Does our to-do-list run our lives or does Christ still run it? We have to get back on prayer and build that relationship with our Lord. At the end of the day, we do get our instructions from Him. This is a "Martha and Mary" lesson where the Lord commended Mary more for doing what is more important.
"You grow in belief by believing (St. Augustine)."
How do we increase our faith? Is it by increasing the length of our prayer time? Spending time with someone can indeed build a relationship. But how much trust is in that relationship? You can spend a whole day in prayer, yet not being able to fully trust everything to God. Believing is trusting, and so our faith grows. When you are with someone you trust and believe, your time together will never be enough because you have your whole lives to share. When with God in prayer we are lost in time, for in Him we trust and believe and have our whole lives to share.
When immersed in a love-trust relationship with God, our to-do-list becomes our "to-love-list." Do all your works in love (1 Cor. 16:14). Our burdens become light, for we do things out of love for Christ. We have to find Christ in the menial acts that we do: In washing the dishes, in arranging paper, in texting people to remind them, in commuting, and more. This is finding God's grace in the ordinary.
A personal and intimate relationship with Jesus is what we need to achieve. The rest of things we do will just be expressions of our love for Him. Now, get your pen and paper and start jotting your "to-love-list."
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