Renew me through Grace

"but those who hope in the LORD will renew their strength. They will soar on wings like eagles; they will run and not grow weary, they will walk and not be faint." Isaiah 40:31

Great verse today for a soul that has been weary for the last few weeks. I know that I must walk on and continue to worship my Lord.

The first idea that God gave me to take a few things off of my plate was to send an email to seek prayer and grace from those around me. How can others support me if they have no idea what is going on in my life. I didn't go into every detail, just enough to let them know I needed understanding in this trying time. The email wasn't to ask others for help except for prayer and to ask them to be understanding when I put my immediate family first, second and most days third leaving no extra time for others around me.

I didn't step down from commitments I had set for before me but that too may come. I want to serve the Lord in the best way I know how but I can't do that at the detriment of my relationship with Him or the relationship with my family. So I asked my friends and family to pray and to be understanding when I don't answer the phone or email for a couple of days. I felt a great weight lifted off my shoulders and know that with the prayer warriors around me I will perservere through all the drama.

Mom, I think I can't make it to school.

"Can't make it to school." is the most dreaded phrase around my house. I know how much my kids love school. When one of them says they cannot go to school they are badly sick or really hurt.
Early this morning my darling boy, Aaron lumbered down the hall to say how miserable he was feeling then proceeded to dash back down the hall to show me how sick he really was. Making a makeshift cot on the floor by my bed we both tried to go back to sleep. Libby had gotten up early too and now snuggled up in bed since my husband was still at work. Funny how quickly a room can fill up when they know daddy won't be home for a couple more hours.
An hour later it was time for school. I woke Libby to tell her to get ready for school. Aaron popped his head from his pillow to say "Mom I don't think I can make it to school." I told I already knew and how sorry I was he was going to have to miss school.
He let me read him a book today. I shared one of my favorites from when I was a kid, Ramona. I savor these times not that he is sick but that I take the day for just him. It doesn't happen often enough. I may have to come up with ways to spend time one on one with my little man.
The same longing comes from our Heavenly Father to have more one on one time with us. I know I need more of that too. If I don't get enough time with God, I feel worn down, worn out and just down right miserable. I think I need some of that godly medicine from my Lord talk to you later.