Putting all your eggs in one basket
A favorite of mine wrote a song years ago saying "I shoulda listened to what Mama said 'Don't put your eggs in one basket' that basket was you."
I found myself humming this song today and thinking about the meaning.
Let's be honest, we have all done this before, put all our eggs in one basket whether in a
Relationship
Career
Dream
Mark Twain said
“Put all your eggs in one basket and then watch that basket."
I was thinking today about the times and situations that I put all my eggs in one basket. At times I have put all my love into one person, all my trust in one career and all my faith in the possibility of a dream.
At times, especially as women, we find ourselves looking into what seems to be an empty basket.
I said to my sister tonight, "I wish I could go through life and treat people kind and make them laugh despite how they make me feel. I wish I could make a mental note to myself for future reference but in the moment while they are around me, be as kind, encouraging and comical as possible. I just wish I wasn't so easily hurt."
It is in these moments looking down into an empty basket I realized I have been putting my eggs in the wrong basket. My mind, heart and life are not centered on Christ.
The Lord is my strength and my shield; in
him my heart trusts, and I am helped; my heart exults, and with my song I
give thanks to him.
Come to me, all who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.
I felt God clearly tell me today, 'come to Me, put everything on ME, I will not judge you. I will take the good and bad eggs. I will multiply the good and help you work through the bad. Put all your eggs in my basket."
What a beautiful reminder for us all. We can trust God, we can cast all our cares (eggs) on Him (into His basket) for He CARES for us.
I will be honest, I am writing this will a bit of a sore heart. Relationships I have worked hard for, dreams I have longed for as just the start of 2014 have turned out to be empty.
But in this I see God's hand, I see God telling me to keep my eyes up, waiting in expectancy for God-given relationships, God-given careers and God-given dreams. Knowing that if I continually put All my eggs in His basket, I don't have to keep watch on it like Mark Twain advised. I can rest knowing that my God has it all in control.
I will put my hope, worry, dreams, fears, relationships, heart-ache, future and my past, I will put all my eggs in His basket and allow the only one able to help, help me though all my failures and VICTORIES.
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