My eyes are really sensitive to light. I ALWAYS wear sunglasses or my eyes water and I can't see a thing, even on cloudy days. Last week I was driving to work, squinting in the sun, trying to avoid wrinkles (Is that possible?) and wondering what on earth happened to my latest pair of sunglasses. Once again they had disappeared. It seems like that is always happening to me. Oh, I always find them again. Lenses... ear pieces...screws...I can find them all. In the bottom of my purse. Beneath my feet in the car. Crushed to bits in the driveway. But never in one functioning piece. I was thinking that the perfect gift for me might be a "Sunglasses of the Month" subscription, if there were such a thing, because honestly, a month is about the life expectancy of sunglasses in my possession. I can't count the number of times I have found myself wearing a pair of precariously perched sunglasses with my hair arranged oh so carefully to hide the fact that there was an ear piece missing. It's embarrassing, really.
But despite the obvious difficulty in keeping track of my sunglasses, I have on several occasions been offered this glorious compliment: "You are SO organized!" Ummm, excuse me? Are you talking to ME? Obviously, the person who makes this statement has A) never noticed the oddly tilted sunglasses and carefully arranged hair, or B) never been to my house as an unexpected guest. Because both of those things are a dead giveaway to the actual depth of my disorganization.
The truth is, I usually hear those words at school, where I can find whatever is being asked for in a fairly timely manner. But that is because I am accustomed to my own organized chaos. Look deep into the neatly stacked piles, colorful crates, pretty baskets, files, folders, etc. and you will find all sorts of things that would be much more at home in a recycling bin.
I know I have it in me to be a truly organized person. After all, I was created by the One who IS organization. Everything is held together by His great hands. Jeremiah 29:11 lets us know that God has a plan and purpose for each of us. Habakkuk 2:2 says to "Write the vision; make it plain, so he may run who reads it." He has a plan for my life and so I write down the steps I need to take to accomplish all he has for me to do. That is part of being organized....so right now I'm praying I can find the notebook I wrote it down in...and my glasses so I can read it. ;)
