Take a break with Jesus
Are you extremely busy, have a mountain of work ahead of you, many appointments, don’t know where to start? Do you feel that you’ve reached the end of your rope? It’ s great that you’re taking time to read this article!
Because now it’s urgent to take a break with Jesus!
Sometimes my mind is buzzing with tasks and issues that need to be tackled. I have various lists so that I don’t forget anything. But when I think about it, even more things come up that I have to think about and that have to be added to the list. Some of them are new or I feel insecure and don’t know how to handle them. I move them from one side of my brain to the other trying to figure out how to approach the problem. Does this sound familiar? I’m overwhelmed and realize I’m close to my limit.
Now what?
Take a break with Jesus! Now? I don’t have any time!
And yet: Yes, take a break with Jesus.
And then I sit in my favorite chair, a fine cup of tea in my hands and tell Jesus that I am exhausted, but so grateful that I can come to him, that he exists, what he has done for me. That he is my savior, my healer, my comforter and so much more. I let go of my worries and my schedule and open my heart and close my eyes.
And it seems like I’m sitting in a sea of fog. Fragments of sentences and words from my lists float around me in this fog. Cloudy and depressing. But then I feel a ray of light from above that makes me stand up. I reach up and suddenly I realize that my head is above the fog. It’s sunny up there, blue sky, somehow serene and peaceful. Warmth, brightness, peace, a sense of effortlessness.
I look down at the dense cloud cover, now level with my waist. I push myself up with my hands, (as I used to do in my mother’s kitchen) and sit on the edge of the clouds.
There I sit, dangling my legs and sighing deeply. Letting go.
I’m fine here and I don’t really know why I had such worries just a moment ago. Peace fills me and I enjoy the silence. I know in this place that I am loved, that I am not alone and that I am valuable. It doesn’t matter what I do or don’t do down there, how capable I am or not, how recognized I am or not. Loved! Valuable! I soak up this awareness and it fills me. Thank you Lord!
Whenever I am anxious and worried, you comfort me and make me glad.
Psalm 94,19
Hesitantly I dive back into my “clouded” everyday life. But I have brought peace with me. And it seems to me I have also brought wisdom, patience and strength. My pile of worries is not so scary anymore. Things aren’t equally urgent. Where I am uncertain, someone comes to mind for support.
And I’m confident I can handle it! Thank you, Lord!
