Thankful

So often we get caught up in the mundane things of life.  The laundry, the dishes, the cleaning.  The kids arguing and complaining, the homework, the sports practices, the music lessons….. sometimes there are phases of life with illness and surgeries that just suck the life out of you,  sometimes we just are going through this life and we forget what a blessed life we are living.  Sometimes its so easy to complain about how tired we are, how busy we are, how overwhelmed we are.  Believe me I know!  I am right there with you.  Here lately I have found myself feeling so overwhelmed, so tired, and even actually sad.  Feeling lonely, feeling anxious, feeling frustrated.  And I get frustrated when I am feeling them.  Frustrated when someone asks me how I am, and the only thing I can come up with is “tired but ok.”  “frustrated, sad or scared.” 

I hate when the devil gets under my skin, and uses my current circumstances to get me feeling unhappy, overwhelmed, scared, sad….. whatever. Since my Sophia has been struggling so much since December, I have just been so burdened, so worried about what the future holds.  So anxious about what the next doctor appointment or result is going to be.   Today at church, a wonderful Godly woman prayed over me and spoke life into my weary heart.  She spoke peace and strength.  She spoke joy.  She spoke rest to my weary soul.   I can’t even begin to tell you what her prayers have done for my spirit.  I can’t begin to tell you how gracious my God is.  That He sent this woman to speak to my weary self, to encourage and strengthen me.  To love on me when I was feeling so overwhelmed.  He is just so good.

You never know what those still small voices will do for someone.  When you allow God to speak through you,  you may bless someone beyond your greatest expectations.  And that is what has happened for me.  I am sure that Jessica has no idea, what her words affirmed in my spirit, she doesn’t have any idea what joy and peace and comfort she brought to me.  She doesn’t know that I was feeling so weary, so burdened, so alone.  But what she did know?  That God wanted her to pray and she was willing.  She was willing and able.  My prayer is that I am always willing, that when that small voice urges me on to do something that I listen and do as He asks me to.  Thank you to those that hear Him and listen to His voice.  Thank you for being His hands and feet to those that are hurting.  Thank you for loving on people who are walking through difficult overwhelming things.  Thank you for being Jesus to the world!!!!