A Planner Failure? Yep, I am admitting it. Whether it be a schedule or curriculum, homemaking, errands, I have failed… and not just once or twice. Actually if I were brutally honest, I fail daily with plans… but am a I failing or am I not listening to God as I plan??
I wake with big ideas of what must be done each day. Never mind that I have 8 other people in my house that can thwart those plans in little time. Add in several head of various livestock and well my plan rarely gets completed.
However, as I think about it, am I really failing my plan? or am I failing God’s plan?
Let’s face it… if we are making plans for anything… we need to call on God to guide us and give us wisdom. Because if we are making plans and filling our planner… whatever type it may be, without his wisdom… it will fail, and then… we tend to feel like a failure.
God doesn’t give us more than what we can accomplish… IF we allow Him to guide us…
With our to do lists, we must not forget to serve Him… If we do, our days will feel less than productive, because we will have that nagging feeling of something left undone. If we serve Him, and let Him guide our to do list, then we will accomplish much more.
not lagging behind in diligence, fervent in spirit, serving the Lord; ~Romans 12:11
being diligent to preserve the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace. ~Ephesians 4:3
For some time, I had gotten so wrapped up in my to do lists, my plans, that I didn’t have time for other things…
- Bible Study/Devotions
- Exercise
- A Bit of Breathing Room
I was on the go, going all the time, serving here, serving there, but losing myself and relationships closest to me.
I was worn down, grouchy and really unable to cope with daily interruptions. I still fall into this, on nearly a daily basis… why?
Because my expectations for myself and my children are unreal. Why?
Because I tend to see that perfect life over there where the grass is greener. But… is it?
No, because over there is not where God has me. He has placed me where He wants me. In a home with a lot of weeds… we have a ton of beautiful blooms in our home, but we have weeds… We have piles of stuff. And I am not just talking about material things. I am talking yucky weedy attitudes, snappy replies, and all the yuck that happens when you put a bunch of people in a small area and expect them to co-habitate… It can be ugly folks, and you know what??? it is ugly over in that greener place too… It just is…
And you know what?? Some one is over on that, what I consider the greener side is looking at my life and thinking I am living where the grass is greener… Funny how that happens, ehh?
But, what does this all have to do with being a planner failure? A lot…
- I tend to make plans with out God’s guidance, because a plan worked for someone on the greener side….but, God didn’t put me over there… He has me here.
- I think more plans will fix all… It doesn’t. In fact it makes it harder, uglier and brings out weedy nasty yucky attitudes…
- Less sleep will get all my to dos done… but it doesn’t. It makes me a grouchy, gonna lose my Jesus freaky mom… Yep, the terribly sad truth
Are you a planner failure? What ways have you found to help you keep on track? What is your favorite planner?
mother, christian, wife, woman, child of God. It is about my life as a farmer’s wife, as a cook, a baker, a nurse, a teacher, a woodworker, a housekeeper, a farmer (yep, I drive tractors, pick up hay bales, and other farm duties), a gardener. So, what you read here, is me, as a transparent sometimes hot headed, passionate, and opinionated person.
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