Balance

When it comes to balance I am most definitely not talking about physical balance. Good Lord if you ever saw me try to balance you would understand why. 

I am talking about balance in terms of balancing aspects of life.  Do you ever feel like there isn't enough time to balance it all? Right now I feel like I am in a constant battle with trying to balance my relationship with God, my marriage, work, and school.  And that doesn't even include the in between things like healthy eating, exercising, sleeping, umm bathing.... yeah you get the point. I honestly feel like my life is a whirlwind. 

This morning I woke up early to work on a homework assignment for school. FYI I am going back to school to get my teaching license in a transition to teaching program.  SO I woke up early to get a lesson plan assignment done and I was having a hard time coming up with ideas... so much so that I was ignoring my husband, and contemplating not going to church. It was consuming my brain and I was having a minor panic attack. I just need to keep a paper bag on hand for these moments. Luckily, my husband convinced me to go to church. I am so glad he did. 

Seriously, God shows up when you need him the most. As I was sitting in church listening to the message, the pastor reminded us that we need to live dead to the things of this world and begin living alive to God. WOW, wasn't that a much needed slap in the face. I was reminded of the proverbial balancing act I am trying perform ON MY OWN, and began to relax. I don't have to do all of these things on my own.  The one thing I need to focus on is living alive to God and the rest will follow. Does this mean it won't be hard work? Absolutely not.  It means that as long as I keep my focus on God, I will be that much stronger in every other aspect of life.  Does it mean I won't fail from time to time? Absolutely not. But when failure occurs God will be there to keep me on his path. 

As long as I continue to seek the Lord and ask him for his guidance and grace he will show up in my marriage, in my work, and in my school. Balancing happens naturally when I lift my eyes up to the Lord.