It's been a rough day (two perhaps--I've lost count!). I feel like I'm surrounded by people in need.

In need of an ear to listen.

In need of a word of comfort, encouragement.

In need of homework help, clean laundry, lunch money, breastmilk ,clean diapers, and cuddles.

My heart knows that to be able to minister to friends and family is both an honor and a blessing, but the rest of me hasn't caught up. Ironically, I'm an introvert (you'd NEVER know it if you met me IRL!) and the last day or so has tapped me out. Unbalanced doesn't begin to describe it.

Off to my "retreat"...more commonly known as the bathroom. I love the rumble of the water pouring out of the tap, the softly scented bubbles. In the quiet echo of water brushing against tile, life slows for a moment and the still, small voice that bathes my spirit in refreshment is freed from its constant competition with the clamor of everyday life.

How good He is to meet me on the road, bind my wounds, refresh me, and send me forth refilled to feed His sheep.

All is well.



I will refresh the weary and satisfy the faint.
Jeremiah 31:25

A generous man will prosper;he who refreshes others will himself be refreshed.
Proverbs 11:25