Find My Footing

I’m very careful to watch where I step when I am hiking.

Not only do I actively play, “Stick, Stick, Snake” but I also want to make sure that I don’t twist my ankle and take a tumble.

My foot placement is precise and often it will take me longer going up or down hills that have a lot of roots and rocks.

I don’t mind though.

The last thing I need to do is fall when I’m alone.

I have “finding my footing” almost down to a science when it comes to hiking, but I still can’t seem to get it right in the other aspects of my life.

Driving to work last week, I prayed, “Lord, please help me find my footing.”

I wrote recently about my massive to-do list and all the things that are keeping me busy.

Necessary things. Annoying things. Obligatory things. Things I desire.

But lately, I can’t seem to find my footing with any of those things.

Some of it is pure procrastination and I will completely own up to that. Especially when it comes to iTeach. I live and breathe education all day, so it’s the last thing I want to deal with when I get home. But it has to get done, and soon.

While procrastination is definitely one of the obstacles in my path, I’m also contending with the unexpected. New things that are thrown at me to complete, which keep blocking progress on all the other things that I was already working on. Unexpected roots on a hiking trail are dangerous and so is being tasked with dozens of new things the last 3 weeks of a school year. But we push through, nonetheless.

I like the challenge of a hike with lots of roots, rocks, and other obstacles though. It makes for a better workout, and ultimately, a better story.

Lord, I am having trouble knowing where to take my next step. With so much to do, I feel overwhelmed and worried that I am going to lose control and fall. Please, help me to find my footing. With each step, and each bit of progress, no matter how small, I know I am on the right path. Steady my uneasiness and use each obstacle I face to condition me and make me stronger. For your glory Lord. Amen.

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