TOO BUSY
Today's reading: Matthew 23-25

"And he will answer, I assure you, when you refused to help the least of these my brothers and sisters, you were refusing to help me." Matthew 25:45 NLT

Lord,

I am too busy.

Sure, some of my busy-ness centers around You, serving You, ministering for You, worshipping You--but not all of it.

Sometimes I feel as if I am too busy to notice the 'least of these'.

They're not on my list of to-do's.

Not on my itinerary.

They haven't been penciled into my planner, or made an appointment in my day.

Not scheduled into my schedule.

They might even take more time than I have allotted them for a jam-packed day.

They may have shown up on my radar at an inconvenient time, inconvenient for me.

I'm sorry about that.

Very sorry.

You have not put me on this earth, at this time, to be so consumed with my life that I don't notice another's.

Allow me the precious privilege to see today. Let me notice. Give me a 'slow motion' kind of day, one that let's me acknowledge who You have placed in my path. Let me look around, instead of focus on what I believe needs doing.

And once again, Lord, I'm sorry.

-Malinda