Sometimes, things are just hard. Sometimes, everything around me just feels out of place and chaotic. Sometimes, I just wish I could crawl into a closet, plug my ears, and sing Jesus Loves Me until the cows come home.
Recently, the hard days have far outweighed the easy days. The days filled with tears take first place in my mind while the days filled with laughter feel like a distant memory.
Weeping may tarry for the night, but joy comes with the morning. Psalm 30:5b
In my own strength, I am failing. In my own strength, I fail to believe God’s promises, and I fail to rest beneath His wings. Sure, I am in His eternal rest, Heaven, because of the blood of Christ, but I am not able to experience His earthly, spiritual rest that He has offered me because I’m working out of my own strength.
For the sake of Christ, then, I am content with weaknesses, insults, hardships, persecutions, and calamities. For when I am weak, then I am strong. 2 Corinthians 12:10
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I’m in the midst of feeling frazzled at times and others feeling inadequate or sad because I simply cannot do it all, not that I ever was able to but was able to do a lot more. I feel “jealous” of the time my kids have with the babysitter as we open up this business but know it’s only for a season and “this too shall pass” but feel like (in my flesh- that I can’t get what I need or want to be able to do) but know the Lord can give me comfort & grace if I just let him! Thanks for this post… made me cry!
(good cry!)