Superwoman is an idiot!
Now, before all the Marvel Comic's fans start sending me hate mail... stay with me on this one!
I am Superwoman! or at least I think I am. I have this totally unneccessary burden of thinking that I need to be 'busy' at all times. I'm usually going 90 miles an hour in a dozen directions just to stay busy. I feel totally guilty if I'm not doing something. (I come from a long line of Lithuanian Catholic women...guilt is their thing!) But when I am busy doing so many things at once, I'm not capable of doing any one thing well. No one puts that burden on me, no one says "do more!" or "why are you sitting down?". Quite honestly, it makes my family crazy! But for some bizarre reason I think every woman is like this...or at least that what I told myself to feel less crazy.
While I was doing my Bible study* this morning, there was a section titled "Don't Just Do Something". It speaks about our need to be busy doing something all the time...hmmmm, does this guy know me? Blackaby writes, "We always want to be doing something. Every now and then someone will exclaim, 'Don't just stand there; do something.' Ok, this guy totally knows me...scary. Blackaby goes on..."In contrast God is crying out to us, 'Don't just do something, stand there!'
Guilt is not God's thing, it's our thing. We heap all this junk on ourselves. We just add it to the backpack of 'dumb things I believe' and carry it around day after day. Keep moving! Stay busy! Don't drop your backpack! God doesn't ask us to carry that backpack. Jesus said, 'For my yoke is easy and my burden is light.' Matthew 11;30 - I think I'd rather carry that backpack!
I'm working on standing still. It's tough for Superwoman, maybe I will try being Wonderwoman...but that's another blog!
*Experiencing God, by Richard & Henry Blackaby and Claude King
I am Superwoman! or at least I think I am. I have this totally unneccessary burden of thinking that I need to be 'busy' at all times. I'm usually going 90 miles an hour in a dozen directions just to stay busy. I feel totally guilty if I'm not doing something. (I come from a long line of Lithuanian Catholic women...guilt is their thing!) But when I am busy doing so many things at once, I'm not capable of doing any one thing well. No one puts that burden on me, no one says "do more!" or "why are you sitting down?". Quite honestly, it makes my family crazy! But for some bizarre reason I think every woman is like this...or at least that what I told myself to feel less crazy.
While I was doing my Bible study* this morning, there was a section titled "Don't Just Do Something". It speaks about our need to be busy doing something all the time...hmmmm, does this guy know me? Blackaby writes, "We always want to be doing something. Every now and then someone will exclaim, 'Don't just stand there; do something.' Ok, this guy totally knows me...scary. Blackaby goes on..."In contrast God is crying out to us, 'Don't just do something, stand there!'
Guilt is not God's thing, it's our thing. We heap all this junk on ourselves. We just add it to the backpack of 'dumb things I believe' and carry it around day after day. Keep moving! Stay busy! Don't drop your backpack! God doesn't ask us to carry that backpack. Jesus said, 'For my yoke is easy and my burden is light.' Matthew 11;30 - I think I'd rather carry that backpack!
I'm working on standing still. It's tough for Superwoman, maybe I will try being Wonderwoman...but that's another blog!
*Experiencing God, by Richard & Henry Blackaby and Claude King
Annisa, Today's Bible study really spoke to me also. I struggle with sitting and basking in the Word of God, too. It makes me think of Mary and Martha. Martha was running around like Martha Stewart, but Mary was sitting at the feet of Christ. Jesus said, "Mary has chosen the better part, which will not be taken away from her." Sitting at the feet of Jesus is the better way, it's the only way. It is so tough to keep a Mary-heart when the world is spinning so quickly around us! You know what? Your blog proves you chose to sit..."While I was doing my Bible study this morning..." indicates you are choosing "the better part". Keep sitting at His feet and letting Him love on you! You're precious! Love ya.
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