It’s all about Balance

November 13th, 2008 | Odd Ends

It’s all about balance really. Balance often stirs you to think about the mythical work-life balance that your company talks about. Balance makes you think of young lady Olympians on the beams. For the sillier among us, it makes us think of balancing things on our noses.

Balance isn’t limited to just one aspect of our lives though, nor should it be strived for in only one. Balance in life does not mean perfection or reaching a perfect state. Balance isn’t something to be achieved, but it’s about a way of living.

I believe balance is not an achievement to check off a list, nor is it something you can just decide to make happen. Balance to me is really about walking that path instead of reaching a goal.

I realized this past weekend that my life is not following a path of balance. I’ve not been seeking to out spiritual and leadership balance in my household. It is most apparent in that though I seek God’s leadership in my household, I don’t act like a leader is going out after that.

One of the key tenets of a relationship with anyone, including God, is that you have to listen as much or more than you try to talk. The key ways you can listen to God are through prayer and reading His word, the Bible.

It pains me to admit it, but I’ve become a Sunday Bible guy. I still pray daily, but my prayers often aren’t about listening, but asking these days. The balanced path has been forgotten in the hustle and bustle of trying to survive.

Our marriage weekend was this past weekend and one of the workshops was the Irresistible Husband. No, it wasn’t about finding an irresistible husband, it was about being one. At the end, your wife was asked to rank how important different things were. At the top of my wife’s list was for me to be a spiritual leader in our house. WOW!

So what am I going to do. Luckily during the presentation, the speaker had a couple of recommendations. The two key ones were daily reading in the scripture and leading the family in prayer. Again, it’s not about those dominating my life, but finding a balance of those activities in my daily routine.

What can you do for me? Help me get into a balanced way of life. Help me by praying for me and holding me accountable. Be sure to ask me on occasion if I’ve read any good scripture. Ask me if I’ll pray for you. Ask me in a few months if my wife still thinks that’s a top thing for me to work on.

On an interesting note, helping with housework was number 2 on her list. That’s a whole nother post about balance.

Thanks in advance.