"Hope deferred makes the heart sick, but a dream fulfilled is a tree of life." Proverbs 13:12

Monday, December 20, 2010

I could use a little help please!

I am tired....like really tired!  There was a point yesterday when I really began to question my ability to pull myself together and I did not like it.  I am a mom of five and we have had many challenges come into our lives in the past few months.  For the most part, being tired is nothing new but yesterday I was so tired it went right through my bones right down into my soul.  Sometimes when we deal with things for prolonged periods of time we use up our "reserve", our ability to cope.  That was me.  I am embarrassed to say.  My life is amazing, blessed, and happy.  So, for me to say that I have moments of wanting to run away seems like nothing more than weakness.  However, I have found that only showing strength gets real exhausting.  So, there it is I fell apart and had a good messy, cry.  The cry you need the paper towels for!   When I got done I said okay God....now what?  I need your help.  I need your supernatural strength.  I need you to pick up the pieces and lend me hand....In the quiet of the night this was what I heard:


Psalm 121

   1I will lift up mine eyes unto the hills, from whence cometh my help.
   2My help cometh from the LORD, which made heaven and earth.
   3He will not suffer thy foot to be moved: he that keepeth thee will not slumber.
   4Behold, he that keepeth Israel shall neither slumber nor sleep.
   5The LORD is thy keeper: the LORD is thy shade upon thy right hand.
   6The sun shall not smite thee by day, nor the moon by night.
   7The LORD shall preserve thee from all evil: he shall preserve thy soul.
   8The LORD shall preserve thy going out and thy coming in from this time forth, and even for evermore.


So, that is what I have.  My circumstances have not changed.  I am tired.  I don't know how to be all the things I need to be for all the people I need to be... but I have a promise.  If I choose to stay, to stand, to embrace the life I have been called to....then I can call to Him and ask for help.  He has promised to never sleep, never slumber.  He will uphold me.  So,  today I choose to believe.  I choose to stand in His Strength.  The Maker of Heaven and Earth.  This is my prayer.

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