I overslept this morning. I could blame it on my alarm, but it's more likely attested to the fact that I am perpetually lazy. I like sleep. And sometimes my brain and my body disagree about when to put myself to sleep at night and then fight over when to wake up in the morning. Today was one such day.
So now I'm in a rush. Some ambitious evenings I write up posts for the next day and schedule them, but last night I was too interested in watching Hoarders than to write a post. Some now I'm attempting to make something up on the fly. My hair is wet from my shower and I have about 15 minutes before I need to leave my house. But here I am, determined to write something on a Tuesday. I hate the rushed feeling so I'm ignoring it.
What I wanted to share today was something I read in a devotional yesterday. It stuck with me all day, in the same way a really hearty breakfast will, and I made plans to write about it here. It's from Jesus Calling by Sara Young. I'd provide a link to it on Amazon, but as I've mentioned before, time crunch. So I won't. But it's a good devotional sort of book (my boss always feels like it "reads her mail" every day, I won't go that far but it is good, I mix it in with Daily Light and a little Beth Moore devotional on Believing God). It's supposed to be like Jesus talking to you, which can sometimes be awesome and sometimes feel a little odd. Yesterday fell under the awesome category. But I'm blabbing and should just get on with it (why do I ramble when I'm running behind? Must be a nervous energy sort of thing).
"Enjoy the tempo of a God-breathed life by letting Me set the pace."
Just one sentence. But it was good enough to chew on for the last 24 hours. I think about the tempo of my life. Sometimes it's a lazy river sort of pace, me just floating along, on autopilot, not really doing much more than existing. Other days, like this morning, it's a frantic pace brought about from too much "autopilot" laziness. I'm the rabbit from Alice in Wonderland and I'm jumping around singing "I'm late! I'm late! For a very important date! No time to say Hello! Goodbye! I'm late! I'm late! I'm late!"
I need a new pace. A tempo of a God-breathed life. No more lazy meandering. No more frantic jolts. A God-breathed life.
And it would be nice if I didn't oversleep.
Seen it. Read it. Heard it.
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6 comments:
I love that thought...I'm going to think about that today. Thanks for sharing!
that's an incredible quote ... wonderful to think about God setting the pace for my life. So often I want to cry up to Him "too fast!!! slow down!!!" But I know his way is best! :)
oh.my.goodness. I cried reading this. Which sounds like a serious overreaction I'm sure, but just this morning I was in the shower praying (about the only place I get 5.5 minutes of silence) and lamenting to God about the fact that I can't seem to figure out the difference between slothfulness and rest, busyness and positive productivity. I seem to run a few days on sloth, then a few days on busyness trying to catch up. Or is it the other way around?
This quote was a much needed piece of love from God to me today. Thank you for being late this morning to type out the post so I could read/hear it. :)
I love this. It is such a struggle for women to find this pace. You have captured it, though, it is only God breathed. This gives me much to think about. I want this, too!
Wow what a quote. I love that devotional...it inspires me when I use it. Such beautiful thoughts.
What a prayer. I am going to save that quote and add it to my journal. Wonderfulness.
What a profound thought, Kara! "a God-breathed life"....*sigh* It just has a peaceful sound to it, hm?
It reminds me of one of my favorite scriptures:
"The steps of a good man are ordered by the LORD: and he delighteth in his way." Prov.37:23
And the NLT says it this way, which I love:
"The steps of the godly are directed by the Lord. He delights in every detail of their lives."
Every detail! How mindful He is of us! :-)
As always, I enjoyed your post so much! You have such a way with words! God Bless!
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