I Don't Have to Do It All

I am overwhelmed.

Again.

I keep thinking I’ll get a handle on it all.

The kids, the house, our calendar, the laundry, my work, our geriatric cat, our wild dog, my weight, all those emails, my never-ending To Do list.

Maybe THIS week I’ll get a handle on it all…

But I never do.

There is always just one more thing. One more email. One more circle to make. Here and there and back again. One more box to check.

And I am easily overwhelmed by it all.

What do I do next?? How can I do it all?? What is the point???

Well, today it brought me to tears.

Then the faintest little whisper of a thought hit my ears…I am the way.

And suddenly I remembered.

I don’t have to do it all. Not really.

I only have to seek Him.

I just need Him.

And when I seek Him in ALL of it…the kids, the house, our calendar, the laundry, my work…then I won’t be so overwhelmed.

I can just be grateful.

Because all this hustle and bustle. And all this stuff to DO.

It means I’m really living this beautiful, ordinary little life.

I’m ALIVE.

And every day instead of feeling overwhelmed, I can CHOOSE to be grateful for it all.

I can move down the list one thing at a time. Just the next right thing.

And I can lay down that feeling of overwhelm…do the next thing…and always, always seek HIM.

For He is the way.