How we manage our time is vitally important. Perhaps it is time that is the greatest gift that has ever been given to us from God. How we use that time reveals our motives, our purpose, our beliefs.
Often, guilt can affect the way we use our time. When we feel guilty about taking time to do something, we usually won't do it. This can be very detrimental to your life. I used to feel guilty for taking time to sit down and plan. But the reality is if we don't take time to think and to plan we will go nowhere.
In the spiritual walk, if we do not take time to pray and study and meditate, we will lose the edge and direction to walk. Recently I moved. I did not have a job lined up for me to work at. It was sort of a faith thing... Anyhow, I have been frantically trying to find a job, and have been allowing the worries catch up to me.
However, during this time, God has been speaking. I started reading through the Bible again. It is amazing how taking the time to read, think, listen, pray has radically affected the level of anxiety within my heart. Now, there is no anxiety. I know that God will provide for me.
Had I not taken the time with God, spending time in His Word, spending time talking to Him, spending time doing nothing but thinking and listening and reflecting, I would not have the level of peace that I have now.
Time. Time is important to cherish and to manage. It is not wrong to wait. It is not wrong to stay home certain days and do nothing but read, study, listen. You do not always have to be going, going, going, and being everywhere, doing everything. It all takes time. And as Solomon said "There is a time for everything."
It takes time to find a job. It takes time to unpack. It takes time to learn the area. It takes time to fill out applications. It takes time to get base camp set up and it takes time to develop relationships with new people. It even takes time to keep relationships fresh with those people who have been in your life for years.
Remember to take time.
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