AT THE WELL..no regrets

Today we are gathered around the WELL to discuss life changing topics again. We join SUNNY, who is leading us in this week's topic:

Preparing a God-honoring Schedule with No Regrets

She poses to us these thought provoking questions to consider...

• Have you ever planned your day, week or month, then regretted making the commitments you’ve made, wondering if your plan was the right one?


• Have you ever wondered if you should’ve said “yes” to one person and “no” to another and just weren’t sure what the best thing to do was?


• Who or what does your schedule represent? Does it represent you, your affinities, or your love for Christ?

This week we are discussing schedules. Do I have one or not? Do I even need one?

I am a detail oriented person, so you know that without schedules and without lists - I would not be able to function well!

Lists are important to have. Grocery lists, honey-do lists, ...they serve as reminders. They serve as check off points to be sure we have not forgotten anything. I operate on lists!

If you are a "list" kind of girl, than most likely you maintain a schedule as well. A schedule is nothing more than "time management." Keeping to your schedule may reveal how good you are at managing your time.

I like to think that I am a good "time manager" but if the truth was told....at times I can get off track. I lose my way and "time" has a way of getting away from me.

Having a schedule reminds me of when my children were babies. After a while it was important to put those babies on a schedule. If I didn't - they would sleep during the day and be awake a night. They would eat on the hour - every hour! For the sake of the baby and for the sanity of the new parents...a schedule was imperative.

In the same sense, a schedule for Christians is also imperative. Too many times, as Christians, we remain babes. We are still nursing on the milk instead of feasting on the meat of the Word. Christian growth will take place when we grow in the Lord and grow in His Word. However, one thing that keeps us from growing is not taking time for God. Oh sure we mean well, but face it, things come up, stuff happens and before we know it God is pushed out of our daily plan...

• the phone rings
• the kids are sick
• you woke up late
• you have an early morning meeting

As important as it is for a parent to put their infant on a schedule - the same is true for our Heavenly Father putting His Children on a schedule. Growth begins to happen spiritually when we schedule ourselves time with Him, time to sit at His feet, time in His presence, time in His Word, Time worshipping Him.

Like so many things, schedules have the tendency to get off track. Things come up like the distractions I mentioned above. The key thing to keeping schedules is realizing that flexibility is needed.

A parent could not ignore a wailing child that woke in the middle of the night. This may not be the scheduled time to be awake but tending to the needs of their child is the most important thing. A parent has to be flexible.

Spiritually, spending time with God is the MOST important thing in our daily life. If you do not have time carved out in your schedule for Him, it will be difficult to wean ourselves from the milk to the meat. It will cause us to remain babes in our faith.

HEBREWS 5:13,14 "For everyone who partakes only of milk is unskilled in the word of righteousness, for he is a babe. (14) But solid food belongs to those who are of full age, that is, those who by reason of use have their senses exercised to discern both good and evil."

Sunny has asked me...

Have I ever regretted making a commitment...Oh yes (and probably will again!)

Have I ever said "Yes" to the wrong person... Oh yes (and probably will again!)

Does my schedule reflect me instead of Christ?...Oh yes (and probably will again!)

HAVE NO REGRETS...A baby doesn't stay a baby forever....likewise, God does not want us to stay the same way He found us. Go ahead, schedule time with Him right now - you will not regret it!

IS GOD IN YOUR DAILY SCHEDULE OF THINGS TO-DO?

Is He first or last on your list? Is He even on your list.

WON'T YOU MAKE TIME FOR GOD TODAY?

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