When Small Piles Grow

Small matters are nothing when they remain small. You fix it. Remove it. Solve it. Find a place for it. Seconds. Minutes. In the large scheme of things, it's done and over with, having exhausted only a small percentage of your time, energy and resources.

Then stuff gets moved to the back burner, a few hours later, the next days' schedule; interrupted my more pressing matters and boom...now it's a priority simply because it's too big to ignore and it needs to be dealt with.

This process can cause a great deal of frustration. Sure the matter needs to be resolved, but eventually, if the issue of frustration itself isn't dealt with when its' small, you'll be getting more frustrated than any particular situation warrants. There's a word for this phenomenon...

...overreacting. If you remain frustrated long enough, there's a word for that too...burnout.

I should look to see this book is still in the collection somewhere. Big Things Happen When You Do The Little Things Right.

On this #seniorPastorMonday, pray for a supernatural ability to prioritize their schedules; that matters would be resolved with wisdom and grace, neither in rush judgement, nor in prolonged delay. Pray for help in dealing with matters that cause frustration; pray for help in dealing with frustrations and keeping emotions in check when problems and issues arise. Pray for the mind of Christ and a "level head" as they work through situations and seek counsel in how handle them; whether it needs to be fixed, solved, properly placed or even removed. Pray for discipline and the ability to take care of the little things while they are small; knowing that the more that happens, the desired large-scale results and accomplishment will come to fruition.

-PNC

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