I remember being a "little shaver" at home as my mom took an hour out of her day to watch her favorite soap opera, "As the World Turns." It felt so peaceful watching the the globe on television turn so effortlessly and so peacefully. Yet in reality, as the world turns, a whirlwind of stress is also turning our lives upside down and peace is the farthest thing many of us are experiencing. Here is a response I received to a previous blog where I asked women about what it means to be feminine and how over-stressed they feel. I believe both men and women can relate to this, and am very eager to hear how many us can relate.
"I have really been struggling with this lately, feeling so overwhelmed by all that I feel I should be. I was just telling a friend, I feel like a slave to my job and my house! Having a full time job my house never seems clean enough, my marriage relationship and friendships are not deep enough, my family does not get together enough. I don't study the Bible enough. It feels like I've had to juggle so much that I haven't been the best wife, mother, duauther, sister, friend, caregiver, employee, etc, that I could have been. My husband does a lot as well, so I feel guilty asking for help around the house. It's funny, I always thought I was a perfectionist, so why isn't everything perfect?...It would be so nice to let go of everything and just "be." I'm working on being a child of God first. Learning to lay at Jesus' feet and rest in his presence. It is easier said than done however!"
Is there a solution to this seeming universal problem? In our pursuit to do enough, it appears many of us are overwhelmed and have simply had enough. This beam will be a very difficult beam to extract from out eyes, but we need to extract it so we may be free from the damaging effects of this dynamic.
I look forward to us sharing with one another about this and then sharing some additional thoughts.
Beams Away!
Mathew 19:29 And everyone who has left houses or brothers or sisters or father or mother or children or fields for my sake will receive a hundred times as much and will inherit eternal life.
ReplyDeleteOur Lord added, that every one who had forsaken possessions or comforts, for his sake and the gospel, would be recompensed at last. May God give us faith to rest our hope on this his promise; then we shall be ready for every service or sacrifice. The heavenly inheritance is not given as earthly ones are, but according to God's pleasure. Let us not trust in promising appearances or outward profession.