Day 9

I made it through another day! I felt a little lazy today but I did my 10 things joyfully. I find myself looking for things to do even when I am done just for something to do. I feel like that feeling of being overwhelmed is finally lifted. I think the worst part about being overwhelmed by too much is feeling like you are out of control and you have no clue when it will end and the more overwhelmed you feel the more overwhelmed you seem to get and you know inside that is not what God intended for you. He says he does not give us more than we can handle but somehow it feels like he pushes us beyond our limit. But that is not the case, he knows our limits and what we are capable of far better than we do and I know from past experiences that if I am to point where I feel like I will snap if one more thing happens it is because I have not completely surrendered the problems entirely to him. I have just merely said the words hoping it will go away instead of wholeheartedly laying it at the feet of Jesus and walking away without looking back. I know when I have genuinely left it there I have seen miracles and have had a peace I wouldn't exchange for anything. There are many times I have thought about Lot's wife when they left Sodom and Gomorrah and they were told not to look back and when they reached Zoar and the Lord rained down burning sulfur on Sodom and Gomorrah  Lot's wife looked back and became a pillar of salt. I have often thought why did she do that , was it really that hard to do what she was told? But in all reality how many times have I looked back. I think I may have done the same thing as Lot's wife had I been in her shoes.

Well , I have just 91 more days to go. My family at home asks me now when I am in the middle of something if it is one of my 10 things and what number I am on and they have even started putting in some requests. It is kind of fun. I look forward to my next 10 things tomorrow. Tomorrow I will be 10% of the way there :)

"All things work together for good to them that love God."  ROMANS 8:28