By Lois Hewitt

Does anybody know of any isolated caves for sale?  I have decided that I am done being an adult. The other adults don’t play nice. So I’m done. I am an alpha introvert and I feel like humanity, or lack of it, is suffocating me. 

I broke down in my car crying this afternoon and while I was ugly-faced crying I wondered if Jesus ever told the disciples “Look guys, I’m done.  A lot of these people aren’t nice.  Lots of them only want something from me.  I’m done.”  I don’t know that He said that but I do know Jesus did need to get away from the crowds on several occasions. I guess He may have temporarily gotten tired of being an adult, with far more important problems than me. 

What did He do when adulting was just too much? He went off alone to pray to the Father. He laid out all that was going on and prayed for strength. What a great example. It was great to see that this world can be so trying and it was great to see how He remedied the situation. Prayer. On your knees.  That is the answer.

I fell short today as I do every day.  I got angry and James 2 tells us we should be slow to anger. Anger leads us away from rightousness. I was quick to anger and may not have the best intentions in my heart. So I screamed that I was done and declared that I could no longer live like this.  Well, that was a bit overdramatic.  And also not true.

What I need to do is what Jesus did.  Time alone in prayer to the Father. It got Jesus through the darkest of times and it will see me through my impatience. 

We all get overwhelmed, it’s hard not to with all that’s going on but the solution in the time of Jesus is the same solution today. Prayer. On your knees. This world may be overwhelming to you my friend but it isn’t to God. Stay strong!