Nov.5 – “Quality of Life Issues”
Im trying to remember the last time I was bored. Like legit bored, not just I don”t have something pressing to for the next ten minutes. It seems like life is pretty full, pretty fast, pretty crazy. I was thinking a little about the life Jesus said He came to give His followers, in Jn 10:10. He described it as abundant life. Now normally I think of abundant as “lots”. But as I dwell on it, Im more inclined to think its more than just quantity, but quality of life. By this I mean that its not tjust staying busy, just avoiding boredom, or even just being productive. It is about having a rich quality that may be brief or fleeting. Or just having the kind of day where you didnt check a bunch stuff off but yet in ways was a great day. Some days can just be wasted for the glory of God, if that makes any sense.
I say this because right now I feel super busy but not horribly abundant. Im running faster and longer, doing more, and it feels a little empty, not like it should. My guess is this means I need to not do more, but maybe do less, better? Or at least enjoy what Im involved in for the glory of God. Maybe thats it.
what dou YOU think?
coram deo – rob
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This is actually something I can totally relate to. During the whole year, I am constantly busy with a whole bunch of things. Everyday of the week I have lessons of some sort after play/sports practice, and I usually don’t get home till well after 9 at the earliest. Usually I look at this as a way to share my faith, love, sunshine, hope, whatever it is with the people I am with. But something that I learned when in Mexico: time should never hold us back and life–and everything in it–should not be about the quantitiy, but the quality (as Rob rightly said). I wonder how our lives would be different if we lived every single moment working towards quality–it doesn’t necessarily matter how much you can do as to how well you can do it. I think that our lives would be much more fulfilling and I would hope that people would see God shining out of us even more than they do already. What does everyone else think we’d look like to others if we really did focus on only quality instead of quantity?
I can relate to this too. I can’t remember the last time I was truly bored with nothing to do. This year i have been so busy with senior and college stuff and church stuff and ect… that its hard to take a breath. I’m not saying that I don’t love church stuff or college stuff it just keeps me busy. But maybe I and others who are busy need to take a step back and just truly take a day being in God’s presence instead of thinking what do i need to do next. Just breathe!
I think this is very real in my everyday life. A lot of times i wonder how much better i could be doing something else if i stopped saying yes to so many other things in my life. BUT they all seem so good!! and maybe it’s what my father said at the end, “Or at least enjoy what Im involved in for the glory of God. Maybe thats it.” maybe i just need to relax and know that whatever is going to happen, God’s going to make it happen. I can only do as much as God has allowed me to do. Maybe it’s just as simple as enjoying all that of which i’ve been blessed with
Yeah, I agree…..I find myself WAAAAY more busy this year than last, and think its harder to find time for more important stuff.
This is totally something that gets me in my life right now. with cheer, and church, and senior project stuff twice a week, and lots of homework and band stuff, ect ect., there is so much going on that at times i feel like i dont even have 10 minutes for myself anymore. this makes it really hard too for ‘having time’ for God. I know that in everything that i do i try to do it for God and to please Him but it is really hard sometimes when you get really busy. Sometimes i loose sight of what is important. Thats why i love having youth group and church and christ group because those are truely times that i can focus on God alone and not have to worry about anything else.
i noticed earlier today, that today is the first time in….probably since school started, that i can actually relax all afternoon and not have anywhere to be or anything to do. i think that if we all take more of these times then we can use our times for being with God. Devoting time with God and only God for a while gives light to a new kind of energy that nothing else has to ability of bringing.
My old voice teacher used to tell me that when we sing, we have to ignore the crowd and sing for God. It made singing way more enjoyable. and then it was also easier to not get to big headed about our singing, like when someone would come up to us and tell us good job, we would say that it wasn’t us, it was God. My voice teacher was like this in everyway, everything she did was for God. Even though her life is busy, she loves every minute of it. Maybe if we could do what rob said and enjoy what we’re involved in for the glory of God, we would live abundantly.
Wow. That makes so much sense to me… It seems that lately everyone is doing everything. But quantity versus quality?? I can’t say I’ve thought of that before. But I see how it works. As I commit myself to more and more things and projects and doo-dads, I am not able to give 100% to any one of those things, and I lose my focus on God, and struggle just to finish. Like Steph said, I lose sight of what really is important. Right now, I am kind of trying to challenge myself to say no to extra things I am not obliged to do… so I can attempt to recenter myself in Christ. Live abundantly… Hmmmm. I think that this was a good time to bring this up.
Hey guys!…..I need some prayer still, for me to find time in the day for God……EVERYDAY. Thank you much