Old friends

I ran into an old friend yesterday & we started talking about being refreshed & how sometimes we get so spiritually dry b/c we're running after so many things that take up so much time & we're not taking time to be w/ God, to let Him be the one that fills us up, revives & refreshes us. I started thinking about why my schedule, at times, gets so overloaded. Sometimes it's just b/c I don't want to miss out on what's going on. Other times I'm afraid I won't measure up. People ask me to do things & I don't want anyone mad so I put something else on my calendar. And if I'm totally honest...I'm a procrastinator!! I put things off & then the deadline is here & I'm frantic!! I'm sure we could ask each of us & we all could give a reason of why we are so busy. Then I'm going through some old papers & I find this little paragraph that seemed to fit right in w/ this... Jesus lived at an unrushed pace. He definitely had a lot going on, people all around Him all the time, & this is what God said about Him--Matthew 3:17- This is my Son, whom I love; w/ him I am well pleased....So okay, I want my life to look more like Gods best for me & less like what the world is saying it should. Gods best for me requires time for connection w/ Him. Gods best for me means being real w/ the people that He's placed in my life. Loving them genuinely & loving my life the same way. His best means not empty filling, but looking for His assignments & saying YES to Him. I want God to say, "You are my daughter, whom I love; w/ you I am well pleased." I want it to be "well pleased" b/c of who I am--not b/c of what I do. Well pleased b/c of an unfathomable, unconditional love--not earned but simply given, & given by someone who is absolutely, head-over-heals, crazy for me/you!! & I'll leave you w/ this little statement that hopefully will give you something to think about the next time your asked to do something or you just think you need something to do. "The 2 most powerful words are yes & no. How we use them determines how we set our schedule...live our lives....spend our soul!!! Let's make sure we're doing it Gods way and not ours!!!