Between finishing school and starting a business, between being a waitress to demanding customers and a nanny to a sweet but sometimes demanding two year old, between being a daughter and becoming an adult, between the highs of competing on an awesome horse and lows of coming home to see my other horse who has been off due to lameness for a full year now, between being a child of God and being of human nature, between the sleepless nights and stress-produced migraines, between wanting to be an athlete and being a chocolate ice cream lover, between enjoying blessings here and desperately missing friends in WA, between the highs and the lows and the laughter and the tears…my life can become overwhelming from time to time.

Thankfully, God has me in his hand. The even more amazing thing is…when I get to that place where I’m so overwhelmed I can no longer hold the tears – he reminds me, I’m not doing this alone. That was the case this Sunday morning…driving to worship, alone in my truck because I had to hurry back home after lunch to attack the homework and the horse work that had not gotten done the day before due to working twice as long as planed…due to the broken dishwasher at the restaurant. Ahem…anyway. I was at my breaking point…officially. See, I had almost been at that breaking point since Friday afternoon and the events of the weekend just kept trying me. Sunday morning, I was there. I was done. I was exhausted. My feet were swollen twice their normal size. My hair was extra frizzy from forgetting to condition. One of my horses had a blanket on, the other did not…because I was so drained I couldn’t notice something wrong with the picture of two 1,000lb animals right in front of my face. It just wasn’t good. The second I start my truck…this song begins to play on klove. The first line pulled me in, I turned the volume up. Sobs. Comfort. Peace. Praise. Thank you Lord, for carrying me when I need it most. The song that followed also blew me away…one of my favorites that I have posted before: “Remind me who I am”.

With that, God gave me the strength to conquer my daunting Sunday. Blessed Assurance.