Reflecting During a Moment of Rest
Now that the calendar tells me it’s spring and we’re getting a slight reprieve from the snow, I’m making myself take walks again. I just finished what I estimate to be a 2-mile walk, and I am tired! As I sit here, my mind is going in a million directions: things I need to do, people I need to pray for, things I’m concerned about, etc. I don’t feel like doing anything about any of it…well, I take that back…I do feel up to praying, even in my weakened state. After all, it’s in my weakness that God often proves Himself the strongest.
When I’m down is when the smallest thing seems like a mountain but I consciously remind myself that I know the Maker of those mountains and He can just as easily move them out of my way or give me strength to climb them. Whichever He decides, I trust Him because He also made me and knows what is best for me. He won’t ask me to do anything that He won’t also enable me to do.
With that thought, I pick myself up and strive to accomplish a few more things before caving in to my desire to get under the warm covers. (I said we’re not getting snow right now but it is still a bit chilly.)
Thank You, Lord, for taking care of me. Thank You for loving me and for walking beside me each moment. Thank You for the strength You give. May I never cease to praise You for Your unmerited goodness to me.
Thanks for sharing your thoughts. I too,get overwhelmed by little things when I feel tired.God so cares for me and yet I allow ‘stuff’ to get me down.