In these very full days I sometimes go to bed feeling completely overwhelmed.
My mind races with the events of the days. What I did. What I DIDN’T DO.
This must be a feeling that other parents face, especially parents of kids with special needs. The possibilities are endless for therapies and interventions and teachings. I make efforts but at the end of the day I often find there was more that I didn’t do than what I did.
It can be overwhelming and paralyzing.
Some days are full and hectic and crazy and fun. We laugh and play and have great moments together. We are the Prince’s and so that is ALWAYS what we do. Other days are hard and confusing and discouraging.
And so I go to sleep with a racing mind and a full heart.
But then I wake up and the morning is new. The possibilities are fresh. The slate is clean.
No matter how heavy I go to bed, I have noticed that somehow I wake up light and hopeful. This can only be GOD.
The faithful love of the Lord never ends!
His mercies never cease.
Great is his faithfulness;
his mercies begin afresh each morning. -Lamentations 3:22-23
I want to encourage you that whatever chapter YOU are writing in your life. If it’s one of easy or incredibly heavy, to just keep walking forward with God. Each day holds so much strength and possibility in God. The future may look uncertain and unknown but just take the NEXT STEP and take it IN HIM.
“When you don’t know what to do next, just do the thing that is in front of you.” -Elizabeth Elliot