Here's what I've been thinking about this week:

 

1. I need more help. I'm simply not keeping up with housework and homeschooling and blog work like I'd like to. So I've been praying about this. God, should I hire more help? If so, what might that look like? 

 

FUN FACT: I wrote this at the end of 2017 sharing three things I did that year to get help for myself. Please go read that, and then take note that just a few months later, God started moving foster/adopt kids into our home. My mind is blown. I mean, I knew He'd paved the way, but re-reading this was such a great reminder of some of the ways He prepared us for this journey!!

 

Anyway, now I'm back to praying for other ways I can ask for help. Or for God to show me how to change my schedule or take some things out of my schedule or ?!?!? God will show us, and in fact, just yesterday He worked out details for bringing in a math tutor so Malachi isn't stuck with Mom trying to help him with Algebra 2. Praise the Lord!

 

This leads me to the other thing I've been thinking about:

 

2. Why is it hard to ask for help? I read a thread on FB this week in which people were saying that they just can't and don't ever ask for help because it's just too hard.

 

We've gotta get over this. Friends, WE ALL NEED HELP. This isn't because something is wrong with us. It's because we are human people with needs and weaknesses. 

 

I used to always want to be the helper instead of the one asking for help. The great news is that now I get to be both!! Often on the same day. 

 

We are not "better than" when we don't ask for help. There are no awards for doing life without help. (There is burnout and exhaustion...)

 

Let's pray for God's direction in asking for others to help us. Then we'll be able to see the Spirit at work in ways we otherwise would not be privileged to see!