I'm Rebranding Overwhelming

Overwhelming is a word I've been using a lot lately. It's how I've been feeling, but I don't want my feelings to lead me. I want to shift my thoughts. I know from studying how the brain works that it only takes a very short amount of time to build new neural pathways that lead to positive places and overwhelming isn't what I want my focus to be. I'm flipping the script to overflowing.

You see all the things that are making me feel a little crazy hectic are actually blessings. I might be exhausted, but it's from good things in this season. It may be draining, but here's the deal: I actually know where to refill. The key is pausing to realize I need that dependence and not trying to power through on my own.

Now I know several of you are like, "Girl, you need to learn how to say No!". The thing is, I realize there is a balance, but I'm in a delicate game with time. My daughter is a senior, and we've got all the things. We are just finishing up a soccer season of two kids playing Varsity soccer and one playing club at the same time, it's Maycember, and about 30 other graduation events. My calendar is trying to squeeze me like a sponge.

Though there are some things to say no to, there are some that you just can't miss. They are an overflow of love, like taking spontaneous pictures of my girl with her Senior besties because you can and you realize that they are the blessing. They are the overflow.

The key to overflow is remembering where you go for the supply. What's your source?

"From the end of the earth I will cry to You,

 When my heart is overwhelmed;

Lead me to the rock that is higher than I." Psalm 61:2

These days time feels like my enemy, but it isn't. My enemy is forgetfulness. My enemy is unbelief. So I am not going to fight time feeling overwhelmed to manage it before it runs out. That'a a distraction. I'm going to sink into belief that fills me back up with hope for days ahead and eternity that will not disapoint. I'm going to stop and refill on the promises of God and His strength and stability. Then I'm sinking into my minutes and overflowing in the gratitude for them.  Being overwhelmed with gratitude for a full season turns into overflowing.

That's how I'm rebranding overwhelmed to overflowing, recognition and gratitude.