Fighting

My whole life I have been a fighter. Fight for my family, for a good deal, for what I want, for what I need.

Whether that has always been a good thing or not, is a different story. 

I have never been one to step away and just wait to see what happens. I will fight for it. Bottom line.

Here lately I feel like my life has become one big fight. I fight to keep up with laundry, I fight to stay up with school work, I fight the mass of people in the grocery lines, and most recently, I have very aggressively been fighting with Maddie's pharmacy for her medicine.

It's a constant fight to keep up. And it's slowly wearing me down. Mind, body and spirit.

If my so called "fight" was a body part, it would be worn, bruised, scratched and in need of some TLC.

To be very honest, I'm tired. I'm tired of constantly fighting and trying to get people to understand why I'm fighting. I'm tired of fighting to keep my fight alive. 

I know I'm not the only one who is fighting something.

Whether it's fighting the mountain of laundry or a potty-training toddler, or the overwhelming finances, or an incurable sickness. We are all fighting something. Big or small, there is always a fight.

Tonight, let's do ourselves a favor and let someone else fight for us. Someone who has a great track record. Someone who loves us so much that He want's to fight our battles.

What do you say?

Let's be still.

Exodus 14:14
The Lord will Fight for you, you need only be still.

 

EDIT:

Dear Heavenly Father,

Thank you for revealing yourself to me through a keyboard and a computer screen. I pray Lord that you would see the needs of our family and please meet them. I pray that we would see Your hand work in our family like never before. I thank you Lord for your gift of a fighting spirit and ask that you would guide me on how to better use it to serve you. Please open my eyes to show me how my fight can be used to honor you and not only myself. Thank you for unending mercy and grace over my family. In Your name I pray.

 

Amen.