Holy slap in the face

Lately I have been doing a lot of reading, devotionals as well as business related articles all written by the same gentleman. I realized that most of his writing contained a real world incident. I thought to myself, "I wish my girls could come up with some ingenious marketing insight like his 5 year old son." Or no wonder his writings are so good and seem to come to him so easily, when it is all about what is going on in his life. And then it hit me like a holy slap in the face...

Is it that my girls don't have any marketing wisdom within them or some spiritual eye openings? Or is it that I am too busy to see it for myself? I'm afraid it is the latter. You see I can't seem to do one thing at a time, I'm always doing at least 2 if not more. While doing dishes or folding laundry, I'm planning the next scrapbook layout, writing the next article, thinking about what I'm going to do next...While in the van driving anywhere, my mind is busy. Sure I answer the girls when they ask me a question or talk to me, but if they are busy doing there own thing, so is my brain. I remember times when I would listen to them, for whatever reason they think I can't hear them, and just smile to myself at some of the things they would say. I realize that I have been missing out and not seeing God in the everyday. Here I am supposed to be encouraging others to scrapbook their Faith and recognize God Moments, when I myself am not. Are you caught up in the sin of busyness like me? With God's help, I pray that I (or we) can overcome the sin of busyness, slow down and see God more clearly.

I didn't want to write this post, because I am one of those people who "care what other people think and my life is just fine!" But if it helps one other person...

Faithfully,

Dawn
http://www.FaithfullyYours.net