Slipping Away- April 10, 2007

This morning on my one hour and 20 minute commute (don’t be a hater I know you want my job) …I noticed a man who was struggling. He had about 60-75 balloons. He worked for a car dealership and was supposed to be placing them on cars to entice people in (I can tell you that really makes me want to run over and get into more debt?)…

As I watched him the wind began to pick up. Several of his balloons in his hand began to fly away as he was tying down others. His response was to let go of the ones that he was tying and jump and try to get the ones that flew away. But doing this he lost all of the ones that he was tying and several that were in his hands that he already had. I couldn’t believe that he was trying to jump after them. Then I saw myself in him.

I saw myself trying to balance the things in my life. I am a wife, mother, daughter, director of education at church, praise singer, choir member, office manager for MK Ministries, a corporate travel agent, and also do outside sales (missionary fares, cruises, tours) besides my real job.

All of those things represented the balloons that I try to hold onto in my life. Sometimes I wonder why I get tired, or have a hard time juggling. I get frustrated as I feel that I am letting go of something as I am trying to secure another.

The only way to make it all fit is to be anchored to him. I thought if that guy just would have had a spot to anchor them to and then distribute as he went. I bring on my own frustrations as I frantically try to jump after something that I have let go.

I remember being in a lecture in college. The teacher scrapped his lesson and told us that he was going to talk about priorities. He took a large one gallon jar. He poured sand into it. This represented our life. Then he brought out golf balls. That represented the important things in our life-Our relationship with HIM, or prayer time, our time in the world, our family etc. He could not get them into the jar as it could not fit.

Then he poured the sand out and placed the important things in first…and then poured our life back around it. Everything fit when we had our priorities in first.

I find that I am the most balanced when I start out with prayer, and I start out with the Word, and start out with giving my husband a kiss and my girls a hug when I leave the house, and drop them at school. That my day goes smoother as I plan for my day and don’t get carried away in the crosswinds of the day.

I reminded myself today to be rooted and grounded above all in HIM…

I will say that I wanted to jump out of my car and help that poor guy. How many times have we been there? That out of control feeling?

Rest and prioritize in HIM today!