Striking a Balance

While listening to a radio news report this morning, I heard that August has been the wettest month on record for our area. July had been close to one of the driest months on record in the area. Two weeks ago, we were begging for rain. Now we are begging for a drought!

While we cannot control the balance of weather conditions, we can control the balance in our lives. How often have we heard someone say, "I'd love to do XYZ, but I just don't have the time"? That is an excuse that is similar to an elected official saying they cannot do what a constituent asks for because there isn't enough money. Just as there is enough money to do what the constituent asks for (politicians just choose to spend the money on other things), there is enough time for us to do the things we really want to do and should be doing. We can get done what we need to do at work, at home, in the gym, on the social scene and in our prayer lives if we strive for balance. We first need to get our priorities straight in our minds. Then we can plan and implement ways to accomplish the priorities we have established for ourselves.