the gift of getting it all done

I'm breathing a little easier.

I think I finally got it all done.

For now.

October was a wild month- an 8-day missions trip smack dab in the middle of the month surrounded by full time work before and after; an-all day women's workshop event two weeks after our return (with my part having to be cancelled due to the freak East Coast Halloween snowstorm, thank you very much); four college application processes to go through with my high school senior before the end of the month, plus the daily grind of, well, the daily grind.

During the craziness, I would come home from my workday and start right in at my home office and work until I needed to sleep.  Every day had a list - a long one- of things that needed to be tended to, paid, written, applied for, or called about.

I was getting exhausted.

But as of last night, it was all done.  All the catching up, all the running around, all the phonecalls and bills and applications.  And I could look back and say- this free time I have now is truly a gift.  I can appreciate it completely because of the burning-the- candle-at-both-ends kind of schedule I had to keep up these past few weeks.

And I learned that for a season, I can work at an intense pace and still be nice.

Through it all, God gave me grace to handle it.  I ran out of hours before I ran out of patience;  I had everything I needed just when I needed it; I didn't sweat the small stuff or the big stuff, but instead I barged ahead and kept going figuring it would all work out.

It did. God is good.

Time to go enjoy my gift!

8 comments:

  1. Oh the grace that God so abundantly gives! Even to get through busy times.

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  2. Thanks for stopping by and commenting, Caroline!

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  3. Enjoy your gift fully! There is nothing like the gift of time!

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  4. Thanks Lindsey! You are right - the gift of time (and health) are precious.

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  5. That's the test right there--learning how to balance it and keep a good attitude in the face of all the blessings God has given you. Even blessings can be tests.

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  6. Nikole- you are so right about that. Life is all about balance - not about juggling! And attitude is key.

    Thanks for stopping by!

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  7. What a wonderful lesson..."I can work at an intense pace and still be nice." Perhaps that should be on my to do list. ;-)

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  8. Thanks MLH- it's a lesson I keep learning and trying to practice!

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