Are huge crowds clamoring for you?

I woke up early so I could have a few quiet moments alone. With young children, alone is a luxury. Everything was perfect. Quiet. Peaceful. Just me, my journal, and my coffee.

Then, I heard it. The heart-stopping sound of little feet walking through their room, down the hall, and into my space. My perfect, lovely, adult space.

I wanted to holler, go back to bed!!! Why do you wake up so early?! Do you know how hard it was for me to wake up this early?!

Interruptions like that happened a lot when we graduated to two babies. One was 18 months and the other was a newborn. For a long time, I viewed that season as the hardest thing I have ever gone through. I was needed by two people for everything. For the basics like food, water, protection, clean clothes, and clean diapers. And for everything else that happens during the day of a child; joy, love, playtime, reading, coloring, comfort at nap time and bedtime, etc.

I was balancing the job of keeping a newborn alive, healthy, and fully loved with the job of keeping a toddler entertained so he wouldn’t accidentally hurt his sister, making sure he still had attention and did not feel forsaken after his whole world changed in an instant. It was exhausting and hard. Stinkin’ hard.

Two months after my vocal baby girl was born, I stumbled upon Matthew 14:1-14. Jesus hears about his cousin’s death (John the Baptist) and goes in a boat to a remote area. He is grieving; He needs to be alone. As the boat travels to the other side of the lake, He is greeted with 5,000+ people. 5,000+ people who are in desperate need of Him.

Is Jesus annoyed and aggravated that they had encrouched on His quiet time? Does He wish them to leave?

No, “Jesus saw the huge crowd as He stepped from the boat, and He had compassion on them and healed their sick.” Matthew 14:14

Jesus was never selfish. He always sees the afflictions of others before His own. Compassion. He has compassion. Compassion can change the world.

Your children, your spouse, whomever you are shepherding, they need you. They need the gifts of God that He put inside of you. Accept it with responsibility. Be loved and then walk in love. Don’t let selfishness get in the way of love and compassion.

Sounds impossible, but we can do it. “With God’s help we can scale a wall.” Psalm 18:29.

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