Dude. Don't move. Ever.

Seriously, kids.  Don't try this at home!  Or at a place you might think you wanna call home.  You don't every wanna move.  I promise.  Especially if it's your 9th one in 7 years.  Yeah...

No really, though.  Besides all of the crazy tornado mess that my house is in right now, I am lovin' it.  Even in the midst of this wreck of a cardboard-filled house, I am super excited.  Elated, even.  God is so in love with us.  No one could think up schemes like His;)  At the time, it seems like such incredibly hard work, but boy does he have the most beautiful needle you've ever seen in the middle of a haystack the size of the state of Tennessee (or whichever state you prefer, for you Americans)!

I don't know about you, but I don't think I've ever been this busy in my entire life!  Does this sound familiar to you?  I tell ya.  But the busyness is so great.  The weddings coming up, and all the showers and yada that comes with that... the church activities, and the ones you wish you could be a part of even though you're already doing more than your schedule would allow... those of you who have kids in school needing help with homework, or driving them to dance class... or those of you working two or three jobs just to help with the times in which we live... or those who even work at home and still feel like you don't get enough rest...

None of these are easy, are they?  No matter who you are, there is just not enough time in the day.  Especially for things like holding the door open for a stranger, or helping someone fix their sink when they have no idea what they're doing, or just simply giving your fave person in the whole world a phone call in the middle of the day just to say you needed to hear their voice.  But that's where we need to be.  We need to be thinking of others at all times.  I don't know about you, but I sure do feel like I've got enough to tend to.  But I'm pretty sure that Jesus didn't live like that, aren't you?  ;)  We never hear of masterpieces he created out of his carpentry.  I don't recall any famous Jesus-created sculptures, do you?  Nope.  That's because all of His time was spent on others.  Yeah, the times were different then.  But I'm willing to bet that Mary and Martha probably felt just like we do today.  As I recall, Martha had to learn a little lesson from Mary because she was too busy to just sit and be.  Just be with Jesus.  That's all.  Sounds pretty easy, doesn't it?  But then you're like, "well, I gotta go do this really quick, and then I will..."  Mmm-hmm.  We're all guilty.  You ain't gots ta lie, Craig.  ;)  Make a goal this week to take one thing out of your schedule and replace it with this:  A Time-Out.  Yup.  A time-out with God is all we need.  My day goes so so so so so much smoother when I just take a breather with Him.  So much.  You're not losing or wasting any of your tight schedule when you do this, I promise.  You get that time back a million times over.

So I'm gonna go now.  I'll be with My Lord.  Bless you all!

-Tara K