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“But woe to you Pharisees! For you tithe mint and rue and herbs of all kinds, and neglect justice and the love of God; it is these you ought to have practiced, without neglecting the others.”
(Luke 11.42 NRSV)
In her book, A PRACTICAL GUIDE TO PRAYER, Dorothy Haskins tells about a noted concert violinist who was asked the secret of her mastery of the violin. The woman answered the question with two words: “Planned neglect.” Then she explained. “There were many things that used to demand my time. When I went to my room after breakfast, I made my bed, straightened the room, dusted, and did whatever seemed necessary. When I finished my work, I turned to my violin practice. That system prevented me from accomplishing what I should on the violin. So I reversed things. I deliberately planned to neglect everything else until my practice period was complete. And that program of planned neglect is the secret of my success.”
Most of us would not need much encouragement to neglect housework, (or for students, school work) but here is a secret to life. You can’t do everything! Most of us need to focus on a few things that really matter to our Christian walk and excel in those.
In your pursuit of academic excellence and CCA achievements, pause and ask if you have been focusing so much on these that you have shifted your focus from God.
