These last two week has been filled with a lot of business, stress, and tiredness. Trying to get back into the swing of things with full-time school and work while also keeping up with mission trip prep is hard and time consuming. Even something as simple as posting on social media was way harder than I expected it would be. It was one thing to know that I was going on the World Race and another thing entirely to share that with everyone and put it completely out in the open; it becomes that much more real and honestly scary.
This semester of school has taken up a lot more of my time than I thought it would which has made it hard to set aside time to work on mission trip things and it has been easy to get overwhelmed by all that still needs to be done. On top of school and work I’ve also had almost all my evenings filled with church and other commitments. This means that almost all my nights have been filled with an enormous amount of homework and mission trip prep which leaves almost little to no time for sleep.
Though I might be physically tired and mentally overwhelmed the Lord is still right there beside me guiding me and giving me the strength to keep going. In moments of stress and anxiety he’s provided an unexplainable peace, on the days when I’ve had less than three hours of sleep he’s given me the strength and energy to keep going. Even when I couldn’t see it or didn’t realize it he’s been working, giving me everything I need to get through each day.
Coming to the Lord and finding rest in him should be the first thing we yet our instinct is often to keep it to ourselves and try to muscle through it. It’s a daily walk of surrender that we live, handing every one of our cares to the Lord each and everyday no matter how small. But, Jesus calls us to himself and offers us rest, all we have to do is come.
“Come to me, all who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you, and learn from me, for I am gentle and lowly in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light.” Matthew 11:28-30
While I know that this is just the beginning and the next few months will still be very busy and time consuming I know the Lord will continue to provide everything I need and give me the strength to keep going. So I’ll continue coming to him and laying those burdens at his feet. A song that keeps coming to mind is Starts and Ends by Hillsong the bridge says “Lay your burden down upon, down upon him, lay your burden down” this has been such a good reminder for me to keep laying all those burdens down, the tiredness, the business, all the things that need to be done, a reminder to keep coming back to Jesus and surrendering that all to the Lord.
I hope this has encouraged you in some way! I’d love to hear from you about some of the burdens and things that you’re working on handing to the Lord, leave a comment or message me! Thank you you so much for reading!
Sincerely,
Emilee
