Losing heart

 "Let us not lose heart in doing good, 

for in due time we will reap 

if we do not grow weary."

Oh, dear...it is tough out there. It is so easy to feel overwhelmed and lose heart. I am only "me" so what can I do?

I have known many godly women who over stretch themselves with things to do. All of these things are good and right things to do, but no one can do all these things and keep the things in life going well very long before exhaustion rules or needed jobs are set aside. 

I have been like this off and on in my life. "Crashing and burning" always made me feel like a failure, but I wasn't a failure, I was just over stretched in my things to do!

It is always a good idea to think things through and decide what can and should be accomplished foremost in your little circle of life and then venture beyond that circle remembering you have your "foremost things" to do first.

We can't save the world even if we want to do so. That is the LORD's job! Check out your own circle of life and flourish! Be vibrant in your walk with the LORD and the things you can accomplish will shine, even if they are the things in your own circle like laundry, dishes, and your relationships in your family. 

Loving on our own people is where we begin!

Colossians 3:17
"...Whatever you do in word or deed, do all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks through Him to God the Father..."

Galatians 6:9
"...The one who is taught the word is to share all good things with the one who teaches him. Do not be deceived, God is not mocked; for whatever a man sows, this he will also reap. For the one who sows to his own flesh will from the flesh reap corruption, but the one who sows to the Spirit will from the Spirit reap eternal life. Let us not lose heart in doing good, for in due time we will reap if we do not grow weary. So then, while we have opportunity, let us do good to all people, and especially to those who are of the household of the faith..."