Mom Heart Moments #274

Truly my soul finds rest in God; my salvation comes from him. Truly he is my rock and my salvation; he is my fortress, I will never be shaken.

IT SEEMS TO HAVE BECOME A CULTURAL VALUE to be busy and justify ourselves by our activities. We seem to forget that God is our Father and that a good Father would not expect His little child to carry the load. He would carry the load —as well as the child! Sometimes, I find I have so much on my plate, the only thing I can do is reassess and cut back, so I can focus only on the agenda He has set.

Christ needs to be at my center. I need to have peace and quiet in my soul. I can say no, no matter how many people there are who seem to need me, so I can live at peace.

I am a baby to God, His toddler. He is in control. He does not want to abuse me. He does not want me to be neurotic and angry. He wants me to be at peace —sleeping in the boat in the midst of the storm, because I am resting in His ability to take care of things.

There will always be opportunities, but now is a good time to pace myself, to still my soul, to seek to live more simply, to say yes to my God-given priorities and no to all that will take me away. I could do lots more, but then I would become crazy and grumpy and tight and hard to live with, living by my own flesh and striving and works —and I cannot hold His hand and behave in such a manner all at the same time.

Are you priding yourself on your busyness, trying to prove your competency or value? Do you find it hard to hold God’s hand at the same time? Consider which you might want to let go.