WHEN THERE'S NOTHING LEFT TO GIVE | Jeanne Mayo

There have been stages in my life, when I have been asked to go on when I have felt completely physically and emotionally drained and I have wondered how I possibly could. It was during those times that I remembered the moment when everything must have felt for Christ the emptiest and the most depleted...on the Cross. The time when He looked into the heavens and said, "Father, why have you forsaken Me?" It was at that moment that He did His most Hell defying ministry.

If you have times like these, anchor yourself by knowing that at the moments that you feel you have least to give because you are choosing out of commitment to the Lord and your kids to go on, they often in the scope of eternity, become some of your most Hell defying moments, just like Calvary was His.

Secondly, know that you have to take care of yourself a little better at during these moments. Those are the times that whatever taking care of yourself means to you...a day off...walking in a shopping center...going for a long Starbucks and reading a book...you need to do it, because nobody else will take care of you. It is in those moments when things are most crashing, you have got to give yourself permission to detach from it and take care of yourself.

Last, but not least, all of us have to realize that God has not called any of us to be the savior. We cannot take on weights of responsibility that other people often try to put on us. Whether it's our family or other people, we reach points where everybody wants us to be their god. They want us to feel this out...figure that out...fix it...do this...do that and we accept responsibility that really is beyond ourselves. People then will try to make us feel guilty if we don't jump through all the hoops they want us to. Nobody's going to back away from that except you. You have to say, "I love you, I'm praying for you, but you're going have to make your own decisions."