I'm in a hurry

We have a million things to do every day, we got work, school, homework, appointments, plans, schedules, shopping, church, practice, oh yeah, gotta eat too...sometimes that optional. We are all going different directions, always in a hurry, rush it, there is so much to do! Fast food not fast enough, 1 hour photo develop just ain't worth the time. Why does that girl keep asking me to talk to her, she knows I'm slam packed?? Wait, when do I have time to sleep? How could I have forgotten to feed my dog AGAIN? And what do we do in our free time? Ipods, cell phones, TV, computer, radio, there is never a noiseless moment, GOOD GRIEF!!! No wonder there are no real families left in our country!!!

I'm in a hurry to get things done
Oh I rush and rush until life's no fun
All I really got to do is live and die
But I'm in a hurry and don't know why

Can't be late, I leave in plenty of time
Shakin' hands with the clock
I can't stop
I'm on a roll and I'm ready to rock

Don't know why I have to drive so fast
My car has nothing to prove
It's not new
But it'll do zero to sixty in five point two

Oh, I hear a voice
That says I'm running behind
Better pick up my pace
It's a race and there ain't no room for someone in second place

I'm in a hurry to get things done
Oh I rush and rush until life's no fun
All I really got to do is live and die
But I'm in a hurry and don't know why
--Alabama--

Got to keep doing, keep going, push push push push...until guess what? You break. Then you turn to the Lord (hopefully) and wonder where He has been. He ain't gone no where friend. Back on your rollercoaster and the race is on again. Run run run, til you're completely out of gas and back and square 1 and the cycle continues. And we wonder why we're so stressed? haha. What ever happened to life?

STOP

How can you hear His voice with so much noise? How can you say you are following God when you cannot even see him for all the activities? How can you say He is your best friend when you don't put time into talking to Him? It's so ironic, why do you want God to save time for you if you don't save time for Him?

Slow down. Find your peace with God and keep it, that relationship needs maintenance. Turn off the radio, off the noise, off the commotion, maybe even off the lights and get real with God. Or go take a walk in the starlight, that always does the trick for me, but watch out for panthers! :P You need time to think, you need time to talk to other people about the important things, you need time to play with your children, your siblings, to give your Mom or Dad a much needed break...a foot massage or nice walk and talk. Go take the weekend off, go to the lake, pick up a line go fishin, leave that radio off for goodness sake!!! Speak sweet, find out how other people are feeling. Spend it with your family, with your friends, show them you love them. Grab a pizza, pick up that Bible, bring a notebook you just might want to write somethin down! Hug a friend, smile at a stranger, talk to your family, PRAY with your family. Snuggle up and watch a movie with hot chocolate and popcorn, pull out a good family book and read out loud in the living room, or just sit around and talk! Do we even know how to talk to our family anymore? Have a nice long bubble bath, or milk bath even better! Play with the kids in your life, rock the baby to sleep you might decide you don't want to put her down. Pull out that favorite pie recipe, surprise somebody. Smile, laugh, sing. Enjoy life, it's only so long. Live as if today is a gift, and you've got eternity to think about what you did with it. Somehow the important things become more clear.