Grrr! There is nothing more annoying than always have a different excuse for the same bad habit. Does anyone else have something that they consistently do (ie. sleep in) but always seem to have many crazy excuses for it? I DO!!
Take worship leading: I need to get the order of service in by Thursday before I lead. I have not put a single order of service (OoS) in on time. Whether I forget, sleep in, get sick, leave the city overwork, or get cuaght up in uni, I always seem to have a new and exciting way of not getting the job done. This week is a prime example.
Remembering something before the due by date is no good unless you actually do something about it (the vital step I always seem to overlook). Today I suddenly RE-remembered I have an OoS due but I had an hectic mix of uni, work and wedding stuff to get through. non-the-less I get to the church between Uni and work and hammer out a (pretty decent might I add) evening OoS. I leave it to be put into folders and head into work. That's when I get a phone call telling me I am on in the MORNING not the night. Now I have to make time to create a second (equally impressive) OoS. So after work I rush here to the church and get THAT done. All wedding stuff has to wait until Monday.
If you have managed to read all the way through, or have skipped down to the end, the moral lesson I am (slowly... oh, so slowly) learning is: BE ORGANISED! My life is always better when I start the day with a "to-do" list. There is less stress when you know what tasks lay in front of you. All I can say is: I wish I could learn these lessons faster, but until I do, feel free to have a giggle at my expense!
PS come along Sunday morning for a cracker of a service!!
1 comment:
Seems to be a disease of mine too, especially when it comes to the spiritual ... just doing stuff about it. I mean how can something so simple be hard. Its only stuff, but its doing the right stuff that seems to be hard.
So easy for me to get distracted with other meaningless stuff, yet I neglect the stuff I need to do most. Oh what a wretched case I am!
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