Even [Girls] With Two Left Feet

Well... I was not dancing, and I did not end up with two left shoes, but I did show up to work with two unmatched shoes.  I have no excuses either.  I cannot say that I was rushed out the door and grabbed two random shoes.  I deliberately picked these shoes up and put them on my feet.  I did not ask someone else to grab my shoes for me.  I am the one who got them.  I drove all the way to work in them.  I did not notice they were different for nearly two hours.  How in the world did I end up with two different shoes? 

I mean - at least they are both sandals.  But they really look nothing alike.  One is tan; the other is gold.  The straps are totally different.  One does not have any tread on the bottom.  How did I make this mistake?!

When my Marvelous Mother sent me her Bible Study thoughts for the day, she teased, "This would have been the perfect day for a verse like 'Take off your shoes for you are standing on Holy Ground.'"  Hahaha... Thanks Mom...  
Anyway, in her notes, she also wrote something serious.  Something about time management.

[I ran out of time last night and ended up going to bed way too late.]  Where did I go wrong earlier in the week?

I am asking myself, "How did I put on two different shoes?" and MM is asking, in essence, "Where did this week go?"  The answers are related.

I did not notice that my shoes were radically different because I was too tired to notice.  I barely remember putting shoes on at all this morning, let alone different shoes.  MM was running behind because time was misplaced earlier in the week.

In one of the chapters of Lies Women Believe, Nancy Leigh DeMoss goes over the lie "I don't have time to do everything I am supposed to do."  I say this at least once I week.  I frequently say, "I don't even have enough time to sleep."  And it's true.  Last night, I barely got any sleep - and my consequence?  I am exhausted, and my shoes do not match.

The fact is, we have no more or less time than any other human being who has ever lived.  No one, regardless of his position or responsibilities, has ever had more than 24 hours in a day, 168 hours in a week, 52 weeks in a year.
In fact, the Lord Jesus Himself was given only a few short years on earth to accomplish the entire plan of redemption.  Talk about a long "to do" list!  Yet, at the end of His life, Jesus was able to lift His eyes to His Father and say "I have glorified You on the earth by completing the work You gave Me to do" (John 17:4).

I like to think that my days are so much busier than other people's days... but they are not.  They are filled with a different kind of busyness, but I do not have a monopoly on busyness - and neither do you.  Everyone feels the busyness of life.  God has given us enough time to do His will today.  If Jesus had time to "accomplish the entire redemption plan" in three years, surely I can get seven or eight hours of sleep at night.

The key words in John 17:4 are that Jesus complete the work that God gave Him to do.  Not the work of the disciples, the people, or anyone else.  The work of God the Father.  

What am I doing that is not on the Father's "to-do" list for me today?