Making Room

Do you sometimes feel so stressed, that you feel like you don't have enough time to do everything you need to do? And that whatever effort you do, you still end up with one or two unaccomplished tasks? Last week, I was having one of those moments. I remembered a story from the Bible wherein the the Israelites weren't allowed to harvest their farms until the very sides. They were told to keep those for the foreigners or the poor people among them so they can glean from it. I can picture out my life that way last week. I was forcing myself to finish this course that I am taking before the month was over to avoid re enrollment. But the thing is I still have 3.5 subjects to go. Anyway, I had a rigorous schedule planned out in my head but before I knew it, I was feeling stressed, tired, and anxious. I felt like my life was bursting at the seams. I can't think properly, my body wants to give up, my heart pounds everytime I remember my deadline. So last Sunday, I asked the Lord about my dilemma, and He reminded me that I had to make room for Him. Because it seemed like, I had time for everything else but I forgot about my time with Him. And because He is the master planner, He will be the one to fix all my schedule, provide for whatever provisions are needed, and answer all my anxious thoughts. It was also confirmed by the preaching last Sunday in Hillsong, when the preacher's topic was about making room. He got the text from 2Kings 4, when a Shunammite woman prepared a room for the man of God (Elisha) who passes by their place often. She offered a place for him to stay and after that Elisha granted that she and her husband will have a son, and even though the kid got sick and died after some years, it was also in the same room where he got healed and whole again. After that I just decided to enroll again and just trust the Lord to provide for my tuition. I can't afford to act as if I can do everything that I can think of but have my life and body fall apart in the process. As Kenny would have it, we transferred here to get the "work life balance" that we were looking for, so there's no sense in stressing myself out. I'm just grateful that I have a God that can provide and answer for everything that I need and a husband that is really supportive and loving.