| | "Idle Hands Are The Devil's Workshop" After feeling very lazy today, and not getting too much done, I started thinking about how I'm getting behind in school, and that is NOT a good thing. I was trying to encourage myself to keep working, telling myself that I'm trying to graduate, the sooner I get to work, the sooner I'll be done!
But none of it was working. I felt like maybe I'd lost sight of something.
I hate work. But we were made to work. It helps us to keep focus on why we're here, and what we're supposed to be doing/thinking/etc.
And, as Christians, God has given us a specific calling in his Kingdom. But I think the tendency is, with people my age, to be thinking all about what we want to do with our lives. Where do we want to go to college, what do we want to "be when we grow up", that sort of thing. That's a good thing, we need to look towards the future. But God has put me right where he put me with things to do here and now. One of those things, as much as I hate it, is schoolwork.
I've decided to try to think about that way more often. I'm not just doing this because my parents are making me or because I need to graduate, I'm doing this as an act of sacrifice and service to God who made me and put this in my life for me to do. Instead of trying to "just get done!", maybe I'll be able to find joy in it. Even though I don't really enjoy it, there can be joy found in doing something with a good attitude just to bring glory to God.
Who knows? Maybe it's even possible with math.
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| | Posted 2/20/2008 4:44 PM - 2 comments
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