Today is a day to work out these thoughts with God. Simply pray all day. Ask God to take your limitations and bless your work. Pray for specific limitations you struggle with and those that you don't even realize. Pray that through service and knowing God better that you will become more aware and trusting of Gods' unlimited power.
As always, this is for your benefit and relationship with God, so be honest and if necessary, confrontational with yourself, especially where it's difficult.
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Great blog to pray without ceasing. As I was shovelling our lovely snow, my muscles reminded me to be a good steward of my physical strength today, and to pace myself. It was beautiful, and because of the neighbor's Christmas lights, I found myself singing carols as I hoisted the heavy white stuff. God is good & provides for us when we ask, listen & rely on him. I'm grateful for the blessings of a home, food, drink, blankets, heat, energy, strength, communication tools like e-mail, friendships & most of all a God who is with us in plenty or limitation. Mary was blessed & pondered all these things in her heart.
Reading through this week's blog is really challenging. I think there are things here I don't really even want to think about. It's one thing to consider your limitations, but another to actually acknowledge where I've been overextending or been a poor steward and make changes.
On the other hand, there is so much I should be pleased with and grateful for, but I'm not because I am consumed with what I can't do. With it never being enough.
This is a very interesting and challenging week.
I agree with you. My first comment was meant to be positive, but seems unrealistic. Today, I'm so sore I can hardly move, so I didn't accept my physical limitations. Time limits are even worse. Why do we feel guilty when we rest, or have a to-do list that never gets done? For me & others, control can be the issue, but our weeks studying gratitude helped me put my "undones" into perspective. It's a process, like a painting-sometimes you just paint over what you did or didn't like or finish. And often the final painting is better because of it. The texture is richer, the colors altered and the message truer to what the artist needs to say. Mercy & Grace abound.
Well, honestly I can't believe I am typing this but I tried to come up with an honest response to all these blogs and my personal frustrations that I experienced in trying to do so several times just so overwhelmed me and frustrated me that I can't even begin to put into words. I think to put it in "Jay" terms. I just don't have the time. Time is my limitation. I used to think this was an excuse but it really is not. And when time is an issue you then face priortizing your time and I am trying so hard but outside factors are bringing me DOWN and these outside factors are things that should be most important to me. I am really having a hard time figuring out what to do.
You are a very smart person!
So while completed "homework" for Convergence's new Wed service I felt compelled even though probably noone will see this to follow up for my own personal reasons to my above thoughts. I found that a positive attitude is pretty important. Had I had one the night I was trying to compose that e-mail it would have been a completely different situation. If you are passionate about something then you MAKE the time. You sacrifice. If things happen to take that time from you then you stay positive and try again next time. At some point you will achieve whatever it is you are trying to do.
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