Today is today, I'll figure the rest out later

My week feels busy already and it has barely begun. My list of "to-do's" needs its own list of to-do's. I like being busy (it's better than being bored), but I don't like being overwhelmed with busyness. This week feels out of balance for me and I need to get it back in line or it could get really long for everyone.

First, make a list of appointments and meetings that can't be missed. Include work times and on-call.

Second, make a list of the household jobs that have to get done this week. Delegate where I need to.

Third, make time to take care of myself. Sleep and exercise need to happen for me to stay positive.

Fourth, but not least important, take care of my spirit. I need to take time to meditate on God, read the Bible, listen to worship music. My faith is somewhat like a plant; it needs watered and nurtured to grow. I think lately, it's been a bit wilted.

There, one list done.

Now, I am going to go spend time with Leo, running to his dad's for a little bit, then putting gas in my empty car. I hope it makes it to the gas station. I am going to enjoy the rest of today and quit worrying about tomorrow and the next day.

"Therefore I say to you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or what you will drink; nor about your body, what you will put on. Is not life more than food and the body more than clothing? Look at the birds of the air, for they neither sow nor reap nor gather into barns; yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not of more value than they? Which of you by worrying can add one cubit to his stature? So why do you worry about clothing? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow; they neither toil nor spin; and yet I say to you that even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these. Now if God so clothes the grass of the field, which today is, and tomorrow is thrown into the oven, will He not much more clothe you, O you of little faith? Therefore do not worry, saying 'What shall we eat?' or 'What shall we drink?' or 'What shall we wear?' For after all these things the Gentiles seek. For your heavenly Father knows that you need all these things. But seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things shall be added to you. Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about its own things. Sufficient for the day is its own trouble" (Matthew 6:25-34).

Love,

Dianne