I’m overwhelmed today~ I can’t decipher through my feelings. Is it that my dear cousin is getting married in a couple days, or that as I read over birthday cards from family and think of my husband I realize how loved I am?
Or is it that I’m overwhelmed by God’s gift of life and love, family, innocent babies to adore… and I’m so joyful… yet I’m overwhelmed with the realization that it is all so temporary… it’s all preparation for eternity- which will come too fast and yet can’t come fast enough.
Am I suddenly overwhelmed this morning by Dad’s warm and spontaneous hugs in the morning, my niece’s multiple hugs and kisses, my husband’s longing for me to be with him, standing beside my cousin as she enters into a lifelong covenant, realizing the steadfastness of family with my dear granddaddy, spending cherished time with my sister and mom, the sweet appreciation of my aunt… longing to be beside my husband and getting prepared for another transition back to Africa… or is it that my heart is overflowing with praise and gratitude to Jesus for being the King of my life, for the truth that love is not just a feeling or a chemical in the brain, but that He loved us first, that the depth of His love for us is unfathomable and that He gifts us with an overwhelming fraction of His love to experience in this life with others… and that in this life there are huge sorrows and things that I don’t understand but that those things are in control and in the hands of a good God…
My cup is full and running over! My prayer is that it may carry me into this next season and spill out into others’ lives.
