Busy Bee

You watched the morning news while drinking a cup of coffee. You tidied up the kitchen after breakfast and readied yourself for a new day. Before tackling daily chores, you popped a casserole in the oven for a friend under the weather. You head outside to pull weeds from the flowers, give them a good soaking, and go back indoors to put a load of laundry going in the washer before lunchtime. Your friend’s food is delivered, flowers are happy, clothes are clean and put away, the house is in order, the children finished their school assignments, everyone has eaten, and the kitchen is clean. Now it’s time to start winding down for a new day dawning.

Guys' and gals’ chores and to-do lists may differ, and maybe your workplace is away from home, but when you return home, there is still much to be done before retiring for the evening. Then there are those pressing matters that sometimes consume our thoughts.

Sound familiar? We busy ourselves doing one thing, then remember another, and, after taking care of it, go on to something else. Or maybe it’s a stressful situation you are trying to resolve. Busy, busy, busy. But as you buzz from one project to another, do you take time for God? Although daily chores are needful, busyness and pressing matters can distract us from spending needed time with God. Stop to relax and focus on God’s divine presence and power throughout your day. If you have persistent, anxiety-causing issues, lean on and trust Him with them; ask God to show you His plans for your day and focus on those. Reflect on who He is, what He’s done—the evidence that He is the Almighty, never too busy for you. Now you’re prepared to face a new day.