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Monday, September 30, 2013
Put that "Busy Badge" away!
My pal, Haley, pinned a quote recently that I just cannot stop thinking about. Stop the glorification of busy! My heart stopped. - - That's it! I have waited for just the proper thing to say for ages now and that pin slapped me in the face. Today alone because I've had that quote on my mind, I've counted three conversations with females that flashed their busy badge! (Yes, I did count and yes, I did keep the tally on a post it note.) And this is how it goes.
I can't be alone in noticing that the women in this world uphold "Busy" like it's an honor. In my book, "Busy" has become the most ugly four letter world in our motherly vocab; and let's just say, I use that four letter word like a sailor uses profanity! (Do sailors really use profanity that much; say more than the average mom?) Yes, I have pulled my busy badge and flashed it - I mean FLASHED IT like a surgeon's size D at Mardi Gras. (Yikes, sorry for the illustration!)You get a group of ladies around and you will hear it. Busy. Busy. Busy. Busy. I've got this. I've got that. I just can't because I've GOT, I've GOT, I've GOT. It's ok to say, no thank you. But, we can't just leave it at that. We feel the urge to let you know what we've got and then if you don't buy it, just let me open my phone calendar app and show you missy prissy! (You know you've been forced to look at some mother's calendar just where she can show you just how much she has to do!!!) It used to be my children this, my kid this, my son that, my daughter beat your daughter, bumper stickers that reflect honor roll status, blah blah blah, but now, our generation has up'd the level. We replaced our children with... busy. Granted, people are busy. It takes time to raise your family, keep your kids on the honor roll, tend to your household, extracurricular activities, but our generation just couldn't accept the bumper sticker, we decided to up the ante! We lie to ourselves and say it's for the betterment of our families. But, is it really? Our children are a heritage from our Lord. Will our families benefit from all the busy? Don't take me wrong. The Circus spends lots of time in the family car going from one place to the other. It's family life. But... have I stopped giving God the glory for all the wonderful opportunities my family and I get to share in or placed the spotlight on my "busy badge"? I'd say, I have experienced my share of spotlighting. Sigh. I am aware that whatever we do we can choose to give the glory to God. And in all honesty, I do try. However, polishing up the "busy badge" to outshine the Maker of Heaven isn't fooling Him or anyone else. Romans 11:36... to Him be the glory forever. (No "busy badge" mentioned.) Hmmmm. So, ladies, we've got to stop the insanity and stop glorifying the busy by flashing the "busy badge". There is only One that is righteous enough to be given ALL the glory and I doubt He's willing to share it with any "busy badge" of ours.
I can't be alone in noticing that the women in this world uphold "Busy" like it's an honor. In my book, "Busy" has become the most ugly four letter world in our motherly vocab; and let's just say, I use that four letter word like a sailor uses profanity! (Do sailors really use profanity that much; say more than the average mom?) Yes, I have pulled my busy badge and flashed it - I mean FLASHED IT like a surgeon's size D at Mardi Gras. (Yikes, sorry for the illustration!)You get a group of ladies around and you will hear it. Busy. Busy. Busy. Busy. I've got this. I've got that. I just can't because I've GOT, I've GOT, I've GOT. It's ok to say, no thank you. But, we can't just leave it at that. We feel the urge to let you know what we've got and then if you don't buy it, just let me open my phone calendar app and show you missy prissy! (You know you've been forced to look at some mother's calendar just where she can show you just how much she has to do!!!) It used to be my children this, my kid this, my son that, my daughter beat your daughter, bumper stickers that reflect honor roll status, blah blah blah, but now, our generation has up'd the level. We replaced our children with... busy. Granted, people are busy. It takes time to raise your family, keep your kids on the honor roll, tend to your household, extracurricular activities, but our generation just couldn't accept the bumper sticker, we decided to up the ante! We lie to ourselves and say it's for the betterment of our families. But, is it really? Our children are a heritage from our Lord. Will our families benefit from all the busy? Don't take me wrong. The Circus spends lots of time in the family car going from one place to the other. It's family life. But... have I stopped giving God the glory for all the wonderful opportunities my family and I get to share in or placed the spotlight on my "busy badge"? I'd say, I have experienced my share of spotlighting. Sigh. I am aware that whatever we do we can choose to give the glory to God. And in all honesty, I do try. However, polishing up the "busy badge" to outshine the Maker of Heaven isn't fooling Him or anyone else. Romans 11:36... to Him be the glory forever. (No "busy badge" mentioned.) Hmmmm. So, ladies, we've got to stop the insanity and stop glorifying the busy by flashing the "busy badge". There is only One that is righteous enough to be given ALL the glory and I doubt He's willing to share it with any "busy badge" of ours.