🖤🐦 'BIRD BUSYNESS' 🐧🖤

💜👩🏻🐦🐧 "Goodness gracious sakes alive" (I hope that this is a real saying, and, means what I think that it means, because, I've been saying it as long as I can remember - 🤣), as I sit out here on the deck (in the back yard) this fine "overcast-skied" "morn'n," the BIRDS (multiple kinds) are - very - busy and noisy (Wednesday a.m.)! 😮 Observing them reminds me of whenever I observe the congregation at my church, before and after, services (tweet, tweet, tweet! 🗣👂🏼👀🙍🏻🙎🏻‍♂️😘😂)                    (1 Corinthians 15:39+40)! 🐧🐦👩🏻 (Thursday a.m.) Humm (? 🤔), the "birdies" must be "sleep'n in" this morning, because, they are as quiet as "church mice!" 🐀 I find it very cool that, the little devotional booklet that I was reading, as I spent time alone with 'The Lord' on Wednesday, was concerning how that "everyone should work," because, birds "seem" to be industrious, little creatures! 🦅 I wonder if their "BUSYNESS" is similar to the "busyness" of the human race?!  Human being's "busyness" always has purpose and meaning, right?! 😗...WRONG!! 😕 Actually, in my opinion, many people choose to be really busy for a multitude of reasons (legitimately and illegitimately), and, one of them being - trying to escape our reality! 🙃 The reasons for extreme busyness in people's lives are inexhaustible. 😐 I am not writing this post about busyness to condemn people who are too busy, however, it never hurts for any of us to examine ourselves, and the state of our being, and life, and, I truly believe that this is an area which NEEDS to be examined by most Americans! 💆🏻🇺🇸 By my observations, it "seems like" people are running around like "chickens with their heads cut off!" 🏃🏻‍♀️🐔 Am I too busy?!  This question can only be accurately answered - individually.  To come up with the "right" answer, one must be brutally honest with oneself.  There are many factors one must consider (priorities, responsibilities, goals, health, etc.).  Whatever your "bottom line" answer ends up being, I recommend that you pay attention to it - for your overall wellbeing!  If, you need to make adjustments, changes, etc., then, come up with a plan for change, write it down, and then, prayerfully, start implementing it! 🙏🏼 You are worth it! You deserve to "feel" "happy!"  For some people, busyness causes them to "feel" 😩 stressed, upset, nervous, and the such, which, is not healthy!  Believers should use ALL of the wonderful tools, etc., that God Has given us to help us in this area, and, in all areas of our lives!   😘🙏🏼...🎃 It is now Friday (7:58 a.m.). I am back out on the deck, but, the birds are quiet and inactive (at least in my backyard) this morning.  However, I do hear some distant tweets and whistles. A squirrel that was running through the woods, from tree to tree, caught my eye, a few minutes ago (talk about busy)! 😀🐿 HEY, if you're extremely busy, and, that's the way you - want and like - your lifestyle to be, then, "more power to ya!"  But, if, you are extremely busy, and, it is making you "feel" unhealthy, and/or, imbalanced, etc., in any way (physically, spiritually, emotionally, mentally, etc.), then, I suggest that you begin doing some serious "soul searching," my friend! 😘 💖 For years I kept myself very busy for several wrong reasons/motives, such as - discontentment, frustration, lack of peace, etc., but, "BUSYNESS" NEVER helped me get the victory over any them!  It did steal time away from me in which I could have been doing more productive, or, "fruit-bearing" type things, such as - studying the Word 📖, praying, meditating, writing, ETC. 😏 Many times, after I had lived a "BUSY" day, that evening, I would "feel" frustrated, and, unable to relax, find peace of mind, and such! 😜 Whereas, whenever I began letting God have the "reigns" (so to speak) of my life (day by day), eventually, I noticed that, contentment was overtaking the dissatisfaction and restlessness, etc., within my being (Philippians 4:11)! 🙌🏼 I began to gradually let God have control of me.  It was, and still is, a process, and, takes continually - surrendering and yielding - to God's, Word and Spirit! 📖🕊 It is SO comforting to know (based on HIS WORD) that, everything that I do, HE in advance (by HIS foreknowledge, sovereignty, omniscience, etc.), already knows that I'm going to do, and, somehow, it ALL fits into HIS plans for me (good, bad, etc.) 📖 (Psalm 37:23, ch. 139)! ✝️ For me, it has been liberating to no longer be "running around in circles!" 😃💞As I've already stated, this "anti-busyness deal" for me, is a process (slow), and, it is only a part of my, growth and maturing, in Christ! 🙏🏼 Everyone's journey is unique, so, I'm not telling anyone "what to do!"  I am just "sharing" the stories in which I've lived, and, the lessons I've learned, while traveling on my life's path, in hopes that, they shall be a help to whomever so chooses to, listen (read), learn, and apply them, to their lives! 😘☺️ I think that, some of the main reasons as to why I used to be driven to EXTREME BUSYNESS, was because, I was trying to - accomplish something impressive, fill a void in my life (that Christ desired, and now has, filled), impress other people, and, I was attempting to find happiness out in the world, etc., and, was getting nowhere - fast! 😩 It was as though I was constantly running on a treadmill, but, was not benefiting at all from it! 😏 Obviously, there were some truths about myself with which I didn't want to face and/or deal! 😳 God, has, is, and, shall continue to encourage me to, confront and deal with ALL of them, in HIS perfect, time and way, etc., and, oftentimes, probably, against my will (as in my past), but, for my good (and other people's), HIS will to be done, and, of course, for HIS honor and glory (Romans ch. 8). 🙌🏼🙏🏼📖✝️💜  I honestly enjoy life SO much more NOW that, I'm not a "busy "lil" beaver!"🤓 😉😃 I'm, also, no longer concerned about on what I could be missing out, as I once was! 🤣 I trust 'The Lord' to lead me to where I'm supposed to, go and be, one step of faith at a time.  I have peace, contentment, fulfillment, ETC., and, more than I ever dreamed possible!  And, they were impossible...BUT GOD, and, HIS supernatural ability to change me (anybody - for that matter) (the deepest parts of who we are)...and, our - qualities and characteristics, in which we cannot change ourselves (thoughts, motives, desires, needs, etc.)! 📖✝️🙏🏼🕊🙌🏼💜 People who knew me when I was younger, and, whom haven't been around me for years, would probably be shocked to see how I am "today" (Christian, homemaker, almost a "homebody," wife, mother, grandmother, contented, settled, etc.)!  Because, I was a "lil" "silly" growing up! 🤗 'The Good Lord' has totally changed me, positionally (I'm 'in Christ,' and HE'S in me) (Romans 8:1-16), and, HE continues transforming me (by HIS SPIRIT, WORD, GRACE, etc.) into who created me to be (practically) (Romans 12:2). 💞📖✝️🕊🦋💖 It's ironic, and, sort of funny, that, for a long time, I consistently found - places to go, things to do, people to see, and, lived a life of "busyness," and yet, was never satisfied, and, in contrast, presently, I am "temporarily" limited, and, am not able to live a life of "busyness" (for a few reasons), nevertheless, I am completely, "happy and satisfied - in the Lord," although my life's circumstances are not exactly the way that I would choose for them to be! ✝️ Now, I'm productive instead of busy, because of 'THE TRUTH' (John 14:6)! 😌 Oh, how I hope and pray that, you are "happy - in the Lord," however busy, you are or aren't, also, my friend!! 📖🙏🏼✝️🕊🙌🏼💜...👋🏼...until next time...