The following post is from the Old School House Magazine e-mail devotions and updates. I read it today, but I have been meaning to read it for over a week. Procrastination? Maybe, or it just may be what the article says... the dread of getting back to work! There's too many things to do and too many things to think about and WAY too many things to organize...
Preparing for a Fresh Start December 29, 2010
Are any of you battling after-Christmas letdown? Is everyone a little grouchy and out-of-sorts? Do you find yourself dealing with a house messy from the extra activities, decorations, or travel? Are you starting to have that elephant-sitting-on-your-chest feeling that it's almost time to get back to the books, but you are so worn out that you feel like you totally missed the Christmas break?
You're not?! Oops. Maybe it's just me and y'all can pray for me.
However, if you're overwhelmed with the idea of trying to get the house, kids, and schedules back on track, just keep reminding yourself of God's new mercies every day.
It is of the LORD'S mercies that we are not consumed , because his compassions fail not. They are new every morning:great is thy faithfulness.
The LORD is my portion, saith my soul; therefore will I hope in him. Lamentations 3:22-24
It's not all up to you. God is your portion and you can trust in Him and His faithfulness. He gives us a fresh start every morning. Give yourself (and your family) a fresh start too. Quit beating yourself up for how behind or disorganized you are, and just press forward.
. . . but this one thing I do, forgetting those things which are behind, and reaching forth unto those things which are before,
I press toward the mark for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus. Phillipians 3: 13-14
Have a blessed 2011. We're on your side and praying for you!
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