Deep down, if you’re honest, do you sometimes feel burdened and annoyed by the distraction of taking care of others?
I’m not just talking about taking care of small children. I’m talking about the time it takes to speak to an aging parent, the time it takes to go to (let alone be courteous at) the grocery store, the time it takes to return a call to a friend.
When you are angry about all the ways that your day is interrupted by mundane care-taking, do you ever stop to consider that maybe the time you spend caring for others could actually be a gift? To you?
Sometimes I believe that the more task-driven we are, the more relational responsibility God sends us – not because he wants us to fail, but because he loves us and he is always in the business of saving us . . . sometimes from our own ambition.
I have a theory that God looks closely at our hearts, at the unique ways in which we are all wired, and sends us appointments with love because he knows that without them we would become hard and task focused and lose the magic of living.
The next time you are frustrated by a care-taking distraction, can I encourage you to stop and give thanks for the opportunity to live life to a different rhythm than you would write on your own?
It could be that all those interruptions are providing the purpose that your life really needs.
Psalm 84:11: For the Lord God is a sun and shield; the Lord bestows favor and honor; no good thing does he withhold from those whose walk is blameless.
Linda says
How wonderful to have found you here!