Teeter - Totter

Sometimes I feel like my life is a teeter-totter. I really try to keep things balanced but I often feel like I lean all the way to one side...try to balance for a few weeks...only to lean all the way to the other. I'm really glad that the Lord created me with a lot of ideas, creativity, and passion but sometimes it's so hard to control all of it! I see so many things at our church that I want to lead or participate in and realize...I need to keep the teeter-totter balanced! After all, I remember the feeling of that teeter-totter being high in the sky only to have my little sister (no offense Karen) or a friend decide they would rather go the swings and you suddenly plummet to the ground...giving your body a not so fun feeling. I personally, as so many others that I know, need to remember that it's better to keep things balanced...if not we will "plummet to the ground" whether we like it or not. I personally believe that God did not create us to "do" everything but to participate in areas which he has gifted us.

I was encouraged by one of my group leaders at church (my good friend Stacy) to do a daily bible reading. I was reading this week about how God says he is the vine and we are the branches. I need to remember...I am not the ONLY branch! Trees have A LOT of branches.

If you find yourself nodding your head in agreement as you read, stop right now and participate with me in keeping your "teeter-totter" balanced!