Pushed for Time? Lean into God

I’m not OCD but I do like a bit of order. My life has been so busy lately and my body has not felt up to pushing it too much. For if I do, I’m up most of the night with niggling pain. This has frustrated me at times.

In this busy time, my chores have gone by the by. I have had my washing on the line for 3 days because I have had no time between 6 and midnight to bring it in and put it away. Meals have been haphazard, floors have not been cleaned, the minimal housework has been done. Again, so frustrating for it is not my choice but just my life circumstances. If I’m not careful this frustration can flow over to other areas of my life, like my patience being less, my peace being robbed, my joy being diminished……

Many of you have had times in life when you have had no time. When life circumstances have had different priorities, and the usual chores get untouched. Like the time when Bruce had surgery and I was the chauffeur and carer and visitor in hospital, taking him to his doctor’s appointments etc. The house looked a bit “like a pigsty” as the saying goes.

Ok this can happen from time to time when you are pushed to your limit. This is when you more than ever need to lean into God and ask for His help in all things. In physically getting everything done. In mentally coping. In emotionally settling your fears, anxieties, and feelings by sharing them with God and others who can support you. By spiritually falling into the loving arms of God for respite, for encouragement, for perseverance, for coping…. Otherwise, you fall into a heap or are so angry with life and the world that everyone stays clear of you. You blame everyone for your life, including God.

What’s this got to do with Easter?

Of knowing that Jesus has Risen and overcome death?

If we are not careful, we don’t see the abundant life Jesus has won for us. We just see the busy life….

We should be a ‘Light on a hill,’ living in Victory, walking closely with the Lord…….so easy to say but difficult to do at times like these.

Don’t let the thief ‘rob you of your joy’. A warning in 1 Peter 5:8

 Be sober-minded; be watchful. Your adversary the devil prowls around like a roaring lion, seeking someone to devour.

1 Peter 5:8 ESV

So, my prayers full of hope turn to God. ‘Find me rest O God in Your Spirit. Help me to find joy in my circumstances right now. Give me extra patience, extra strength to carry on.’

Like Psalm 23:4 says,

Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death,
    I will fear no evil,
for you are with me;
    your rod and your staff,
    they comfort me.

Psalm 23:4 ESV

And as you walk with me through this valley, (Do you see that word “through”? – we don’t stay there in the valley.) show me Yourself and let me truly know that You are with me.

So, I pray that whatever your life is right now that you know God walks with you and we have the Victory! We are living with and in the light of the resurrection. Praise be to God!

May these jottings from my journal inspire you to believe in and fall in love with Christ- the hope of the world, as stated in Jeremiah 17:7, ‘Blessed is the man who believes and trusts in and relies on the Lord and whose hope and confident expectation is the Lord!’

Love

Rosemary

Every week groups of ladies meet together to chat about the things I raise in my weekly blog post and to chat about life in general. We call these ‘Heart Connect’ groups.

DISCUSSION QUESTIONS

How do you treat those around you when you are pushed to your limit?

In your past how have you coped when you have had ‘no time’?

When you are pushed to your limit how can you lean into God?