Sometimes you just need a day off. I feel this about every 3 or 4 weeks. But for us moms there is no such thing as a day off. Everyday there are diapers to be changed, clothes to change, baths to give, dinners to make, lunches to pack, and dishes to wash. Tonight I am reminded that Jesus understood this feeling. There were many times that Jesus tried to get off by himself to pray and often he was followed by a crowd or by someone needing a healing. He was, I am sure, physically exhausted and emotionally drained. But the joy he felt in doing his father's work was all he needed to keep going.
Lord I pray that you would help us moms. We need an infusion of you. I pray that you would help us to find the joy in doing your work, in being a helpmate to our spouses and being a mom to our children. Give us renewed energy. Help us to find strength from you and from other moms. Help us to not waste time feeling sorry for ourselves, but help us to remember all the blessings we have. And I do pray that you would give us moments of rest and relaxation, even if it is just a cup of coffee while looking over the weekly ads. And help us to be an encouragement to others as we see them struggling. Help us remember that you know each of our sorrows and pains, and that you walk right along side of us through those times. Thank you for loving us. Surround us with your love. Amen
Ladies if you are feeling like you could really use a day off, I hope that this prayer helps you. But I also hope that you call a girlfriend and have a physical person to lean on who gets it. Try as they may our husbands just don't really get it sometimes; we need to talk to someone who has been there, done that. We need someone to cry with us, get mad with us, and not tell us to buck up soldier! Hang in there:)
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