In a moment of pure transparency, I am both emotionally and mentally drained.

I worked all week and then gave whatever little energy I had left to serving as the Saturday SAT Coordinator in my county. By the time last night’s writing session came due, I had nothing to give, as evident by today’s BRIEF blog.

To be even more honest, it’s not that there is too much on my plate, but that I allowed activities onto my plate that did not add to the quality of my life. It’s like I was choosing the quantity of activities, over the quality of my heart. It was like dining on a plate full of junk food, thinking that it would offer the nutritional value that my body needed.

Beloved, do not do that. Please do not get so caught up in the amount of YESes that you can utter, without fully considering the quality of your heart after you say yes.

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As I roll into the last week of my 36th year and gracefully step into year 37, I am trusting God and clinging to the truth that He desires GOOD for my life. It is because of that knowledge that I refuse to believe that my Abba wanted to see me stressed and having constant panic attacks as I worked for hours to fix something that was clearly beyond my control. I refuse to believe that God wants to see any of us suffer; no, Jeremiah 29:11 and Romans 8:28 speak life to my heart and I know that God has BETTER planned for me.

Today’s #MondayMessage will be brief for two reasons, 1. I don’t believe in typing more words than need to be spoken/read and 2. we need this extra time to have a real come-to-Jesus-moment. Sweet Friend, I believe that you and I both need some time with God to learn what He truly desires for our lives and time to ask Him to help us get that. We need time to sit at His altar and allow Him to alter our hearts and our minds. We need some time to truly understand that life is not as it seems, but our God is still in control. We just need some God time.

Today I not only say farewell to August, but also to the belief that if I say NO to something, someone is going to be disappointed in me. Next Monday is a new month and I’ll be a new age- ready to accept all of the new that God has planned for me. I want you to celebrate with me. I want both of us to be at that victory line, cheering for each other and others as we finish the rest from the race.

I love a good nap and I love when my mind truly powers all the way down.
I pray that for you yet I know that the only way you can achieve that is by being stingy with your YES and more liberal with your NO.

Be blessed.