Today has been one of those days where I look around at all I have to get done and I become overwhelmed. Have you ever had one of those days?
The Laundry…the clothes must be cleaned, and the drawers straightened and the closest organized! The Baby needs a bath…and a haircut and a nap! The house needs to be cleaned…and the cupboards, and the garage, and the plants need to be watered and I need to plant the garden, now! The dog…he needs flea medicine, and a bath, and a walk. The cat…he needs flea medicine too…and a new attitude (just checking to see if you are paying attention 🙂 ). And there is schooling to do, Algebra, History, Choir…Oh, My! And, don’t forget Thanksgiving planning…what am I going to bring….oh, no, I have to go shopping…there are a lot of people shopping. And, Christmas is coming, we need new Christmas lights for outside, our Christmas letter isn’t finished (translated…barely started), there are presents to buy.
The pressure mounts and here I sit, with a cough and cold, trying to figure out how to do it all. How do I get here? How does the snowballing begin? I laugh as I read the list above…yet, admittedly, that was what was going on in my mind. Only God’s truth brings perspective. Is that REALLY my “to do list” for today?
Then I remembered Lamentations 3:22-24
22 Through the Lord’s mercies we are not consumed,
Because His compassions fail not.
23 They are new every morning;
Great is Your faithfulness.
24 “The Lord is my portion,” says my soul,
“Therefore I hope in Him!
Jeremiah was going through a much more difficult time than I am when he penned these words. It wasn’t just his thoughts that needed to be adjusted, he was desperate. And, yet, even in my much lesser trial, God’s compassions fail not. He wants me to remember that He is faithful and He will see me through everything he asks me to go through.
That list snowballing in my mind was not from Him…it was not His “to do list” for my day…it was mine. I must stop and pray…and ask Him what He has for me today. I am thankful for His ever-renewing mercies. I am thankful that He is my portion and that I have hope in Him…not in my completed “to do list”.
Blessings!
Love you OO!
Love you too OO! 🙂