Are you exhausted from the accumulation of wife and mom duties, work, social activities, and the stress of trying to do it all?

A recent stumble up the stairs, spilling everything out of my arms, made me realize the importance of freeing up my arms and my agenda. Days earlier, I watered yet again the flowers my son gave me for Mother’s Day, picking at the browning blooms. My thoughts drifted as I recalled an earlier conversation with my husband about a strategy farms and gardening stores employ to sell their blooms.

To boost production at the farm, they spray a chemical on the plants to quicken the root growth, sending the roots deeper and the stems shooting skyward. Once the plant arrives at the gardening store, it’s sprayed again to bloom beautifully, more so than if it blossomed naturally, so it’s appealing to the customer’s eye. After the plant is purchased and planted, it never blooms like that again because it was never meant to produce so many blooms at a time.

I thought of my recent schedule, filled with a new job, the kids’ activities, my own activities, and all the responsibilities of running a household. Exhaustion settled over me like a summer thunderstorm threatening to destroy our crops. I felt like my little plant, trying to bloom everywhere at once, but my blooms were dying quicker than a greased pig trampling a field of collard greens.

Every woman feels the pressure to perform, to be the best or do the most, or to say yes every time she’s asked to do something. We try to balance everything so carefully, but taking on that one extra thing can send everything else crashing down around us.

Continue reading at The Glorious Table and learn three areas we need to protect by not doing it all, and where to start prioritizing so we can do our best for the One who loves us the most.

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