Is There a Smile on Your Face While There are Tears in Your Heart?

 

How many of you are like me?  How many are about to scream as loud as you can because you just can't get "it all done"?  There isn't enough time in the day to be the "perfect" wife, mother, teacher, daughter, sister, and friend. There isn't enough time in the day to get all the school lessons done, to get the house clean (or some days I would settle for tidied up), to get the wonderful supper made for your family, and oh,  I forgot, where is the time for "me" to just sit back and breathe? 

 

I love the saying above because no matter how much the above is affecting me in a given day, I am still able to put that smile on my face when asked how I am doing and pretend "all" is going good.  No one ever knows the pain and tears that may be on the inside because I have figured out how to wear the perfect mask.  Are you like me or am I the only one who has done this and figured it out?

 

 

I know  there is a hope to get through it, though.  God always shows me the light out of my dark tunnel.  I know he will show you as well.  God has blessed me with a wonderfully wise friend, whom I love dearly, but I always think of her words when I am in a dark cave.  What is God trying to teach me or show me as I weather this storm out?  I know that although I may feel like I am alone, I am never alone. God is holding my hand every time. He is guiding my path to the entrance of the tunnel to show me the way out.

 

 

I am just curious though, how many of you are holding God's hand right now, but you aren't letting him guide you out of your tunnel?  How many of you are like me and we think we know our own lives better than He does?   We are at a fork in the tunnel road and we are telling God that He is wrong, that we need to take this road instead of the one He wants us to because we know better. Dear Friend, you need to let go.  We need to let go.  Let your Father guide you as He knows the way out better than you do.  Remember one important fact here.  He created you.  He knows you better than you know you.

 

I praise you, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made. Wonderful are your works; my soul knows it very well. ~Ps 139:14 ESV

 

 

Friend, if this is a season of struggle for you, hold this truth dear to your heart.  God is holding your hand, walking beside you.  He is drying the tears that are running down your check. He is talking softly to you as he has his arms wrapped around you.  Stop telling Him what you want and sit back and listen to what He is telling you.  Just sit back and breathe in and out and let let your Father be there for you.

 

It is my prayer that God will lighten your load for the day and that you will experience a sense of peace that you know can only come from your Heavenly Father.