As caregivers, we have LOTS of things to balance every second of every day! I'm literally sitting here with numerous things that HAVE to be done today running through my mind. I tend to jot them down on any paper that's handy, so I won't forget them as I get swept away in caregiving duties as the day unfolds. There are caregiving tasks (that list is quite lengthy). Then we have self-care tasks (at least we must take ourselves to the bathroom occasionally - if we have time. lol). It's the end of the month and a new one is just around the clock's corner - so there are bills to figure. Should I go on with other tasks that seem menial on the surface? (cooking, cleaning, laundry, pureeing foods, sorting supplies, etc.) We really do balance a lot.
This morning, while I was doing the FaceBook Live video "Peace Out," I realized we have to rely and wait on God for a lot of things. I don't know about you, but my prayer list can get rather lengthy. We need Him, first off. But we all have different areas that we need Him to move in as well. I'll share the video below, but we know He gives us strength when we wait on Him, right? (Isaiah 40:31) But then I realized there are a lot of things we don't have to wait on, too.
We don't have to wait on His peace - He gave it to us free and clear. We just have to figure out how to let it reign! We don't have to wait on Him to love us - He can't help Himself, He just loves us, period.
We don't have to wait on grace. God told Paul in 2 Corinthians 12:9 that His grace was enough. Paul had been praying about things that had been weighing him down and that was God's answer. I'm pretty sure that verse didn't come with an expiration date!
We don't have to wait on His mercy either. Lamentations 3:22-23 reminds us that His mercies are new (for us) every morning. God doesn't have a "morning" so that's a special endowment or installment that He purposefully makes for our new mornings. He's got us covered!!
Today, while I am waiting for answers in some specific areas, and for some specific needs - I'll remind myself that there is no waiting for peace, grace, mercy, or His love. Those are all free, clear, and available to us right now. I'll remind myself to give Him my concerns, worries, and anxieties - and then my thoughts will be on His ever-reigning peace. His all-sufficient grace, and His newly refreshed mercies. And then, I can trust Him for one more day. Will you join me?
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