Busy Is and Busy Does

Children—Like the scripture says, "Lo, children are an heritage of the LORD: and the fruit of the womb is his reward". (Psalms 127:3)

I know as a mother, this scenario is not funny. The one where the toddler goes from one item to the next pulling things onto the floor. The mother frantically comes after the baby cleaning up one mess after another. The baby is always one step ahead.

The problem with that scene is the baby is in charge. Maybe I should say, 'charge mode'. He/She is charging around the room followed by the harried mom.

The solution of course, is for the mom to get in front of the action, disable the happenings, then clean up. At that stage the toddler will learn what it means when told to "stay on that chair until I tell you to get up".

They are rather smart 'blighters' as Dr. Peterson calls them. And they can learn that phrase quickly. Then the mom can clean up the mess/messes and get on with life.

Have you ever been so busy all day. You feel like you've knocked yourself out, but then...

You look behind you and wonder what have I done all day? Yes, you've been busy but life has come along behind you like a naughty toddler and messed things up.

We don't get points for being busy. The plan should be to be productive. Yet, here's a question, what is productive?

It's never a waste of time to show kindness, to live a life of quietness, to see the worth of self and of others.

Even though being slothful is a sin, being busy for busy-ness' sake is not a virtue. We are told to 'Be still, and know that I am God: I will be exalted among the heathen, I will be exalted in the earth. (Psalms 46:10)

Isaiah 1:17 "Learn to do well; seek judgment, relieve the oppressed, judge the fatherless, plead for the widow. 18) Come now, and let us reason together, saith the LORD: though your sins be as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they be red like crimson, they shall be as wool."