Well, I already stopped following my daily schedule. It lasted until after my outdoors time, and then I just ignored it. Maybe it was too complicated (28 different things). Today, I'm going to try to do the things on it and see where it goes.
I have a real problem with balance. I tend to see things in black and white, go full out at anything that I get interested in, and then wonder why I'm worn out, or why I'm banging my head against the real world. I'm trying to incorporate more gray in my life, by which I mean that I'm trying to SEE that not all things are yes/no. It's really hard for me, but I know that it will be worth it, because I'll see God's world more accurately.
Obviously God is adept at shades of gray. One only has to look at people like Adam, Noah, Abraham, Peter, etc. to see that God is really forgiving and generous, and doesn't demand perfection. He just demands an effort and our love. He knows that we're going to fail, over and over again. He knows the worst sin we will ever commit, and He is willing to die on a cross for us. I want to have that same generosity, which means that I will need to see the good in the worst of us, and the bad in the best of us.
I guess being willing to go back to the schedule without the perfectionism is a good place to start my view of the gray side of me!
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