Well, it is 10:40. The babies are asleep, and the day is over. I am finally “off-duty” for a minute.
All of the day’s “I’ll think about that laters” are bubbling to the surface of my mind like I just dropped Alka-Seltzer into a cup of sprite.
Test results
Bills
Upcoming trips
Health
All of the worries that I so easily conquered throughout the day are suddenly at the front of my thoughts.
My son scratched his eye on the canister of chips this afternoon and couldn’t open it for a few minutes…
He was fine all day after that
He says it doesn’t hurt now
But it was red before bed…
I am sure he is fine but what if he is not?! What if his eye is scratched, and he wakes up tomorrow with it crusted shut and infected and we have to make an emergency trip to the eye doctor… It would be so traumatic for him and what if they have to hold him down to treat him and what if they can’t treat him…
What if.
My mind gets ahead of my heart sometimes. It runs full force away from every truth that says, “Peace. We can handle together whatever could be wrong… Rest. I have him and I have you. Deep breath, please. I am still God.”
Sometimes we forget that God never put our “problems” on the back burner.
Just because we were running and going all day and didn’t have time to worry… Doesn’t mean He wasn’t taking care of everything for us.
He has been on the throne all day and we haven’t somehow directed Him to sit there because we need Him to take care of a few things for us now.
Can I get an amen?
He was still God when I was washing dishes and tying shoes and running errands and He was managing just fine before I finished my work for the day and gave Him my “list” of things I need Him to take care of for me.
So, to all of my late-night friends… hopefully, you are unwinding and relaxing for a few minutes before bed… But if you find yourself like me, worried about things that will never happen, or have to happen, or might not ever happen…
I pray that the peace of Almighty God would invade your heart. I pray that you would gladly place the cares of the day in the arms of the only One strong enough to carry them. I pray that you would find rest in knowing that God is on the throne and will still be there tomorrow when you wake-up.
Deep breath, friends. His goodness is enough.
John 14:27 Peace I leave with you; my peace I give you. I do not give to you as the world gives. Do not let your hearts be troubled and do not be afraid.
