Having a sick baby can be extremely stressful and exhausting. However, I must selfishly admit, I enjoyed holding my youngest yesterday -- all day...and getting in some good reading!
My plans were altered a bit, and I picked up a book (by my very favorite author) that I read a few years ago called Traveling Light. I have a couple of friends who are in the hospital with their 22-month-old daughter as she fights for her life, and they are on an emotional roller coaster that most of us can't even begin to imagine. I wanted some encouraging words to share with them, and I knew this would be the perfect resource.
In Traveling Light, Max Lucado basically dissects the passage of Psalm 23, and the outlying message is that too often, we (being human) hang on to burdens in life that were never meant for us to carry. As a result, our "load" becomes too heavy, and until we let it all go, we are bogged down, trudging through life with more weight on our shoulders than what is necessary. Having a natural tendency to worry and be anxious, this passage has quickly become one of my favorites:
"The key is this: Meet today's problems with today's strength. Don't start tackling tomorrow's problems until tomorrow. You do not have tomorrow's strength yet. You simply have enough for today."
Until next week,
Sarah
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