To throw myself upon God and his grace has been something that I've not been entirely good at. I spend a lot of time serving others in this season of my life. My family, the Orange Hat children, the Bible study children all have never ending ways that I can love and give to them. I can start to think that feeling worn down or dizzily running around is God's best for me because it's my reality.
My husband has built in a "pause" for our family every 6 weeks where he takes a long weekend. This last weekend we went to Miango Rest Home about 40 minutes from our home. While there I read this passage:
"He will tend his flock like a shepherd,
He will gather the lambs in his arms,
he will carry them in his bosom
and gently lead those that are with young." Isaiah 40:11
This passage coupled with others like, "come to me...learn from me...my yoke is easy, and my burden is light," and "Those who drink the water I give will never be thirsty again. It becomes a fresh, bubbling spring within them, giving them eternal life," carry undoubted promises of God's tender heart toward...well...me! And you. I don't have to accept over business as God's best for me. God wants me to be full too. That is so humbling, and I want to increasingly learn to throw my tired self upon his full and abundant grace.
I pray you experience his shepherding heart today. His leading you, refreshing you from the source of his Spirit deep in your soul, and the sharing of your heavy burdens. Please do pray that for me too.
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