BURNED!!!

Ok...a couple of things to spit out of this brain of mine...I'm in a fog today.

We had a baseball tourney in Memphis this weekend and let's just say this momma got BURNED! Burned as in sunburned. You know how it goes...the first beautiful weekend at the fields and we just had to lay there and get our lily white selves some sun. And, boy did we.
I could feel the cookin' taking place and put some sunscreen on after about an hour. Yes, AFTER an hour.

Needless to say...as I drove home Saturday night, I could still feel me getting cooked. I could feel it. I was so hot sleeping that night that I felt like I was at the beach. You know that feeling. I can just hear my mom and everyone saying..."You know you should have put sunscreen on!"

I know it. I didn't want to.

Sunday afternoon rolls around and I'm right back at the ball field, but this time I'm in the shade. No sun. I was hurting. I couldn't move well. Shoulders were achy. Ankles were burned. It was ugly. Plus, my energy level had apparently been zapped. I had none. A sunburn will do that to you and I had forgotten that as well. ;)

Honestly, I knew better on Saturday, but I kept on torturing myself anyway. Isn't that what we do?

We know better, but we do it anyway.

I just came out of another kind of "burn." This past fall and early winter was a terrible burnout season for me in my job at church. I all but begged God to move me, take me, let me go. It was so painful, hard, hurtful, paralyzing. Just like that dang sunburn. I couldn't sleep at night. I was all wrapped up in this burnout that was happening in my life. And, it would not go away. Honestly...can I just say it....it sucked.

However, in the flash of a moment, God set me in the shade. And, that is where I still am. I'm sitting in His shade. I am truly sitting under His wing. He is truly carrying me and allowing the burn to heal. It is taking some time.

Right now I look at the shade as more than a way to avoid the sun. It's actually a great place to see the SON.

I hope if you are tired, worn out, burned out....you'll find yourself some rest in the shade. I don't think I want to come back out and get burned again. I'm praying for the strength and courage to only do what I can do and not spin out of control......no matter how exciting it seems out there.

So, get yourself in the shade. And.....it might not be a bad idea to keep sunscreen with you too. ;)

Love y'all....thanks for being the best friends ever!!!