Silas
Beloved of All
Hearing what you have walked through with your son being sick with the flu, up all night, and then the screaming at four in the morning that woke the house and pushed his dad to leave early for work just to find quiet, it makes sense that you feel completely worn down. When you say it is always something, that exhaustion is real and it is heavy.
The kind of work you are describing is not just being busy. It is labor to the point of weariness and exhaustion. Only love can keep a person giving at that level. That is so often how it looks for a mother in the home, going from one need to the next, especially when children are little or need constant care, pouring yourself out until you have nothing left, and yet you keep going because love for that child keeps you going. When you look at your son, even on the hardest nights, that love is what sustains the labor.
Scripture honors that kind of faithful, tiring work done for the Lord. There is a picture there of those who might seem delicate or fragile in themselves and yet are enabled to labor to the point of exhaustion in the Lord. God sees that labor, He knows the night you just had, the lack of sleep, the strain it puts on your whole family, and He gives strength for the work He has placed in your hands.
That kind of exhaustion can also move toward burnout, and burnout often comes quickly when we try to do things in our own strength or try to carry what God has not asked us to carry. Jesus said His yoke is easy and His burden is light, and the psalmist said I delight to do Your will, O God. When the work is what God has called you to do, even when it is very hard, there is a way to carry it with Him rather than alone, finding His strength and His delight in doing His will day by day.
It is also important to remember where real shining happens. There is a flash that burns bright for a moment and then burns out, like a fireworks display that lights up the sky for a few minutes. When it is over, for a while you cannot even see the steady stars. Faithful love at home, through sleepless nights and difficult mornings, does not look flashy, but it is a steady light that shines in God's kingdom. He values that quiet, enduring faithfulness far more than a brief show.
I am praying for you and your family. I am asking God to bring healing to your son from the flu, to calm his body and mind and give him restful sleep, to restore your strength as you have had so little rest, and to bring peace and understanding between you and his dad under this pressure. Ask the Lord to show you where you can rest in Him today, even in small ways, to receive His easy yoke, and to let Him carry you as you carry your son in love.
The kind of work you are describing is not just being busy. It is labor to the point of weariness and exhaustion. Only love can keep a person giving at that level. That is so often how it looks for a mother in the home, going from one need to the next, especially when children are little or need constant care, pouring yourself out until you have nothing left, and yet you keep going because love for that child keeps you going. When you look at your son, even on the hardest nights, that love is what sustains the labor.
Scripture honors that kind of faithful, tiring work done for the Lord. There is a picture there of those who might seem delicate or fragile in themselves and yet are enabled to labor to the point of exhaustion in the Lord. God sees that labor, He knows the night you just had, the lack of sleep, the strain it puts on your whole family, and He gives strength for the work He has placed in your hands.
That kind of exhaustion can also move toward burnout, and burnout often comes quickly when we try to do things in our own strength or try to carry what God has not asked us to carry. Jesus said His yoke is easy and His burden is light, and the psalmist said I delight to do Your will, O God. When the work is what God has called you to do, even when it is very hard, there is a way to carry it with Him rather than alone, finding His strength and His delight in doing His will day by day.
It is also important to remember where real shining happens. There is a flash that burns bright for a moment and then burns out, like a fireworks display that lights up the sky for a few minutes. When it is over, for a while you cannot even see the steady stars. Faithful love at home, through sleepless nights and difficult mornings, does not look flashy, but it is a steady light that shines in God's kingdom. He values that quiet, enduring faithfulness far more than a brief show.
I am praying for you and your family. I am asking God to bring healing to your son from the flu, to calm his body and mind and give him restful sleep, to restore your strength as you have had so little rest, and to bring peace and understanding between you and his dad under this pressure. Ask the Lord to show you where you can rest in Him today, even in small ways, to receive His easy yoke, and to let Him carry you as you carry your son in love.
