My weekends are usually super busy and with Ade away, busy is an understatement. I seldom plan any major thing for the day time on Mondays except this week that I needed to speak with 2 of my dear sisters; my blood sister and an acquired one. It was a good time for the first meeting. I turned off my phone for a while to hang out with Damilola and get some rest. It was short but good.
We got Demi from school, its was really cold so we headed for the stores (I had postponed shopping for his winter jacket for a while). I found a nice one for the price I wanted at Target which was the 3rd store and second mall we visited! I was tired but happy with the quality. Did some chores and got the boys ready for bed and by this time I was not only physically tired, I was becoming spiritually drained.
Two more phone meetings scheduled for the night… I was worried, ‘how would I be able to cope?’ I began to stress about my schedule for today and wasn’t sure how I would be able to handle everything….this thoughts (though it started small and subtly) began to grow until it was time to pray with the boys. Suddenly I discovered that this was what Jesus was talking about when he said Men (and women) ought always to pray and not to faint.
I prayed with the boys but they wanted me to stay with them until they slept off so I told them Mommy is very tired and needs to spend some time to pray in order to gain some strength, they didn’t mind me praying out loud as I laid with them and so I did. I prayed in the Spirit. That was what I needed. It was a battle. I needed to do a warfare against the spirit of heaviness. And my boys prayed along until they fell asleep.
I was stronger in my spirit when I woke up about 30 minutes after. I was no longer discouraged, no longer fainting though I was still tired physically. We started the first phone meeting and the first thing the coordinator said was “what do you need prayer for?” Quickly, I asked that they prayed for my tiredness. I knew I had not got enough rest the last few days but I still needed prayers. Thank God for people that can lift you up in prayers.
I finished that meeting feeling really strong (though lying in bed to conserve strength) and went into the other meeting energized. Also I started today early with the Lord who gives me strength daily. My priority is to always make sure I have my strength renewed daily and to work hard to keep my connections to God vibrant but at a time like this, I needed extra support and I thank God for that.
Below are two books on prayer. I have read some of Andrew Murray’s books before and I am excited to read this one. I just downloaded it tonight. The other one is good too. I have had it for a while but I have not read more than a page from it. Its good too but I recommend the first one. Both are free today so act fast. Hopefully they will still be free for a while. Feel free to forward this to your book loving friends too.