I came to a not-so-shocking conclusion about myself today. I
overload everything. I overload the sink full of dishes until the task
seems overwhelming. I overload the washing machine until I can smell
the belt burning and it finally breaks. I overload the dryer with
clothes, and then complain that it takes 2 hours to dry a load of
clothes. I overload the laundry hampers procrastinating about doing
laundry for as long as possible, thus making myself miserable when it
cannot be put off any longer. And then there's my life. I overload us
with things to do, places to go, people to see. I am on overload in
every aspect of my life.
As I was unloading the dryer today and realized how fast a load of
clothes dried because I did not have it overloaded, it occurred to me
what effect overloading does to my spiritual life. When I overload my
physical life, social life, home life, things can get very bad very
fast. Usually we are all tense with each other, and all of the "fun" is
sucked right out of whatever I have overloaded us with. And my
spiritual life suffers tremendously when I overload every other aspect
of my life and make no room for my spiritual life. So today, I'm
committing to try to stop being an overloader. I'm going to focus on my
spiritual life first and fill in the rest later. Matthew 11:28 “Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest.
Lisa Powell
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