Commit Your Way Unto the Lord . . .
As I look ahead . . . I start to worry and fret . . . . It seems the more I have to do, the less time and energy I have to do it . . . (of course I am speaking at a down time . . . a time of cleaning out the van, dealing with mud and sand, lots of laundry from a trip and relating to grumpy children) . . . and I think ahead of getting ready to leave for our long trip in about a month . . . early Monday morning after a weekend of church camp out and it looks mountainous! I want the house clean not only for my sake this time, but because their will be another family using it for a week while we are gone . . . and I would like to start out rested up (Ha!) . . . . you know how it is . . .
And so I wonder and have wondered so many times in the last few years, why it is or why did God make it so that the more little ones we have, the more needs to be done and the busier we are, the less time time we have to do it . . . there’s more laundry, more dirt brought in, more squabbles to settle, more hurts to kiss, more, more, more . . .
I know the children ARE much more of a help now then they were three years ago . . . or two years ago . . . even one year makes a BIG difference . . . but still . . .
And so the only thing there is to do (maybe that’s why God has it this way) is to step back into his arms and trust that everything will come out alright . . . no, the house may very well embarrass me, but I will have to let go and let God do a work in my heart of releasing and committing my life in His care and REST there . . .
Ever sing this song? . . . “Fret not, He’s watching over you, Fret not the Lord will see you through . . . Commit thy way unto the Lord, all you need He will afford, Never fret or be oppressed, commit and trust, delight and rest . . .”
“Commit your way to the Lord,
Trust also in Him . . .” Psalm 37:5a
April 30th, 2008 at 8:08 am
Fear, Fret, Flee, Flounder! That’s the usual human response when we look into the situations of our future tomorrows. We have the human outlook of “What If”. But spiritually if we look beyond the present horizon; and see the actual spiritual impact we are having on the children who are casually watching . We would give more praise that God has chosen us to be the Christian role model to help in fashioning the future, and how our offspring will learn by our experience of how we choose to handle all of every day lifes occurances. Our children learn by trial an error as humans. And yet we as their Christian parents show them through our faith and trust that there is a far spiritually better way of becoming an overcomer. When the going gets tough…will we attend to life as a happy , praise worthy creature in the presence of our heavenly Father! Our joys will show our children how best to handle even the daily chores. From the simplest to the harshest…like Job we can overcome with a song in our heart. ” Victory In Jesus” ! Aimee you have already overcome much…hold on and hang in there. The best is yet to happen for you!!!!! I’m still praying for all!!! Cheryl in N.C.
May 1st, 2008 at 6:04 pm
This post reminds me of the time in 1982 when I was planning to fly to Chicago to be with my parents for a few days. (My mother was at the cancer hospital in Zion, IL.) A day before I was scheduled to leave I got notice from the school nurse that Lisa had head lice. They were having quite an epidemic. She was not allowed back in school until she had been treated and cleared by the school nurse. I managed to get my flight delayed by two days, but in the meantime, in addition to treating Lisa’s hair, I tried to “de-bug” our house by doing all the bedding, the coats, the caps. Fred and Deb (who had no children yet) were to be coming to live at our house with Dick and the children while I was gone, and my house was HORRIBLE!! The previous three months my mom had been in the hospital in Lancaster and my whole life had turned upside down. SO, two days later, after the debugging and the lice treatment were finished, and Lisa was allowed back in school, I stayed up ALL NIGHT to try to put my house in order before we left at 5:30 AM for the airport. I was a very miserable traveler that day, but I got through it.
Somehow God gives us the strength and endurance for those extraordinary times.
Will you be visiting PA when you make the trip to VA?