Using Our Time

In the blogosphere, I'm certain that I have committed a major sin. It's been weeks since I posted anything on this site. I never intended to post daily, as many bloggers do. I just intended to post something at random times when I had something to say. In the case of my lack of recent posts, it's all about time, which is part of what we've been talking about on Sundays in the current series, "Avoiding Burnout and Achieving Balance."

Not to make excuses, but I was in Washington, D.C. for nearly two weeks recently for the National Day of Prayer events, the Family Research Council Pastor's Briefing and a few vacation days. I've been trying to "catch up" ever since. To complicate things further, our house sold while I was in D.C. and all my "spare time" lately has been consumed with trying to find a place to live temporarily and permanently. That, too, has pushed Pastor's Eddy's blog further down on the priority list.

Have you ever had good intentions but just didn't get some things done that you had planned to do? Sometimes it's because we're lazy. Sometimes it's because it's not important enough to us. Sometimes we have too much going on or we've made too many commitments than we have time to fulfill.

When life gets hectic and the schedules get too busy, the main thing to remember is that Jesus must be our center. He's not a piece of the pie. For those of us who are believers, He's the whole pie.

We can all feel guilty at times for not doing more - like neglecting a blog site. However, when you say "no" to one thing, you're saying "yes" to something else. Many things in life are important. Let's just make sure we're saying "yes" to the right things. And let's just hope my family and I never move again!