I am feeling the PRESSURE!

I am feeling PINCHED and PRESSED for time!

I am feeling the ANGST of the end of the school year.

I am feeling the bittersweetness of GRADUATION SEASON.

How did this….

And this…

Turn into THIS…

And this…

My Young Master is GRADUATING high school, and I am not ready for it.

Have you been here??

Have you had BIG moments creeping up on you, and YOU AREN’T READY??? Either emotionally or physically?

I’m preparing for a sermon delivery on Sunday… while writing a sermon for next Wednesday… and I stop to wrote a blog about TIME MANAGEMENT?!

I’ve gone off my rocker folks… but, yeah; that’s exactly what is pressed onto my heart to do.

Right now, apparently.

The Message translation says this perfectly:

Oh! Teach us to live well!! Teach us to live wisely and well!!

Psalm 90:12

Have I lived well, Lord?? Am I living well?

What does that even mean: to live well?

I guess it depends on the person.

Hopefully, you’ve questioned it yourself a time or two over the years and made adjustments depending on the answers.

Living “well” is more than earthly riches and success…those things will wash away as easily as sand on the seashore.

In this season of living, for me, living well looks like

Being wise with my time

Spending quality time with others

Being obedient to what the Lord is calling me to do

Staying connected to Jesus

Staying in the moment

Leaning not on MY understanding

I have so many things to do, but do I need to be doing so many things?? That’s the hard question of life, right?

Just because it should be done doesn’t mean it NEEDS to be done, does it? I must factor in if it (whatever IT is) gets in the way of those things I listed above…

Everything is permissible for me, but not everything is beneficial. Everything is permissible for me, but I will not be mastered by anything.

1 Corinthians 6:12

That’s some wise counsel there, folks.

Everything is permissible-allowed- but that doesn’t mean me doing it will benefit me.

Teaching me to live well means teaching me to be wise… knowing what will benefit me or not IS wisdom.

The NIV changes that Psalm passage to help us discern the guidance encouraged differently~

Teach us to number our days aright, that we may gain a heart of wisdom

Psalm 90:12

What do you want to see happen in your life? What small step can you take to make that happen?

Help us to be wise, Lord….wise with our time for that time is limited.

Back to sermon writing, I go.. with graduation and Open House planning swirling around in my head….trusting that the Lord will continue to provide His wisdom for me to apply in the days ahead.

And when we’re feeling pressed with the pressure of life to do more, be more, move faster, have more…

REMEMBER

We are pressed on every side, but not crushed; perplexed, but not in despair; persecuted, but not abandoned; struck down, but not destroyed.

2 Corinthians 4:8-9

Why??

We are more than conquerors through Him who loved us!

Romans 8:37