I have never been a fan of responsibility. I’m always afraid of making the wrong decision, of failing. Yet God has this sense of humor and sees what I don’t in myself.
Everywhere I turn, there I am - responsible for things I never expected to be responsible for. Many times I get overwhelmed and tired of carrying this load by myself. I just want to give up. Yet God must see something I don’t. Otherwise why would this all be falling to me?
But for an only child with a helicopter Mom responsibility was foreign to me until my later teens and adulthood. Boy did I get a dose at adulthood. Life is full of responsibilities: job, home, family and friends. All come with responsibilities that can’t be avoided, as much as I would like to avoid them. However, when life becomes overwhelming and I am sinking in the mire under the heavy load, I remember Peter stepping out of the boat in the midst of the storm. The hand of Jesus nearby to pull him up when he needed it. Peter needed that hand that reached out and so do I. Quite often in fact.
“Nothing's impossible I have found,
For when my chin is on the ground,
I pick myself up,
Dust myself off,
Start all over again.”*
*Pick Yourself Up by Dorothy Fields/Jerome Kern
