14 Constantly Stressed and Exhausted? 3 peaceful rhythms Caregivers need.

Isaiah 61 chapter takes a look at people who were in ruins, people who didn't know what to do and their lives did not look anything like what was planned.

And here, this is what it reads.

The spirit of the Lord is upon me because the Lord had anointed me to preach good tidings unto the meek.

He has sent me to bind up the brokenhearted and to proclaim freedom.

That was liberty to the people because they were in bondage.

And this talks about how God binds up the brokenhearted.

He sets the captives free.

And so sisters, This is not just a distant word.

That's from the mom who is holding it all together.

So this picture just explains how God takes the ashes off our heads, the ashes of grief that we feel in caregiving, fear, exhaustion.

And he honors us with this head covering by crowning us with beauty.

even though we're going through all this time in our lives.

So that is an exchange.

I am exchanging the crown of beauty for my exhaustion, for the fear and the uncertainty and the chaos in my life.

I go back to stand on his word and know this is what I am receiving from him.

The oil of joy, instead of mourning, instead of grieving, instead of thinking about what did not happen in the situations that we find ourselves in i need to take that oil of joy he has given me in the garment of praise instead of a spirit of heaviness and everything weighing me down because there's too much to carry i want to choose to put on the garment of praise that his word has told us to remove that heaviness and i know if you're a caregiver You know what we care.

You know exactly what this means.

The garment of praise that he gives us, he removes that spirit of heaviness.

Let's be honest.

The exhaustion of caregiving isn't just one that taking a nap will fix, okay? It's soul tiredness.

It's the constant medications, appointments.

The symptoms, what we have to deal with, insurance calls, school meetings to make sure our kids are taken care of and accommodated.

All of that is a lot and that weighs down on us and it becomes very heavy.

And that's what the Bible calls heaviness.

Notice here, God doesn't just say, just stop feeling heavy.