Loving well

Today I was blessed by having my principal speak and students come sing at church. I love hearing my students praise the Lord in song. May the words of their song be the meditation of their hearts all the days of their lives. I love my school, students, and faculty. The Lord has surely blessed me in this way. And yet, as I go back tomorrow for the full week, the sense of adding even just one more thing seems so overwhelming. How to balance work, school, my online class, dinner, extracurriculars, kids and bedtimes.... The list seems endless.  Pray I can love and care for these dear students well.  Pray for enough energy, strength, patience, and love not just to make it through the day, but to have reserves to care for my own dear children when I get home. Even before all of this, I struggled with the emotional and physical energy it takes to care for teens and then have enough to then care well for my children in the evenings. Pray I can love and care for my children well in these weeks and months to come, with Christ's strength.

I lift my eyes up to the mountains- where does my help come from? My help comes from he Lord, the Maker of heaven and earth. He will not let your foot slip- he who watches over you will not slumber; indeed, he who watches over Israel will neither slumber nor sleep.
Psalm 121:1-4

My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness. Therefore I will boast all the more gladly about my weaknesses, so that Christ's power may rest on me. For when I am weak,then I am strong. 2 Corinthians 12:9

I can do all things through him who gives me strength. Philippians 4:13