What Matters to You?
I found this blog post from 2018, but it sounds as if I wrote it today…
from 2018…
There is so much going on… so much to worry about… so much to do… so much that disappoints… so much that hurts… so much to be discouraged about… We smile a pretty smile and say we are fine, but honestly, we are struggling. We are consumed. We are overwhelmed.
The world says my outward beauty, the success of my career, and my ability to create the perfect life matters. The world teaches us that happiness is what life is all about. We are taught that we each have a soul mate – one who completes us and makes our life a fairytale. Then there are the unwritten rules about gaining social media friends, hosting the most creative parties, decorating the most beautiful home, having the most accomplished children, and having the energy to do it all.
We worry and fret over things that – seriously y’all – do not matter.
What can I say to convince you? Being the best and the brightest is not what our life is to be all about. It is not about what we achieve and how we appear to be. Our life is not to be about ‘me’. If we pause long enough to be honest with ourselves, then we can rationalize that God did not create us so that we could be the most beautiful woman married to the Greek God of a man living the most perfect life with the brightest and most talented children living in the most gorgeous home and flaunting our perfect bodies as we eat the best of foods and laugh out loud at the most random things while accomplishing feats others only dream about and having the masses hang on our every word and follow us to simply see what we will do next.
Did that get your attention? When we read that long and ill constructed sentence, it all sounds so ridiculous. Yet, if we are honest, we must admit that those worldly expectations influence us and matter to us. We have got to stop wasting our time on things that do not matter and instead focus on what matters most.
Focusing on that which does not matter and has no lasting value results in wasted time and disillusionment.
At the end of our life, it will mean nothing.
Focusing on what does matter yields true satisfaction and fulfillment and has eternal value.
At the end of our life, it is the only thing that will matter.
So, what does matter? What matters most? Let’s don’t risk it and make a list based on our opinions, thoughts or feelings. Let’s go directly to the source and ask our Savior, “Master, what matters? Lord, what matters to You? Show me what should matter to me.”
April 2, 2025…
WOW! I mean every single word of that today. So, let’s tackle this issue! We only have one life to live, one chance to make it count, not another second to waste. But, we don’t have to strive, we just need to surrender.
Join us for a 5 Day Workshop called, Live the Master What Matters Way. You can join us via Zoom or watch the videos at your convenience. (Live is more fun.) Plus, you will receive resources to help you make sure you are shifting your focus from what the world says should matter to what God says matters. Grab your seat here.
I am praying alongside you!
Love, Pam
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