Dear mother, are you feeling overwhelmed today? You feel you have too much to do. How can you fit it all in? How can you keep up with the housework? How can you effectively homeschool all these children around you?
Well, here’s a little secret for you. You can’t do it all on your own. When you trust in your own resources, you’ll feel like giving up. But Jesus wants you to come to Him.
In Matthew 11:28-30 He says: “COME UNTO ME, all ye that labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me, for I am meek and lowly in heart, and ye shall find rest unto your souls. For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light.”
Jesus wants you to yoke with him. When the oxen are yoked together they are working. They are not yoked when the are resting. And yet Jesus fays you’ll find rest even when you are working and have lots to do when you yoke with Him. Instead of rushing around in your own strength, getting all steamed up, upsetting your children, and killing the heavenly atmosphere in your home, yoke to Jesus. He is with you. He is in you. He is your Strength and your Rest. When you trust in Him instead of yourself, you’ll be amazed how things change.
And remember, you don’t have to get everything done in the day that you think you need to. I have always written a list for every day of everything I need to do but I don’t think I have ever crossed off everything on my list for one day of my life! I used to complain that there weren’t enough hours in the day. And then I realized wasn’t going against God’s plan. He knows how many hours we need. He has given us just what we need. And if we can’t fit everything in, well, don’t worry. There’s always another day.
And—your children don’t have to finish every curriculum you set for them for the day. Learning is far more than getting through all the paces. It’s actually learning something new and remembering it. Often that is far more beneficial than a lot of information they’ll never remember.
When you yoke with Jesus, your burden becomes light instead of overwhelming.
I already remember a great man of God who always ended his letters (people wrote letters in those days) with the words, “Restfully busy.”
Have a restfully busy day today,
Nancy Campbell