The following was posted to my CaringBridge journal on Oct. 10, 2014
In a previous entry I mentioned the devotional booklet I've been reading. I think I called it Word of Truth but the actual name is Words of Hope. Here's a link https://woh.org/word/devotionals/
October's devotionals have been going through the Exodus story and today's lesson involved Jethro advising Moses that he couldn't manage the people alone and that he needed to ask for help and delegate his responsibilities. Reading that really helped reaffirm me today in my course to ask for help and accept help and came just at a time when I needed that reassurance.
See, this morning i walked 2.5 miles, carrying Elliott part of the way. This is good for me because the slow walk maintains my fitness level, and the sunshine, fresh air and time with friends lifts my spirits.
Shortly after I returned home, Polly came and cleaned my bathrooms. And it was hard to watch that happen because my inner voice told me I could and should be able to do that for my family. Although I was tired and needed to rest from the morning's walk, I busied myself with tidying things up elsewhere in the house while she worked, again carrying Elliott because he fussed when I put him down. I continued like that until Zachary asked to nurse and I finally let myself feel how much I needed the break to just sit and snuggle my boys, and did so.
I hadn't read the devotional yet at that point. I wonder how differently I would have felt about Polly cleaning while I seemingly did nothing (I'm still learning that taking care of my body and children is not nothing even if it doesn't have an immediate obviously productive result) if I had read Jethro's advice first thing this morning.
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