When life gets overwhelming

Where in the world did the time go? My sweet baby boy is now a sweet, walking, backpack carrying boy 😭 This little one helps me, rather reminds me how to be a daughter.

Which leads me to my not so cheery start of a morning. 👇🏼

This morning I felt overwhelmed. And it just seemed to pile up…

Read the rest on the blog 🎈I didn’t fully rest this weekend. We are already walking through a life altering season, and information seems to come at me like a high speed chase. This morning I felt “I’m in a rat race and I can’t catch up”. Ya know what I mean? I said to the Lord “what should I do? I feel like I’ve commanded these thoughts to go so many times and have stood against the lie of 👉🏼Unheard, misunderstood, never quite enough. Holy Spirit said to me:

🗣”Surrender the thought when it comes and don’t take the bait”

I realized, that was my issue. >> I always took the bait. I always jumped in defense to prove my heart or what I stood for or what I already do that you’re assuming I don’t even know but haven’t cared to ask me my heart. 🤦🏻‍♀️🤦🏻‍♀️🤦🏻‍♀️🤦🏻‍♀️ Jesus said, don’t do it. Don’t defend yourself. Don’t try to make people understand who you are. Don’t prove yourself. I proved who you are by going to the cross! You are worthy of great love. You are a new creation.

So in the middle of my overwhelm this morning, when I felt like I wanted to run and hide, be alone and immerse myself in the word where I knew I would come out stronger (and I always do) instead God nudged me to take a look at this sweet boy and he said “I don’t want you to do anything. Just let go. Just be. Play with your son and enjoy my love”. And as I pulled Elijah around the back yard in his little red wagon and picked flowers with him, I realized, this is the simple gospel. Receiving the Love of God like a child. No agenda. No striving. Just Love.

Jessica