Raise Your Hand If You’re Exhausted and Need Rest

Set Aside Superwoman!

As we push ourselves beyond what we were designed to bear, we also overlook the physical and emotional signs that we’re doing too much. We rush at breakneck speed right into stress that God never intended us to bear. Remember? He gives rest to His loved ones. There are basic elements of self-care—diet, exercise, and sleep—that will help create balance in our lives. We need to do those things. But they don’t solve the problem. We have a bone-deep exhaustion because we are trying to be Superwoman.

We were not designed to do it all. We were designed to have to make choices. To prioritize. To realize that above a certain threshold, which is a whole lot lower than we like to think, every extra good thing we take on is a net negative for us and for God’s purposes for our lives. Let me repeat: We were not designed to be Superwoman!