Friends of mine, my wife, and I have recently been talking about life being too busy and too complicated at times. If you visit here regularly, it is obvious that Joel and I are each victims of a life that is currently too busy; we simply are not posting blogs. While this may not rank high on our list of priorities, the start of the school year and church education programs have made us too busy.
My three year old plays with her telephone, and she answers with, "Hi! Fine. Busy." She must have heard those words too many times over the past three years. So, how are we going to learn to follow God when our lives are so busy that we don't seem to have time? I am not sure that I have the answer. I think we need to really struggle with this question. I am contemplating resigning from the board of an organization that I really believe is making a difference in the lives of many people. I believe that I contribute to the direction of the organization, but the words of my three year old are almost haunting me.
In addition, last night I did not sleep well. It was one of those incredibly restless nights when you feel like you didn't sleep more than a few minutes. As I was attempting to sleep, my mind kept going to the phrase, "Seek ye first the kingdom of God and all these things will be granted unto you." I have no idea why my mind found these few words in the midst of sleeplessness. Yet, it was that "seek ye first the kingdom of God" part that bounced around my head for the night. Perhaps "fine," "busy," and "seek first the kingdom of God" are words that can't really go together? I don't know...
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