughts and behavior. I learn to listen to His voice and to respond when He nudges.
I have to be willing to act in the moment.
My life is to be lived as a blessing to others. It would be wrong of me to withhold by pulling back in a relationship or a friendship. I can get out of sorts from slight hurts or unkind actions, but such things are not worth losing a friend over. Friendships can drift apart, but that’s not what I am talking about in this instance. One must hold up their end of the bargain.
I don’t always do the friend-thing well.
Yet, I’m trying, and learning, and growing, and hoping, and becoming. Oswald Chambers says we should be ‘broken bread and poured out wine’ to others. Which means, we should live unselfishly and give generously of ourselves to others.
I am thankful every time I respond to an opportunity.
We aren’t always given second chances to do the thing. We won’t regret what we did do, when and if we don’t put off an opportunity when it presents itself. Some things can’t be helped, when something takes precedence over the thing we’ve planned. I missed two vacation opportunities because of someone else’s needs at the time. One can’t regret such things. They are also a part of living life in the flow of things.
Let God be the leader, and you will have no regrets.
