Struggling Well With Life

There is a lot to do, a lot ahead of us, so much to accomplish for Christ.This summer already has found me with limited resources. We are down a couple of staff positions, volunteers and staff alike are vacationing (as they should), and there seems to be less hands on deck. I have been wrestling with times of depletion - in the tangible stuff of work, and home, but also of heart and mind. Last week I jumped off the train, and pulled away, journal-ed until my hand was numb, and surrendered once again. The circumstances did not change, but God changed my perspective ever so slightly, but the time gave me the hope and stamina to jump back on. I was reading about Gideon this morning at the springs where he witnessed God depleting his resources, so that it would be clear that it was not human effort, but God who would overcome. And I was encouraged to know that the God of Gideon, is my God, and He will do His work. So I kneel before the springs, recognizing the depletion, and confident that God will provide and deliver.