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Consumed

Let's see. . . in the past few months, we have worked, been under construction (church building), rested, played, swam, cooked, worked, entertained, mentored, and kept ourselves busy and out of trouble.  Oh, and did I mention we worked?  I have to admit, I have felt completely spent lately.  Nothing much left for creative writing. I did some painting for a couple of gifts in the last few weeks and man, it felt good to let the other side of my brain function for a bit. We're gearing up for vacation bible school next week - and I'm looking forward to setting things up and decorating - let the creativity flow!

I was reading some blogs yesterday and came across one that had a list of books they had read.  One that caught my attention was called "Margin: Restoring Emotional, Physical, Financial and Time Reserves to Overloaded Lives." I'm still debating whether to spend the $9.99 to download it to my phone.  How sad is that?! I did download a sample and read the first 1-1/2 chapters last night while I was supposed to be working on something else.  I totally get what the author is saying, but I'm not sure I want to delve into the reasons that I allow myself to get so consumed with everything. I know we are busy - and I feel like we are busy for the right reasons, most of the time.  Are there things we could delegate? Maybe. Are there things that we could just drop? Probably.

So what is it that motivates our need to stay busy?  Fear of failure?  The Hubs and I were talking earlier this summer, when we took our first weekend away in over 6 months, about the reasons we feel like we have to do everything.  We pinpointed this constant feeling of we're going to let someone down or disappoint someone if we don't . . . (fill in the blank).  Anyone else ever felt this way?  Or just us crazy perfectionists? I did find this verse in Ecclesiastes 9:10 "Whatever your hand finds to do, do it with all your might" And until we get different (or clearer) marching orders, I'm going to keep giving 100% if possible! It may be 100% for only ten minutes while I focus on one thing and then 100% for the next 45 minutes while I focus on something else, but it is what it is.  What are you consumed with lately?

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