To Pick Up and Lay Down

Laying down the lie of “not enough” and picking up the truth of grace.

I’ve been feeling worn out lately with the weight that there isn’t enough of myself to go around. I was knee deep in folding laundry and when I heard my kids all giggling and playing in the other room. Naturally, guilt began its work inside me and I couldn’t shake the feeling that whatever I did I felt like it just wasn’t enough.

But it was then when I felt the Lord remind me of moments meant to pick up and lay down. I think the guilt comes in when our focus is on the thing we’re saying no to because every yes comes with a no. If we’re saying yes to playing with our kids or dating our spouse, then were ultimately saying no to tending to the house or the grocery list or the to do’s, but it also goes the other way around. Which is why I feel like more times than not, we’re stuck in this rut of feeling “not enough” day in and day out.

But it was in this moment where I felt the gentleness of the Lord reminding me that His yoke is easy and His burden is light. The invitation to leave the heaviness of decision making, endless to-do’s, worries of tomorrow, He’s saying put it down here and pick up my grace. There is one thing that you cannot earn or work for or fret over, and that is My love for you and your worth to me.

The lie that we’re believing is that if we don’t check off all of today’s boxes and spend all of the quality time with our kids and give our spouse undivided heartfelt attention, then we fail.

But the truth is that In Him we live and breathe and have our being, so anything additional to that is just the overflow of life. There is such rich truth in reminding ourselves that our kids don’t see perfect, they just see present. They don’t see a messy house, they see a home. Let’s live a little more like them and invite more grace into our days. The lightness is beautiful and welcoming.