Regina, Regina…..
She came to him and asked, “Lord don’t you care that my sister has left me to do the work by myself? Tell her to help me!”
Oh my, how those words have spilled from my mouth on more occasions than one. I have said them to friends, to Mark, to the kids, and of course the Lord himself. There are so many times that I have screamed those words out into the air when a certain someone has left their dirty clothes lying strewn all over the bathroom floor. They are spoken even when the dishes haven’t made their way to the cabinets. Shouting them at my white board in the classroom with my back to the deaf students, never made my day go smoother. Countless of times I have spouted those words and left feeling so discouraged. However, those words were from the frustration I had placed upon myself because 99.9% of the time I was overextended or stressed from all the responsibilities I had placed on myself.
If I saw it coming and knew that my workload was already booked solid, why on Earth did I over commit myself by biting off more than I could chew. How many times I have had to lean on others at the last minute only to find out they were just as overbooked and over committed as I…..hundreds. Thing of it is, I got myself in the trouble at hand…..sometimes so much that I was already endangering myself by coming too close to falling off the edge.
Like Martha in Luke 10, I have created my own frustrating world. People around me feel the affects of my busy schedule and tasks that I had assigned myself. But, when Martha, went to Jesus she had a very justifiable complaint. In her eyes, she was left with all the work for hosting Jesus and his crew. And well, she didn’t get to hear what she wanted to hear. Jesus told her, “Martha, Martha, you are worried and upset about many things, but only one thing is needed.” In other words, “Martha, stop what you are doing and focus on me.”
So now, when I am overwhelmed or overextended, I simply say, “Regina, Regina, you are worried and upset about many things, but only one thing is needed.” Then I sit down with my Bible and spend a little Jesus time within those pages and in prayer. Amazingly, I feel so refreshed and ready to handle any situation.
God bless…..
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October 6th, 2009 at 1:36 pm
Regina, Regina….I like this! So many times I feel the same way. And , much I undertake is my own fault. I try to do it all myself. This is such a good “recipie” for a busy homemaker to remember and follow , especially when things get hectic.