Have you ever felt completely overwhelmed by life?  As a mom of three, sometimes even the hundreds of little things that I have to keep up with daily… piled together with the different school events, my work, the incredibly messy house, the stresses of life, etc. just completely overwhelm me!  According to the dictionary, “overwhelm” means to cover over completely, as by a great wave; to overflow and bury beneath; to engulf, to overpower.  Last night, it felt as if life came in as a huge wave, and I was submerged beneath it looking up through the water toward the light!  Sounds dramatic, when I read that back…but that’s how I felt!

This morning I ran to God.   I put on some worship music and the song by Big Daddy Weave called “Overwhelmed” came on…but in this song, it is about being overwhelmed by God…not by life.  What a thought! Overwhelmed, not by heavy stress, but by powerful love! Overwhelm me God!!!  Let it be a wave of your love that washes over me…I could happily be engulfed in that!! I don’t feel overwhelmed by life today.  Now I feel overwhelmed by a God who saves me with His love and enables me to go through my day rejoicing.

“From the end of the earth will I cry unto thee, when my heart is overwhelmed; lead me to the Rock (that’s Jesus) that is higher than I.”  Psalm 61:2.