Dear Lord; Happy Wednesday Father!<\/p>\n
Today Father, I hit the wall.<\/p>\n
Not literally mind you, but from a mental, emotional and to some extent, spiritual sense I hit a point today where the events of the past couple weeks all seemed to pile on top of one another, and I allowed that self-imposed load to overwhelm me to the point of exhaustion.\u00a0 I spent my afternoon trying desperately to focus and get a handle on the deluge of tasks strewn about me, but to no avail.<\/p>\n
My mind had left the building.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n After everyone else had left the office this evening (rather promptly in fact, as today was a payday), I was beginning to get things together to head out myself when all of a sudden I was stopped dead in my tracks by Your Voice in my head\u2026<\/p>\n \u201cSpiritual Decompression\u201d I heard You say.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n Huh?\u00a0 Ok\u2026 I hadn\u2019t heard that one before.<\/p>\n Driving home, I had some \u201cquiet time\u201d<\/em> to contemplate Your somewhat unusual directive.\u00a0 At first, it seemed like maybe I\u2019d misunderstood, but as I meditated more on the phrase Your point came through loud and clear and I realized why I was in the throes of such inner turmoil.\u00a0 Over the last week or so with all of the hectic goings-on preparing for the party, having to deal with a series of business nightmares, coping with an onslaught of worrisome news regarding friends\u2019 health along with the day-to-day duties required to keep family life moving along, our time together had been broken up and limited.\u00a0 Yes, we\u2019d certainly talked but it was always \u201cin-between\u201d<\/em> rushing to deal with the earthly duties around me.<\/p>\n You were reminding me that I needed to rest in You\u2026 To reconnect, and decompress.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n Message received, and understood.<\/p>\n “Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest.<\/strong> <\/strong> <\/strong>Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls.<\/strong> <\/strong> <\/strong>For my yoke is easy and my burden is light.” \u2013 Matthew 11:28-30 (NIV)<\/strong><\/p>\n Thank You for the reminder Father.\u00a0 \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n Amen.<\/p>\n ~Phather Phil<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Dear Lord; Happy Wednesday Father! 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