{"id":624,"date":"2012-04-24T23:25:55","date_gmt":"2012-04-25T04:25:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wordsfromthehomefront.com\/?p=624"},"modified":"2016-11-02T23:26:43","modified_gmt":"2016-11-03T04:26:43","slug":"hurry-up-already-were-going-to-be-late","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wordsfromthehomefront.com\/index.php\/2012\/04\/24\/hurry-up-already-were-going-to-be-late\/","title":{"rendered":"Hurry Up Already! We’re Going to be Late!"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\u00a0How many times have we said this?<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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This morning it came home to roost over my house- I was responsible for taking Clara to school, she was on time, I was not\u2026 and we both paid for it.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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\u00a0It always amazes me how I feel once I\u2019m on the other side of the\u00a0 \u201churry up\u201d moment.\u00a0 Mission accomplished! There\u2019s this sigh of relief and a wave of calm down deep. This morning was no different-it was a cool morning and I opened the windows in the car, turned off the radio, and just drove like I had nothing better to do-such peace and amazingly quiet. That adjusted my whole morning. What\u2019s more amazing, I got several things done I had no idea I would be able to get done after I returned to the house- and that was with my little helper-Connor.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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\u00a0We live in the world of now. Communication is instantaneous. Travel seems to be at light speed, ‘need it yesterday’ has become a litany for some. Information and references are only a click away.\u00a0 We are constantly bombarded with quick, short, efficient, fast-acting, momentary, lightning speed and \u201cworks in only\u2026 seconds, minutes, hours, days, weeks\u2026 \u2018\u201dproducts.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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\u00a0When I think about hurrying, things begin to blur, my head starts to spin and the White Rabbit from Alice in Wonderland starts talking to me: \u201c I\u2019m late, I\u2019m late for a very important date.\u201d He always was in a rush to some other where.\u00a0 And then there\u2019s Mr. McFeely, from Mr. Rogers’ Neighborhood, shouting: \u201cSpeedy Delivery!\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Ever want to throw open the front door and yell \u201cStop, already!\u201d to the world? But, who would be listening?<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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\u00a0I could go on, but you get the point.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Slowing down.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Even writing it and saying it in my head seems to convey the reduction of speed.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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\u00a0But can we do it? I\u2019d like to think so\u2026.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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There will always be things beyond our ability to manage. Knowing that everyone is allotted the same amount of time does not help when you are pushed and pulled by the hurry monster. Manage what you can, let go of what you can\u2019t and try not to look like you stuck your finger in a light socket when you arrive at the end of your day.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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\u00a0The world is not going to stop for us. We must find that place of stillness within. Think about that one thing that you could change, redesign, add or do without that would make your life a little less hurried, a little less stressed, and give you more rest. Then make that one small adjustment.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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For me, it\u2019s getting up 20 minutes earlier- agghhh – that\u2019s my weak point- morning! As you can tell by the fact that Clara was tardy this morning because of me.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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\u00a0Oh, and there\u2019s a little secret in there, too.\u00a0 I am so thankful for my friends who pray! My yesterday was a rough day and I did look like I had a light socket hairdo at the end of it. \u00a0I asked them to pray and they did, as did I; and the rest and change of pace I\u2019m seeing today is all to God\u2019s Glory!\u00a0 He has ordered my day, Amen! I’m not perfect- still late for things and still get frazzled by the end of a long day, but the day is His.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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\u00a0We can \u201cBe Still!\u201d before the Lord and retreat into His Word. He hears the sincere prayer of our hearts, and He knows when we are hanging at the end of the rope after one of those days.\u00a0 Even a moment in His Time is worth so much more than a century in ours.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Words to ponder:<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

\u00a0The LORD replied, \u201cMy Presence will go with you, and I will give you rest.\u201d Exodus 33:14<\/em><\/p>\n

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\u00a0\u201cLet the beloved of the LORD rest secure in him, for he shields him all day long,
\nand the one the LORD loves rests between his shoulders.\u201d Deuteronomy 33:12b<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

\u00a0How many times have we said this? This morning it came home to roost over my house- I was responsible for taking Clara to school, she was on time, I was not\u2026 and we both paid for it. \u00a0It always amazes me how I feel once I\u2019m on the other side of the\u00a0 \u201churry up\u201d … Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-624","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordsfromthehomefront.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/624","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordsfromthehomefront.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordsfromthehomefront.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordsfromthehomefront.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordsfromthehomefront.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=624"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/wordsfromthehomefront.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/624\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":625,"href":"https:\/\/wordsfromthehomefront.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/624\/revisions\/625"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordsfromthehomefront.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=624"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordsfromthehomefront.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=624"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordsfromthehomefront.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=624"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}