Load shedding

And here we woke up this morning to another round of load shedding.  Unfortunately, I had not checked my warning app, because actually we had come a long time now without the inconvenience of having no electricity.  This was not a nice surprise, believe me!

These unexpected situations can sometimes result in the most hilarious moments, like arriving at meetings with hair that could not be blow dried and taking on a life of its own; or trying out roast beef recipes on the gas stove top because the meat had been defrosted already; or arriving to pick up your children from school with an uber because you could not de-latch the automatic garage door opener….

But mostly we just learn to live with it and work around it.  The thing is, by just coping with another disruption, and another one, and another one, we are building up an inner stress level without even realizing that we are doing so.  Abnormal ways of living have become normal for us.  And it taps our inner strength in ways that we were not designed for.

Luckily for us, Is 40:29 shows us that we have a power source that is not dependent on load shedding schedules.  It reads like this:  “He gives strength to the weary and increases the power of the weak.”  This power is always available.  Always at full strength.  Never failing us. Showing up just when we need it.  We do not have to make contingency plans. We do not have to wait for someone to put the switch on. 

All we need to do is admit that we are weary, and weak.  And then call out to Him.  And He will do the rest!

 

23/06/2022

Priscilla Koegelenberg

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