My Priority

Back in December one morning, as Bud was reading the daily writings in a booklet we get from the church on a monthly basis he told me that it could have been me writing this article instead of Terri Meehan (Surrey, England).

Those of you who personally know me will probably agree:
And I write what I read.
The scripture was Matthew 6:25-34
Strive first for the kingdom of God and his righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well Matthew 6:33 (NRSV)

I have always been a perfectionist where my work is concerned. Each day, I compile a to-do list and try to complete the tasks on it. On one particular day, it seemed anything that could possibly go wrong, did. I had received e-mail and phone calls from customers demanding my attention, not to mention a hefty workload I had already planned to tackle.
Near lunchtime I took a look at my list. I had accomplished very little from it, and the tension of the morning had given me a headache. My boss encouraged me to go to have some lunch and relax. "No way," I replied, as I gazed at the mounting paperwork surround me. It seemed that the harder I tried, the less I accomplished. Finally, after all my colleagues had gone to lunch, I reveled in the silence, hoping to use the time to start ticking off priorities on my list. As I opened the drawer of my desk looking for paper clips, I found my small book of Bible verses that I had forgotten all about. The book was just what I needed. During that hour, as I read and reread some helpful verses of scripture, my tension vanished. I realized that meditation and prayer had been missing form the top of my list. God has a way of making order out of confusion, and scripture offered me the peace I needed.

Prayer: God, we offer you this day. Help us in all we do to honor you. Amen.

Thought for the Day
God offers us peace in the midst of life's confusion.

As I finished reading the page of the day.
I had to agree with him. Yes, I could have written this.

Today seems to be one of those days. The harder I try the more accumulates.
I spent over an hour on the phone this morning doing a compliance report for our 410K plan. Something that when they started it up they told me there was nothing I would have to do on the plan except report the deductions on a weekly basis. YA right. And who gets to tell them all this other stuff....Yep, Verna Gets to compute things and fill in the blanks. Thank God, the lady was very kind to me and walked me through this report, one step at a time. Even telling me I could put her on hold while I typed in some of the information.
So this makes it that I am one more report closer to closing out 2008 and concentrating on things from 2009 that need my attention. Setting up new excel reports for 2009 and making new ones for additional information that we will need to have next year end.

Then I look at the stack of invoices I need to post to the computer and the billing that needs to be done, yet I know I must pay the sales tax for December first and get in the mail on my lunch hour so it will not be late.
The never ending circle, yet for that circle Today I am grateful that I have a job. There are a lot of people in the world today who do not have jobs, and the way the economy is they are having tough times.

Looks like the snow is once more going to dodge us and go around us. Our Wisconsin neighbors will likely get more then we will.

My voice is still coming and going whenever it pleases. Is getting a bit old after over 13 days of it. Hope it comes back to stay soon.