The Christmas cards are almost all made, but need signatures and address. The laundry is washed and dried, but now sits cold and crumpled in the dryer. Forty-seven Emails are waiting to be read. It seems that completing a task is impossible right now. Have you ever been there? It happens in a variety of settings – a new baby enters the house, you move into a new home and aren’t settled yet, or a crisis comes. The “normal” routine is replaced with dysfunction. The plans carefully written out on the planner are now only fleeting thoughts, never written anywhere.
This is exactly where I found myself yesterday. I felt like I was moving aimlessly from one little task to another, yet never really completing anything. While I was folding the laundry on the unmade guest bed, I whispered in the empty house, “Lord, what am I supposed to do now? Please help me.” I finished the task at hand, then moved on to cleaning the hardwood floor. Once I was down on my knees, a song came to my mind,
“No one understands like Jesus, when the days are dark and grim.
No one is so near, so dear as Jesus. Cast your every care on Him.”
As I sang the song, the Lord brought a thought to my mind to answer the question I had asked earlier.
“Lord, what am I supposed to do now?”
Just do the next right thing.
That’s what I’m to do! The next right thing. I finished the floor. What was the next right thing? Fix lunch for me and pack one for my husband who was at the hospital. And then? Load the car. Go visit Mom C. There was no need to make a list or try to figure out all the details of what I have to do in the next day. The best advice I could have gotten came whispered to my heart by the One Who understands. Do the next right thing. I moved through my whole day reminding myself of that simple thought. I got everything done that needed to be completed. My mind was clearer and the burden lighter. That’s so simplistic, but that’s what I needed!
If you’re feeling overwhelmed with just Christmas preparations, this would be a good principle for you to follow too. It’s really putting the command to, “take no thought for the morrow into practice.” You’ll be amazed at how much simpler it will make your day! Look around you and ask, “What’s the next thing that needs to be done?” then do it and keep moving forward.
Now, the next right thing is to get off this computer and head back to the hospital where I’ll spend the night. I’ll talk to you again tomorrow!
With love,
RefreshHer 
Love the post! You're exactly right and that's what I've been praying for you guys! I've been praying that the Lord would give you wisdom to know what to do when to do it and the peace to let the undone things be undone until he says it's the right time. Continuing to pray for you!
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Thank you, Michelle. You are one who knows and understands what we're dealing with. Thank you for your wise prayers on our behalf.
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