So if you can't tell, I'm sort of obsessed with this whole blog thing--perhaps it's because I know there are a million things I need to be studying right now, but for whatever reason (procrastination or otherwise), I ran across this devotional and thought I would share.
"Often, we as Christian women get so involved in meeting the needs of others that we forget to take time to refresh ourselves. If you have flown on a commercial airliner lately, you will recognize the speech which the flight attendants recite just before take-off. It goes something like this, "In the event of a loss of cabin pressure, an oxygen mask will automatically be lowered. If you are sitting beside a child, first secure your own mask before applying the child's."
Why would they advise you to do that? Are they promoting an "adults over children" philosophy? Hardly. They realize that unless you as the adult are getting the oxygen you need, you will be of no help to the child, and you will both perish.
Jesus, filled with absolute love and compassion, went to the mountains to spend time with His Father in prayer, to renew His weary body and soul. When the crowd pressed in upon Him, He suggested to the disciples that they all get away from the crowd and go to the mountains alone.
Are you getting enough "oxygen " in your life to be of maximum benefit to those around you? It is not a selfish gesture to set goals allowing you to "refill your cup." Just as an an empty teakettle will crack or melt as the heat under it is turned up, so you also will break as the heat of life is turned on "high" when your "cup"--your emotional and spiritual life--is dry."
How true! May you find time today to refresh yourself in the spring of Living Water!
...and now, back to studying. :)
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That's so true! I could use some oxygen with the holiday season here. I have to remind myself of his sufficient grace to us, especially when we get wrapped up in all the hooplah of Christmas. Don't think of it as procrastination....you just needed a bit of oxygen, right?
Keep up the great work.
Momma Spruill
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