Excuses! Excuses!

Merriam-Webster defines the noun, “excuse” as, “an expression of regret for failure to do something.” Unfortunately for me, once I have made one excuse, the feeling of regret fades away into a mild annoyance like a splinter in a finger. Just like a splinter can become painful over time if not properly treated, excuses that are repeated and buld up over time can take on a life of their own, I have made excuses for so long now, that I have to actually say the excuse out loud for me to hear for myself how truly absurd and ridiculous the excuse is.

Today, when I uttered the excuse for not writing, I started laughing. Apparently, I have used up all of the more creative excuses. Today, my excuse for not wanting to write is because it is a Saturday. Seriously?! A day of the week?! That’s how far I have fallen?! I mean, every day is a day of the week! But, sadly, it has worked well in the past. There are many things that I have failed to do beccause it wasn’t a Monday! I guess that Monday is the only day of the week that I can get stuff done. I guess that I am supposed to work one day a rest the other six. Hmmm… seems to me that I have read and heard about that six to one ratio for work and rest somewhere,

Now I remember! It was one of the first stories that I was read as a child. it’s the story of how God created the world. God created the world in six days. On the seventh day, God rested. Why? Was it because that the all powerful all knowing Creator needed a rest? No! The reason for this story of rest being included in the Bible is that we humans need an example of how to live.

God knew that our bodies would not operate well or long without rest. He knew that we would push ourselves to our fullest capscity and still want to keep on working. So, we were shown how to take a break from or day-to-day lives. A lot of the world uses a part of this day to gather together and celebrate all that the Creator is doing in their lives and the lives of their loved ones. Taking part of the day that was designed to give us a break to thank the One who instituted it just makes sense.

Now, I see how my disconnect happened! I had the six to one ratio correct. I just mixed up the activity. I was working when I should have been resting and vice versa. Now, that doesn’t mean that I lazed arunnd and ate chocolate and watched TV for six days. I only did that for a couple of them. I was extremely busy doing stuff. But, it wasn’t the right stuff, or in my case, the write stuff.