Today was one of those days when I tried to get things accomplished, but every time I went to do my homework or study for my upcoming test I was distracted...
I went to tutor a course but no one showed up so I sat there and spent the next hour just talking with a friend. After an hour of laughing and ranting we went our separate ways to go tackle our homework. 5 minutes after I settled into my new location ready to do some studying I found myself talking to another friend... she left, I read one sentence of my 19th Century History notes and someone else came walking up... after talking with him for a while I started to study again, but then another friend joined me.
Instead of doing my mountain of homework this afternoon I spent it talking with people I love.
My first thought when I got home this evening, was that I wasted my day and got nothing accomplished. I couldn't be more wrong. Spending time with the people I love, talking to them, seeing how they are, is just as important as my study time.
The people we know, are in our lives for a reason. I believe that God calls us to care for and love these individuals. Every day we are given the assignment to show them Gods love. How am I doing at that? How can I show someone Gods love if I'm studying all the time? How can I care for others when all I am thinking about are my own problems and my own to-do list.
God tells us clearly in His word to "Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind... Love your neighbor as yourself" (Matthew 22: 37-39)
When I ask myself at the end of the day "What did I accomplish?" I want to be able to say that I made every effort possible to show Gods love to the individuals He has so graciously placed in my life.
