Everything. Yup, at the top of my To-Do List. Although it was one item, it encompassed all that my brain could compose at the moment. We have been doing a lot over the summer, and when we decided to have a crew come into our tiny home, and re-finish the beautiful hardwood flooring we found under the carpet, it was a LARGE undertaking. I have not regretted it for one minute. However, it has taken awhile to get things back into the home. Some items will not be returning, and we have re-organized all that has made its slow trek back into our home. Downsizing, cleaning out, upgrading. It's a job! However, when I sat down to write out what needed to be done on the 15th, I just wrote everything. It felt like the largest burden ever. Now, don't get me wrong. My husband does his fair share and more around this home. However, I do feel like when he has come home from working all day, I want to give him a place of peace, and a moment of rest. The world is hard, and he carries our family so well that I want to serve him well. However, sometimes I put the burden of pleasing him onto myself and it gets heavy. I'm not fully rested and relaxed when he comes home and he feels that, and well, it can get hard for him to come home and have a break. This is not Gods plan. Not at all. Not even in the slightest. Jesus said "my yoke is easy and my burden is light." Matthew 11:30 Easy. Light. Peaceful. He promises rest earlier in the same chapter. Really. Why am I NOT doing this?! I can swap mine for His. I can get help carrying mine! I can trade mine for an easier one when I am climbing a steep mountain. HE PROMISES THIS!!!!! When I wrote that word, I heard Him say, "I can make today easier. Let me help." Yes. yes. yes. I want that easier yoke. However, I started my day off wrong. I was making the list based on what I thought I needed to do. I didn't talk to Him first. He had a different plan. When I laid my head on my arms I prayed for a better plan. One that didn't involve the list that said everything, I found a much shorter list. And one that was finished before my husband came home. One that gave me a peaceful heart for when he came home from a rough day. Thats what mattered that day. I love His promises. And His lighter burdens.
