Decisions, decisions, decisions!!!
Who likes to have to make them? there must be someone?
Several years ago there was a television ad in the UK for McCain oven chips
Daddy ........ Chips?
Do we have to decide?
Oh why can't things be simple we often say. Sometimes I am heard to complain why do things all happen together, why can't we have events spaced out more? Why does one week have to be very busy and the next one relatively free?
Why is it that when you want to go away for a while there will be something just have to occur in the middle of that time frame?
One month we were so busy and made several trips back to our birth town of Londonderry each just for a few days but for several months before that we weren't back there at all. Then I saw the clippers were coming into Londonderry at the end of that month but just felt that we couldn't really justify the 2 hour journey each way to go back yet again.
Sad to say we missed a really great event.
One month we were so busy and made several trips back to our birth town of Londonderry each just for a few days but for several months before that we weren't back there at all. Then I saw the clippers were coming into Londonderry at the end of that month but just felt that we couldn't really justify the 2 hour journey each way to go back yet again.
Sad to say we missed a really great event.
The first Sunday of the this month we went to Belfast to have lunch there with our son Daniel and then went on into the city centre to see the street theatre the circus school were organising. Fred was a bit dubious but I assured him we would have a relaxing time and be entertained. Well he enjoyed it - I could tell by how he clapped and laughed.
Now do we mention the restaurant or not?
Daniel says it is what you call modern /cool but I didn't think it was either. The food was okay, but I think that if I am paying to go somewhere and eat that I want nice surroundings and comfortable seats. I really don't want to be in a room where they have mismatched, chairs, plates etc.
Okay so I'm not cool!
We didn't have time to sample their coffee however and as it was an Italian place
the coffee could have made a big difference.
I would have liked to have been able to go back to Belfast each Sunday afternoon this month and enjoy the Street Theatre & I am hoping for good weather.
But
It did make our Sunday rather busy with Church in the morning, driving to Belfast, lunch, street theatres, driving home again, preparation for the music for church in the evening and then church itself again.
However
Every day can be busy and we need to remember to keep time in each of those days for God
especially on Sunday
but not just on Sunday
And
That is often where we have to make another of those Daddy ........ Chips? decisions
Bible Reading & Prayer .......... TV, Book, Tidy up etc.
I know for some people first thing in the morning is just not the suitable time for us to read and pray regularly so some other time in the day needs to be found.
This is also not always easy with busy homes, families, work schedules and we are often left feeling tired, too busy ..... and it is so tempting to go for the Chips decision - you know the one where we get to have what seems nicest and tempts us with relaxation and a treat maybe.
But
Look at that other word in our phrase
Daddy
and think of how spending time with God our Father can teach us, refresh us and encourage us for the next busy day, week, month .....
At that decision time let's be ready to plump for the one that is going to be a lasting help and comfort and not the temporary one.
At that decision time let's be ready to plump for the one that is going to be a lasting help and comfort and not the temporary one.
Do you have a Daddy ........ Chips? decision time?
Well we also had tea and biscuits after the evening service that Sunday so we didn't get home until after 9 o'clock to be greeted by the phone ringing and our oldest son Jonathan declaring
"Are you only getting in now?
What kept you?
Well my day has been busy!"
What kept you?
Well my day has been busy!"
There could have been the temptation to say.
Coffee ........ Jonathan?
Do you have a Daddy ........ Chips decision time?
Yep, we have these sorts of decisions all the time. We've just come back from our hols and each night my little boy had the dilemma mini club or arcade and rides...decisions.decisions.
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Yes takes me back to when the kids were younger, mind you even at their age now they still deliberate over things and that can drive their dad crazy.
DeleteHope you've had lots of trips to Belfast since you wrote this post.
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yes thank you we have.
DeleteIt's a common phrase between myself and my mum too! Loved that advert.
ReplyDeleteOh I'm so glad someone else remembers that advert. It is nice too that one of the family just sometimes says the phrase and we all smile or laugh.
DeleteDecisions can be hard to make, I try not to over think them too much as I do have a habit of doing that! #GoldenOldies
ReplyDeleteWouldn't it be great if we never had any decisions to make, so easy but then maybe boring too.
DeleteMy husband is awful at making decisions. Makes me crazy :) thanks for linking up #GoldenOldies
ReplyDeleteSome decisions I just have to leave to prayer and knowing He will answer. Especially, the big ones.
ReplyDeleteDecisions, decisions. They come easily to some and not so much for others. Pray and counsel helps a great deal for the big ones. Just jumping in works sometimes on the small ones.
ReplyDeleteThis is such an important reminder. In this day of hustle it is important to pause for God. I try to do it in the mornings. I find my day starts right! #anythinggoes
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I love it! It is easy to make the easy decision. Harder to make the one that is probably more important, right? I have told my grandkids several times that going to God first is the right thing, because then He will bless the rest of your day. God bless you!
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