Yes, as many others feel this, I have as well. My husband died suddenly from cancer at the cusp of our early retirement. In the following year my MIL began a long, slow descent into dementia and after ten years, at the age of 102, she passed away last fall. It was an adventure fraught with many emotions and exhaustion on many fronts. I was worn out, wanting to lay down and have others care for me. I am still building myself back up from this place of depletion. We do not realize the full extent of that drain, body, soul and spirit, until we are on the other side of the events and have to build ourselves back up from that place of total exhaustion.
Yes, there have been many things in my life I've wanted to quit over the years. But, as a Christian, I chose to lay them down before God and allow Him to direct the outcome. Easy? Hardly. But, He's more trustworthy than I am.
Yes, as many others feel this, I have as well. My husband died suddenly from cancer at the cusp of our early retirement. In the following year my MIL began a long, slow descent into dementia and after ten years, at the age of 102, she passed away last fall. It was an adventure fraught with many emotions and exhaustion on many fronts. I was worn out, wanting to lay down and have others care for me. I am still building myself back up from this place of depletion. We do not realize the full extent of that drain, body, soul and spirit, until we are on the other side of the events and have to build ourselves back up from that place of total exhaustion.
Yes, there have been many things in my life I've wanted to quit over the years. But, as a Christian, I chose to lay them down before God and allow Him to direct the outcome. Easy? Hardly. But, He's more trustworthy than I am.
He is always trustworthy. Quitting is not an option if it's something Jesus has called you to.