A Million Things. One God.

Caroline Godin finds her days can be stressful, but she gets by with trusting God.

One of Those Days 

Ever have one of those days, mama? You know, the ones ending in Y … because it feels like every day lately.  

I wrote a journal entry recently and felt I should share it.  

If I could focus all of my energy into one single thing with no distractions, and nothing else pulling my attention in different directions, I am convinced I could slay that thing. 

I could conquer my world with it and be amazing in whatever that thing is.  

But no, I do not have one thing that calls my attention. I have a million things and I am called to be at the very least decent, good, or even sometimes great in a million things.  

But if I could focus on one thing, I could be amazing and blow everyone’s mind with that one thing.  

Instead, all my attention, all my energy, all my time and talents, is fractured into a million things. 

So I am left sitting here looking mediocre at best, and at times a failure, because I cannot accomplish a single thing even remotely well when my attention is torn up in a million things.  

A Million Things, One God 

First, I highly recommend journaling — even if it’s only occasional. It’s therapeutic, cathartic, and a great way to get all those knotted up feelings out. I’m recommending this to anyone who has more than one thing on her plate … to me … yes, I’m recommending to myself. I need to do this more often.  

Second, you are not a failure. Absolutely not. You are a mama, and that means amazing. So you have your energy fractured into a million things sometimes. You know what? That’s okay.  

It’s okay because you have one God, one Loving Father, who has you in the palm of His Hand. We’re call upon to do so much, sometimes too much, but there’s nothing He can’t handle. Maybe we need to give more of our troubles to Him. Maybe we need to give more of ourselves to Him. Let God do the heavy lifting — the worrying — while we slay one task at a time.  

Notice I didn’t say a million little things. I pray your million consists of things like what shirt to wear and running out of pickles or something mundane, but let’s be honest. Each one of those million things for you may not be so little. They might all be important. That’s what makes it hard. People you love need your attention and time. How can you say no? 

One Task at a Time 

There are loads of mental health tips but here I’ll rest on this: one task at a time. Find your most important item in the moment. Sick kid? Someone need a ride? Impending danger?  

I go through a quick mental checklist. Is everyone safe? Is anyone hungry? This includes me because I’m particularly talented at not feeding myself. I get hangry. Does someone need to get somewhere? Find what’s due soonest.  

Once you have that, focus on it. Be amazing at that one thing until it’s done. I know, things happen at the same time. Try to form a plan to go from one to the next. I know you can; you’re a mama and mamas are amazing. If it’s not getting eminently worse, it can wait for a bit more.  

Breathe, Pray, and Trust 

It never works well when I try to look at everything in my life all at once. I compartmentalize otherwise I overload. When I’m overloaded and overwhelmed, I pause, breathe, and pray. I pray for grace, mercy, and patience. I need patience with myself, not just my family. I spend a lot of my day praying while I do other things. It centers me and refocuses my heart on God.  

I have to trust Him. He’s set me on this path. It’s a funny comfort to know that when He made me and formed my purpose in life, He took into consideration all my shortcomings. So basically, God’s got this — and God’s got you.  

Breathe, pray, and trust in the Lord, mama. 

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