Thursday, March 13, 2014

Stop the "I Don't Have Time" Excuse

What you make time for, sends a direct message to others about what you value. There are so many things calling for our time and attention, but the truth is, we get to CHOOSE where and on what and who we SPEND our time. People make time for what is important to them. 

“Time is a created thing. To say, ‘I don’t have time,’ is like saying, ‘I don’t want to.'" Lao Tzu 

“When we put God first, all other things fall into their proper place or drop out of our lives. Our love of the Lord will govern the claims for our affection, the demands on our time, the interests we pursue, and the order of our priorities.” Ezra Taft Benson


James 4:13-17 Now listen, you who say, “Today or tomorrow we will go to this or that city, spend a year there, carry on business and make money.” Why, you do not even know what will happen tomorrow. What is your life? You are a mist that appears for a little while and then vanishes.  Instead, you ought to say, “If it is the Lord’s will, we will live and do this or that.” As it is, you boast in your arrogant schemes. All such boasting is evil. If anyone, then, knows the good they ought to do and doesn’t do it, it is sin for them.

Ephesians 5:15-17 Be very careful, then, how you live—not as unwise but as wise, making the most of every opportunity, because the days are evil. Therefore do not be foolish, but understand what the Lord’s will is.