Coming Up for Air
Posted by Danielle Bean in Faith on Wednesday, May 26, 2010 12:00 PM
Ever feel like you’re just treading water? Or (worse) that you’re sinking below the surface?
I woke up yesterday morning gasping for air.
I couldn’t pinpoint my problem exactly, but off the top of my head I could tell you that I was away last weekend, we’re finishing up our school year, we’re transitioning into summer activities, we’re going full-force (at least 2 games a day) with baseball, we’re having some work done on the house, and my dishwasher is broken. (Just between you and me, and my husband whom I tell every 5 minutes, I think the dishwasher thing is my biggest problem.)
The irony of flying to Ohio over the weekend to encourage moms to find peace and balance in their family lives only to return home and feel like a hot mess of motherhood myself was not lost on me.
So I took a deep breath. And I started crossing things off my lists. I eliminated anything that I don’t absolutely have to do this week.
I find this so hard to do.
Some stubborn, prideful part of me never wants to admit that I can’t get everything done. That I get tired. That I have physical, mental, and emotional limitations.
But of course we all need “rescuing” sometimes. Even if we must do the rescuing ourselves, it’s important to recognize our limitations. Because none of us does anything on our own anyway. The times when I feel like I am soaring through life are only possible because God carries me through them.
All that I do requires grace.
Sometimes, for my own good, God allows me to feel just a little bit hungry for it before He delivers.
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