Some weeks there never seems to be enough time. I set my goals for the week and make my list of things I want to get done, but some weeks there just isn’t enough time. Some weeks it is more that I am tired and lose focus, but some weeks, like this week, I simply put more on my to-do list than I had time to do.
The things that I get the most frustrated with are the things that are out of my control. I can do the work, but the results are completely out of my control. I can share my photography and write posts every day, but I have no control over if anyone else will read the posts and even less control if anyone shares them with others. It is sometimes frustrating and discouraging when I make the mistake of looking at my website or social media stats. But then I remind myself that I am not writing for others. I am writing about things that I need. I share the writings because if I needed to hear this, then maybe someone else did, too. I do photography because I enjoy the challenge of trying to capture an image as I remember it and I enjoy playing with that image to create a piece of art that I enjoy looking at. I share it because I hope someone else will enjoy it. Sometimes it is just a fun image that made me laugh or I had fun capturing. I hope to one day create some income from my writing and photography, with the goal of creating more time and opportunities to do more. It is easy to lose my focus on why I write and take pictures. I do it because I enjoy it and not for any other reason.
This week is one of those weeks I have more on my list than I can do. I am working a lot at my day job and do not have the time that I normally do. But, I still press on to the goal. The important thing is that I just do a little bit every day to maintain the habit and continue to move forward. The most important thing is that I continue to develop the habits of daily prayer, Bible study, and exercise to continue to build a solid foundation. I think my recent post “Press On” will be my theme for this week, and perhaps a little longer. I will continue to do the work that I need to do and not focus on the things that I cannot control. I will seek first the kingdom of God and his righteousness, and everything else will be o.k. I do not need to feel the stress of the unknown and the frustration of life because I do not control the results. As God continues to work in me and my relationship with God grows, I know that nothing else matters. He promises that He will take care of everything.
Then Jesus said to his disciples: “Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat; or about your body, what you will wear. For life is more than food, and the body more than clothes. Consider the ravens: They do not sow or reap, they have no storeroom or barn; yet God feeds them. And how much more valuable you are than birds! Who of you by worrying can add a single hour to your life? Since you cannot do this very little thing, why do you worry about the rest?
Consider how the wild flowers grow. They do not labor or spin. Yet I tell you, not even Solomon in all his splendor was dressed like one of these. If that is how God clothes the grass of the field, which is here today, and tomorrow is thrown into the fire, how much more will he clothe you—you of little faith! And do not set your heart on what you will eat or drink; do not worry about it. For the pagan world runs after all such things, and your Father knows that you need them. But seek his kingdom, and these things will be given to you as well.“
Luke 12: 22-31
