It’s funny how some days I wake up and words just roll out
of my heart and onto paper yet other days I sit and stare at a blank screen and
have no clue what to write. Part of me feels that way too like I’m too tired
to have emotions right now. I could easily spend the day staring at the wall
drinking coffee. But alas, that’s not going to happen! Too many things are
needed in a day. Such is the caregiver’s world, right?
We talk about how busy we are as caregivers and I hesitate
using the word “busy.” It has the connotation that what’s being done is not
important. Remember when you were in school and you knew the teacher had
given you an assignment as busy-work so you’d stay busy so she could do
something else? Our work is certainly not that! But the whole world is busy
like that.
For caregivers, and many non-caregivers too, there are so
many tasks that have to be done in a day, it’s overwhelming. Plus, many
of us work either at a traditional job or online and have additional
requirements and tasks to complete in a day. Does it sometimes feel so pressing
you can’t even breathe? I know it does for me. I get up in the morning and the
list of things I have to accomplish start running through my head.
Today, for me, it looks something like this: finish the
four articles for client 1, Chris has to have range of motion today – don’t
forget, watching the grands for a couple hours while my daughter is out,
another client just sent an urgent task needing to be done by noon, oh yeah,
appointment with a possible cleaning lady at 1, yikes! I’ve got to get my room
clean, so she doesn’t see it like this…. And that’s how it begins and often
how it ends too most days.
But even in the midst of the crazy-busy thoughts, there is a
place I can go. If only for a few minutes I can quiet down my anxious
thoughts, I can find peace. When I settle myself down and whisper, Lord,
I love You. It’s like He sweeps me off my feet again and fills me with supernatural, non-comprehendible peace. And I love it! He never fails to meet
me where I am, and He’s not afraid to come into my cra-cray world and scoop me
up and provide grace for the moment.
Today, I will purpose to quiet my soul before Him and rest
in Him. My meditations will be on how He carries me through these
wild-and-crazy days, time after time. I’ll be thankful for His sustaining grace
and for how He seemingly miraculously gives this busy heart and mind His peace.
I’ll rest in that today and be grateful that He chose to walk this journey
through time with me. Will you join me?
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