I need an assistant

This is my desk.

This is my desk. This is organized chaos at its best. You'll notice the stacked piles of what looks like miscellaneous papers, CDs, magazines, receipts, workbooks, sale flyers, a cup of coffee & even a computer & printer. It's almost like playing "Where's Waldo?" Can you find the batteries? This is the hub of my life. The desk sits in the living room right where everyone can see it. There's no hiding of the what looks like a dumping station because in fact it is. Some of you with organized type personalities might pass out from overload. Some of you with laid back personalities might say it's not that bad. My opinion, it's a little of both.

I am a wife & mother who needs to keep track of our daily comings & goings. This includes schedules & appointments for the 4 of us, paying the bills, phone numbers & addresses, insurances & everything else that is included in living. I am a homeschool mom. This means I have a daily log, portfolio, artwork, science projects, workbooks, subject books, book catalogs & the PA homeschool "rule book" to account for. I am the coordinator of the local chapter autism support group that meets monthly. I write the newsletter every month & mail or email it to about 45 families & agencies.  This all adds up to a lot of stuff.

I have self-help books on organizational skills. I read a couple of blogs on scheduling & organization. I have a file cabinet. I also have a trash can in case you were wondering. The problem lies with me. I hate to be tied down to a schedule, & I'm pretty sure I'm ADD. I start a task. I go to put an object away only to find something else that needs done, right now. I follow that rabbit trail until I see something else that needs done, right now. I'm like Dory - oh, look...something shiny...let's follow it! Soon after I finish (I use that turn loosely) scrambling around the house, I notice that it's time to get my daughter off the van. The children want to play outside or do "something" as my son says. The next thing you know my hubby is calling & says he's on his way home & "By the way, what's for supper?" The subsequent 30 minutes feels like an episode of "Chopped"!


The truth of the matter is that we all have busy lives that get out of control & turn into chaos at times. We can't control the emergency phone calls, interrupted schedules or other people's actions. The only thing that remains organized is God's plan for our lives. He has every moment accounted for. There is nothing you or I do that isn't is His daily planner. Another amazing thing about God is He promised to send me a Helper. John 14:16-17 says, "And I will ask the Father, and he will give you another Helper, to be with you forever, even the Spirit of truth, whom the world cannot receive, because it neither see him nor knows him. You know him, for he dwells with you and will be in you." Jesus was talking to his disciples about when he was going to be crucified.


You can have your own personal Assistant to be with you always. All you need to do is ask Jesus to be your personal savior & save you from your sins (the wrong things you do that make God sad, that's how I explain it to my son). Once you ask for forgiveness, you receive your own individual Helper.

This doesn't mean that God is going to red-off (it's a southeastern PA term for clean) my desk for me. It doesn't mean that God is like a Iphone with Siri replying with all the answers immediately. It means that He will be with me when I need him. All I have to do is ask for His help.

Now I need to get school started, make some phone calls, figure what supper is going to be, wash laundry & maybe, just maybe get some of the desk red-off....tomorrow?