Weekly Overview
I don’t know about all of you….. but this lesson about being our best for God has really been challenging AND freeing at the same time for me. Let’s take a look back and see what all we learned this week.
MONDAY: It was all about BOXES! You know…. all the millions of things that we have pulling and tugging at us for our attention and resources every day while we are working so hard to achieve perfect balance in our life. God certainly intends for us to live full lives, but not to be stretched so thin that we burn out and are miserable. God calls us to have order in our lives and to line up our priorities with His will. Priscilla asked us to list our “boxes” and to be real about which ones might not need to be filled in this season.
TUESDAY: This day we learned about how important timing is in being able to be our best. God intends different priorities for us in different seasons we are in and we must not mix them up. This day was about boundaries and freeing ourselves of any obligations we currently have that are not meant for us in our current season. We were to pray for discernment and begin to take action to be able to live joyfully in our current season doing all of the things that God uniquely designed us to do.
WEDNESDAY: Oh Wednesday…. it was about anything, everything and whatever! You know what this means right? It’s all about how we can’t do anything well when we choose to do everything, so we decide to just do whatever. We were to list out our “whatever” places and pray over which ones God needs us to shift to the background during our current season. We are to do all of our whatever’s with everything that we have because THAT is part of God’s divine design!
THURSDAY: Priscilla gave us some breathing lessons worth noting. She urges us to intentionally make time in our daily lives to fill our oxygen tank so that we can breathe. That can look differently for everyone, but whatever you do to “re-fuel,” do it often! All of our loved ones need us to be our best and God does not intend any of us to grow weary in doing good. I hope you gave yourself a break…. because I did and it felt so good! Be sure so make this a habit!
….and in all this lies our fifth Resolution!
MY BEST
I will seek to devote the best of myself, my time, and my talents
to the primary roles the Lord has entrusted to me in this phase of my life.
Signed X___________________________________________
Please leave a comment below about one “ah-ha” moment for you this week! We want to know how this lesson spoke to your heart!
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Next week, our topic is “My Blessing— a resolution to esteem others with my time, concerns, and full attention.” Oooooooh…. this is going to be good!!! Have a Great weekend Ladies! See you again on Sunday with our assignments for next week!! Please keep in mind that if you have fallen behind in your reading, the weekend is a great time to get all caught up!
About Megan Smidt
my 'ah-ha!' moment came when considering the whole boundaries issue, and living joyfully in my current season of life…. i've been struggling for awhile with the fact that quite of few of those in my life make the assumption that since i am now "at home" in this season, i can chat on the phone for extended periods of time. it is not uncommon for 4 or 5 of them to call during a day and stay on the phone for 30 minutes or more. true, i have allowed this having bought into the misconception that i have nothing pressing to do and my time is unimportant. not true! so, i am choosing to have boundaries in this area. and i am sure that the time i do spend chatting and listening to my "peeps" will be more joyful! <3
i will seek to devote the best of myself, my time, and my talents to the primary roles the Lord has entrusted to me in this phase of my life. <3 coleen
My ah ha moment was when I was given permission to push some stuff aside and look at what my day looks like. I was given permission to say no to some things that do not benefit me or my path during this season. I too, like Coleen, are going to establish some boundaries and quit allowing others to use me and my time.
This might sound really elementary, but my ah-ha moment was when Priscilla talked about the boxes. My husband and I have kidded each other in fun how different men's and women's minds are – men have the boxes or compartments that they can pull out one at a time and concentrate on. Our minds are more like a pile of hot spaghetti – everything is entwined with everything else. This is where the elementary part comes in – it never occurred to me to think of my life as different boxes – cause I figured that's what men do, not women! And with all the fun teasing between my husband and I through the years, I didn't feel like I wanted to compartmentalize my mind or life that way! LOL! But it was very enlightening when I wrote down all the boxes that I am trying to juggle, and am now in the process of praying and weeding out those tasks the Lord would have me stop doing.
My aha moment came this morning that God gives me what I can do and when things start piling up as they do it's because I've added what I think I can do. My resolution is to make the effort and to go the extra mile and to ask God first before accepting a job or a task. I am going to ask God to help me prioritize things do I can be the best for Him, then it will lead me into being a good wife, mom and whatever lies after. HAPPY FRIDAY!!!
My aha moment was Monday when we were talking about boxes!!!