A prayer for when your life seems overwhelming by Betsy De Cruz, read by Lea Martin.

Only be very careful to observe the commandment and the law that Moses, the servant of the

Lord, commanded you to love the Lord your God and to walk in all his ways and to keep

his commandments and to cling to him and to serve him with all your heart and with all

your soul.

Joshua 225.

Some days I look more like a chicken running around with its head cut off than a Jesus

girl.

It's hard to keep that peaceful, serene, filled with the spirit personality when you're

trying to do five things at once.

Instead of feeling love, joy and peace, I feel overwhelmed, tense and anxious.

Perhaps you can relate.

You have so much to do that you barely hold yourself together.

If you're like me, you have more things on your list today than you could possibly accomplish.

It's hard to order your priorities when you have so many that you can't even keep

them straight.

We're busy driving kids to activities, working in our jobs, supporting aging parents and

trying to make dinner each night.

So many different responsibilities can make it hard to order our steps.

When we get overwhelmed, Scripture reminds us to return to simple priorities.

Joshua was called to the Israelites, happened after a busy season of battle.

They must have been bone weary when they'd finished the task of conquering Canaan.

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