What a week!

What a week! Life gets awfully complicated sometimes. With a family, a house and small business, it doesn’t take me long to get that overwhelmed feeling.
I don’t know what it is but I seem to have far too many irons in the fire and I end up feeling like there is not enough tme in the day.

My brother talks about his “event horizon” - that point in the future beyond which he doesn’t know whats happening. He know she’s busy when his event horizon is less than a week. Well my event horizon has been like that for far too many weeks and this week has been particularly bad. It didn’t help that I’ve been sick.

Its at times like these that I long for heaven. The idea of being with God and not having to face the daily grind is very appealing. However not yet.
Although I get down sometimes about all that needs to be done, I don’t get overwhelmed because I have such a strong sense of God being with me. A quiet confidence that he is aware of my situation and will help me through it. Its what helps me to get through it all. I often wonder how some people cope without God?

Anyway the only way out of week like this is to put your head down and work through and that’s what I have been doing with God’s help.

cheers,
David

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What a week! Life gets awfully complicated sometimes. With a family, a house and small business, it doesn't take me long to get that overwhelmed feeling.