I realized today that we are finishing month seven of our deployment year and felt extraordinarily tired. After having three sick children last week, and trying to catch up on life this week, I found myself turning the cell phone off and laying next to my three year old for nap. As I drifted off to sleep I cared less and less about all the things I needed to accomplish today and fell to sleep until I heard my older children coming off the school bus. “Wow – I can’t believe I slept that long”, I thought. I jumped up to greet them and even though I had slept for almost 3 hours was still was so exhausted.
Do you ever have these moments in your life where everything just hits you like a ton of bricks and the weight of life just makes you tired? Like deployment, a loss of a loved one, sickness, busy schedule? I know I have in the past, and I obviously just did. This evening as I write this I am contemplating how to end my dayand I know what I am going to do. I am going to have some hang time with my Daddy, my Best Friend, my God.
I making myself a cup of tea, getting into bed, curling up with the best book ever, my Bible, enjoying a good read, and having some time in prayer. I am confident I will find all that my mind, body and soul need right there. How about you?
“Come unto me all ye, who are weary and heavy laden and I will give you rest.”
