There is a lot going on in my life right now, and at times it feels so overwhelming. I wish I could do more than my means will allow me, and I feel like I am letting people down. I should be able to do more, but to what extent?

I like to know when someone has a need, because if I have a way to take care of it, I will. However lately, the needs have been many, and bigger than I can handle. I get frustrated, because I have a heart to help.

Being overwhelmed causes me to lose sleep. Through the night, I pray, asking the Lord to show me how to take what I have, and make it enough to help. The night turns to day, and my mind continues to search for answers. I must have missed something. I figure, if I am the one who knows about the need, I must be the one who can help. But how? Are my prayers enough or am I supposed to do something more?

Tonight, yes, I am awake again. But this time, I am asking the Lord to give me peace and rest. I know the needs are very present, but I cannot carry them all alone. Tonight, I need rest.

When I was young, I used to climb up in the rocking chair onto the lap of my mom, or someone I trusted. There I would find comfort, peace and rest. Through overwhelming times, when I cry out to God, I ask Him to hold me in His arms, to let me sit on His lap and rock me as a child. I picture Jesus in a rocking chair, and He holds me on His lap. As the rhythm of the chairs moves back and forth, His peace and comfort flood my heart and mind.

Tonight, the song “Hold Me, Jesus” comes to mind…

Well sometimes my life just don’t make sense at all
When the mountains look so big
And my faith just seems so small
So hold me Jesus ’cause I’m shaking like a leaf
You have been King of my glory
Won’t You be my Prince of Peace

For now, the pressing needs have fallen away. The mountains have crumbled, and I know I don’t have to worry. Right here in His presence, all my cares are gone. My Prince of Peace holds me, and I find rest.

Psalm 37:7a (AMP) says, “Be still and rest in the Lord; wait for Him and patiently lean yourself upon Him;”

I do not know what tomorrow holds, but oh, I know who holds tomorrow! Now He tells me, “So do not worry or be anxious about tomorrow, for tomorrow will have worries and anxieties of its own. Sufficient for each day is its own trouble.” Matt. 6:34 (AMP)

Tonight, I rest in the arms of Jesus. There is no other place I would rather be.  Hold me, Jesus!