I have been juggling so many balls lately that I am not sure why I haven’t dropped. In my younger days I lived to multitask but the older I get the more I realized that I am not as quick and agile as I use to be. In my new role at work I have a lot going on. One of the ways I try to keep up is opening up different pages or what some may know as windows on my computer. Most days because I don’t finish everything so instead of shutting down my computer I keep it open with all my windows running.

One afternoon after working an almost twelve hour day I was pooped and seemingly my computer was pooped too. My computer and I needed to shutdown and get some rest so that we could be refreshed. As I looked at my computer half awake and half sleep I realized that this is exactly how most of us exist in our spiritual lives.

We have all these “open windows” work, kids, husband, church, volunteering, etc. These are things that are always running in our minds and taking the majority of our time. Most of the time our relationships takes precedence over our personal relationship with Christ. After several days of running with all these open windows without God we become worn out and then shut down.

The absence of Christ as the first open window puts us in the position to burn out. Learning to making God first allows us to start the day or week fresh and recharged on Christ. When we begin with Christ we find our strength to deal with all the open windows that we encounter throughout the day.

Today I challenge you start your day by opening up the window of your heart and inviting Christ in. Ask God to go before each day and give you the strength to not only deal with the open windows but to also recognized when the windows should be close. Love Christ first and all the other things will be added.

Opening the window of my heart,

Felicia Smith