Day 11 - was a day where temptation got the best of me.
One of my weaknesses is playing games on Facebook. I have a tenacious desire to conquor something new, but once I've mastered it, I become bored. One such game has dogged me for a while, and I have not been able to master it. I also use these games to occupy my mind when it is swirling with other things. One of those things was a particularly difficult assignment. Each piece of my work project I solved raised another question. As I was pursuing that, I was also interrupted by Mark and the kids each with their own wants and needs. With multiple people and things clawing at my brain, I went into shut down mode and needed a distraction - hence the Facebook game. I should have done a workout video, I could have gone for a walk, when I considered hitting the gym during Kat's soccer practice, Mark reminded me that it was the last day of the really good sales at the grocery store. When I chatted with Karen, all was in check for the day until after 10:00 when I found a box of chocolate covered peanuts and devoured them.
We are all stewards of something. A steward is one who is commissioned to oversee and execute the affairs of another. In all three readings the Bible talked about being stewards - Abraham had a steward, who was charged with finding a wife for his son. Jesus was charged with carrying out God's plan for salvation. The human race is charged with overseeing this planet and everything in it. How seriously we take our stewardship is a sign of maturity. Today, I was pretty immature.
"What is mankind that you are mindful of them, human beings that you care for them?" Psalm 8:4.
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