My life is crazy busy.
I wake up at 5:00am every morning and work 8-10 hours a day.
When I'm not sleeping or working, I'm squeezing time in my day for my family, talk to my boyfriend at night, and meeting up with friends for early morning coffee chats.
Every morning I start my day with my quiet time but...it isn't always quiet in my soul. The noise of the day rings loudly as I strain to hear God.
Something deep within my soul cries rest.
My heart begs me to run from the cares of my day to meet with the Reviver of my soul.
Sadly, I find that the chief obstacle in obeying the cry of my soul is the excuse that I'm too busy.
The fact is, I am too busy.
But life circumstances are seasonal. You might have final exams this week. I might have some huge deadline looming at work.
A busy life doesn't automatically cause a busy soul.
The state of our souls is not dependent on the demands of our time but on the ability to take our worries, cares and burdens and give them to Jesus.
I can experience rest in a time of busyness because my soul can run into the presence of God!
May we all learn to be like Jesus and take our cares to our Heavenly Father: "The next morning Jesus awoke long before daybreak and went out alone into the wilderness to pray." -Mark 1:35
2 comments:
Our life can be crazy busy but our souls can still be resting! What a wonderful, freeing truth! Wow, Laurie, you are really crazy busy, for a season, but thank you for taking the time to write this! I almost didn't read this article because I thought I was too busy. :)Just thinking about the events I still need to squeeze into my calendar makes me feel stressed -- but thank you for the reminder to bring our cares to Jesus!
Thankyou sweet Laurie! What a precious, much needed reminder. How thankful am I that I can cast ALL my cares upon the Jesus whose strength is always enough to sustain! How great is His Grace! I too am having a very busy season of working 2 jobs, finding time for my man, studying etc... etc... - I have been learning that it is just so important to just stop, pray and be still before the Lord - and how peaceful it is. Praying the Lord will continue to strengthen you with His peace. xox
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