Today will be a short post (okay- in retrospect it's not short at all- ha!), but hopefully a meaningful one as I share a thought with you that has been burning in my brain for days now.
A friend of mine (who I have mentioned before) who has an awesome blog, business and love for Jesus, wrote a post recently that I want to share with you.
Before I link you to it, I want to tell you what stood out to me most. I don't know that these were her exact words, but they are close. Here's what caught me eye (and what I can't get out of my head) from her post.
Wake up each day and do what God wants YOU to do. Don't wake up and look at what another blogger, pinterester, friend, etc is doing and then wonder if you are doing enough. Wake up and figure out how YOU are supposed to live YOUR life according to God's plan for YOU. Period.
Here's the link to the Post: Little Bit Funky, A Resolution For Us All!
In general, I don't play the comparison game. I don't look at Crystal's blog and think "She does so much and I feel insecure today, so I think I'll decide that she and others like her must not have her priorities straight." Ummm.... no.
However, I DO fall prey sometimes to looking around at what others are doing and think... "Maybe I should be doing that too? They are obviously amazing at following God and serving their family, so maybe I should follow their example!"
I forget that instead of modeling my life after really great people and all the great things they are doing, I should be modeling my life after ONE person.
Each day that I am given has a purpose and a plan. And at this point, believe-you-me, it looks different than most other people's lives I know! I am semi- housebound with a low immune-system child and 30 weeks pregnant with twins which makes me feel like a big walrus lumbering around. I am realizing that in order to do what God wants me to do to serve my family in this season, it takes doing a very little bit at a time with a LOT of focus.
What kind of terrible trap would I be setting for myself if I compared my list of *four things* I must do today to another person's of 10, 20 or 50 things to do today? What have I gained if I spend my time chasing and trying to achieve what other people are doing if I am neglecting my own purpose in life?
So for Inspire Me! Monday today, think about God's purpose for you and you alone. Take one step at a time no matter what your life looks like and know that God's plans are greater than what everyone else might be doing. If we as Christians all focus on the His purpose for our lives, that is how we function as one body. All of us have different roles, jobs and amounts of work to do based on our own special abilities. Be encouraged that God created your purpose with you in mind. And there is no shame in obedience to Him- even at the expense of not doing what everyone else is doing. Today I pray that you will lay your life down to the only One that matters and find yourself to be lifted up.
Love,
Rachel
"You are worried and upset about many things, but only ONE thing is needed." Luke 10:42
"Let your eyes look straight ahead; fix your gaze directly before you. Give careful thought to the paths for your feet and be steadfast in all your ways. Do not turn to the right or the left; keep your foot from evil. " Proverbs 4:25-27
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