The stress has been piling up lately. My spirit tells me, and signs in my body are starting to tell me, but there’s so much to worry about and so much to do that I can’t stop. This morning I HAVE to get the west side of the chicken coop cleaned out for the guineas. Tomorrow is supposed to be 108 degrees, and I’m not sure the little guineas will survive in their kid-swimming-pool-turned-guinea-brooder. They’re too crowded. After working hard for an hour, I HAD to sit and rest. Sat down on a rock under the shade of some half-grown hackberry trees, staring out at the back pasture. And an almost tangible peace settled over me. “Oh! There You are, Father!” Thankfulness came immediately. “Thanks for how much rain Calvin got. Thank You that we haven’t had mosquitoes this year…..” And somehow, in the midst of it, I remembered that my Father is big and has everything under control. And, now that includes me.

Isaiah 30:15
In returning to Me and resting in Me you shall be saved; in quietness and in (trusting) confidence shall be your strength. And you would not, But you said, No! We will speed our own course on horses!

Ouch!