Balancing Life

Good day good people, remember be kind to your fellow coworkers, colleagues, family, people you like and difficult people. Its Be Kind to Humankind Week and we all make the world go around so remember to sprinkle love and kindness everywhere you go. 

Positive word of the day- satisfaction- fulfillment of one's wishes, expectations, or needs, or the pleasure derived from this.

the payment of a debt or fulfillment of an obligation or claim

what is felt to be owed or due to one, especially in reparation of an injustice or wrong

Quote of the day- Balance is not something you find, but something you create. - Jana Kingsford

Scripture of the day- Psalm 30:11-12- You turned my wailing into dancing; you removed my sackcloth and clothed me with joy, that my heart may sing your praises and not be silent. Lord my God, I will praise you forever.

Balancing Work and Rest

Adapted from the resource Closer to God Each Day - by Joyce Meyer

We have all been given twenty-four hours in each day. It is important how we use that time—how we regulate the different areas of our lives to keep them in proper perspective. If we have too much work and not enough rest, we get out of balance. We become workaholics and end up weary and worn-out.

I get a lot of satisfaction out of accomplishments and work. I don’t like a lot of wasted time or useless activities. But because of my nature, it is easy for me to get out of balance in the area of work. I have to regularly determine that I will not only work but also rest. It must be a priority for me to be healthy and close to God.

But it is also possible to have too much rest and not enough work. Solomon says that through ...idleness of the hands the house leaks (Ecclesiastes 10:18 AMPC). In other words, people who don’t work enough end up in trouble. Their finances, spiritual life, possessions, bodies, and everything else suffer because they don’t do the work necessary to keep things in order.

Ask God to help you have a healthy and proper balance of work and rest. Take time to accomplish the tasks before you but be sure to seize your opportunities to be at peace and enjoy rest. Both are important. Balance is the key!

Prayer Starter: God, please show me how to bring balance to my life between work and rest, one step at a time. Amen.