A spacious place

We have just got back from the Christian camp we've been at for 5 days. I feel so blessed and challenged in many ways by our time away. There is lots I want to say and I am far too tired to write it all this evening so I will try and get it all down another time. For now I have a couple of verses to share, which have particularly spoken to me over the weekend.

Whom have I in heaven but you? And there is nothing on earth that I desire besides you. 

My flesh and my heart may fail, but God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever. 

Psalm 73:25-26

Life can be really tiring. Being a mum of two young children leaves my flesh tired and also my heart. I feel like I spend so much energy and effort on them that here is nothing left for spending time with God, or the people God wants me to serve. 

But God is the strength I need! He is all that matters and is in all the things I do all day. 'He is my portion forever'; that truth will never change.

He brought me out into a broad place; he rescued me, because he delighted in me.

Psalm 18:19

One of the speakers over the weekend talked about how good teaching gives you a feeling of 'more space', like you can breathe more easily and feel released. He said this is because 'the truth will set you free' (John 8:32). 

I have recently been feeling quite 'closed in'. You know, where you have a lot on your mind and it feels like there is too much to deal with? Life has felt very claustrophobic and my thinking has been centred on my problems and our family, rather than on God and his plans.

But I have really related to the verse above. That God's truth needs to break in and bring freedom. He has victory over my life and that means setting me free from worry and fear and exhaustion. He has brought me into a 'broad place' where I can run and be myself and be free. 

Thank you Jesus for the freedom that only you can bring. Thank you for a great time away.