(Temporary) To-do List/Must

The gray, sunless stretch of weather continues!!sometimes it seems to threaten to seep into our spirits😏😐 Do you ever wake up feeling defeated before you begina new day, a new week, as struggles and battles seem to hit 'repeat'?!!Call on God, call on a friend, call on a mother, spouse, siblingbut whatever we do, let's not try to do it alone! Do you ever wish for a life without care?!!(I confess, sometimes I do! But,a life without cares would make us pretty careless and self-reliant, wouldn't it?! On the other hand, sometimes we can create cares by being careless and self-reliant!Here is the balance challenge:To not become complacent, yet, to not become discouragedas we shoulder the yoke of faithfulness! The only way to accomplish this requiresconstant refueling in God's company/His Word! (To keep our eyes on faith's prize is impossibleif we love the world...more) 1 John 2:15-17 (BSB)Do not love the world or anything in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him. For all that is in the world—the desires of the flesh, the desires of the eyes, and the pride of life—is not from the Father but from the world. The world is passing away, along with its desires; but whoever does the will of God remains forever. Happy Monday!Let's make the most of to-do lists not simply with what we have wherever we are,but with Who we have wherever we are, (if we have believed in He who is able!)💓🙏 this hard-to-do to-do list kind of unfolded as I contemplatedwhat to write about, as I weighed wishes and wants with what is, etc.Some successes, no matter how hard-fought seem to evade, maybe because we're not ready for it yet! ...to loathe the pride that lurks inside accolades of successTo hunger for still waters and green pastures of His WordWhile feasting on a five-star meal of hope with thankfulness And to pray without ceasing, leaning wholly on the Lord To love our neighbor as ourself without selfish reserveTo be more kind and patient where we all have much to learnWhere only by God’s favor we have more than we deserveA glorious inheritance that we could never earn To fight against desires that wage war against the soulTo count spiritual blessings and to covet more and moreIts measure, life’s true treasure beyond time’s transient tollWhen at last, we will see what now we are yet striving for To make Heaven our goal, so that we labor not in vainTo remember, the garment of the soul will soon decayAnd what once seemed so far off and arduous to attainWill be an everlasting crown that never fades away © Janet Martin 1 Cor.9:24-27 (NIV)Do you not know that in a race all the runners run, but only one gets the prize? Run in such a way as to get the prize. Everyone who competes in the games goes into strict training. They do it to get a crown that will not last, but we do it to get a crown that will last forever. Therefore I do not run like someone running aimlessly; I do not fight like a boxer beating the air. No, I strike a blow to my body and make it my slave so that after I have preached to others, I myself will not be disqualified for the prize.