BALANCE: Life & Work

29 He gives strength to the weary

and increases the power of the weak. 

30 Even youths grow tired and weary,

and young men stumble and fall; 

31 but those who hope in the Lord

will renew their strength.

They will soar on wings like eagles;

they will run and not grow weary,

they will walk and not be faint.

Isaiah 40: 29 - 31 

It's the first day of the week and i feel like Friday tired. I'm happy to start my week right though, I woke up early .. heard from God and report to work 30mins. before time. It was a fine day, my kids behaved well and it made me realize that God can possibly tame them for my sake, they all tried their best to listen to whatever I have to tell them and did their seat works pretty well aside of course to those who are yet to adopt our everyday rituals. 

This afternoon, we had our admin meeting as usual and our dear principal taught us about Self Governance. I'm trying to recall when I first heard about it but more than that .. I feel so ashamed for not giving an answer when asked in what area do I think I have a strong self governance on., I wanted to say I have a well established spiritual discipline but I don't want to sound too religious so I'd say I can't think of any .. arghh!!! my thoughts are so cluttered. I am overwhelmed .. overwhelmed by all of the things that I should accomplish with no ample time given, but you know what? God remained to be gracious. Gracious in a sense that no matter how filled my time is .. He always grant me a good sleep at night.,short but deep straight sleep and I can never trade that for anything. Another thing is that He refresh me every morning with all His promises which He remains to be faithful on, even if I'm not. I appreciate that I have an hour to just devote my time to Him in school before all the kids enter the room .. I need that .. I need that, because when the cloth struck at 8am .. before I know it, it's already dark outside and that goes from monday - friday. So say whut?' please don't think that I am whining over my assignments, this is just an avenue for me to somehow withdraw my thoughts. Hehehe

Saturday is SABBATH .. and I promise myself not to do any work related task on this day. I get up to bed a little late, do the laundry (yes it's a form of therapy for me too), catch a really cool movie in Disney Channel and  head on to either gym or music team practice or vice versa. However, if I have an event to do on a Saturday .. Sunday will be my sabbath. 

Multi - tasking or working on many things is no wrong, but it is important to balance LIFE&WORK. We don't waste LIFE in working and we cannot LIVE without working, both are essential for living but imbalance will cause us to fail in fulfilling the purposes that God has for us. Say for instance, when we work too much we missed the joy of enjoying what we earn from what we are working in. It steals our time from the most important people in our lives say our families and good friends and it can make us feel so exhausted and ugly. Hehehe. On the other hand, too much resting not wanting to work will not please God at all. It's wasting the most precious thing (aside salvation)  a man is given .. time. 

I should admit, I still have a hard time managing my time. I am not good in prioritizing things, I consider everything significant for me .. my workout, tutorials, time with family NAME THEM. And I am not empowered to say NO to some things. Oh well, I am a work in progress but I guess I have to be wise in what to and what not to do with my time. I can't say "so many things to do, so little time" because we were all given equal time in a day it only differs with how well do we use it. *yawn .. it's 12mn and it's way past the time I promise my best friend that I will sleep. May this be the last time that I will stay up late. God help me. Thanks for reading. :) 

joyieness. 7/04/11