At a homeschool support group leaders meeting, the speaker spoke about what you hear alot of moms say, "I just have too much on my plate." :::relating smile:: The point she made is that we are only looking at the stuff on the plate- not at the PLATE itself. What or who is the plate? She said WE are the plate. Are we really though? She demonstrated how we, at different times in our daily lives, are certain different kinds of plates. Paper plates- discarded, unimportant (or rather FEELING that way), then harder plastic plates- useful utility, sturdy, getting knocked around for everyday life responsibilities. Sometimes, we are "Christmas" plates- feeling showy and special occasion-y. Other times we are the family plates- the good ol stand-by. I caught the drift of her plate theory thing- but all it made me think of is what are plates made OF. Some plates are made of paper, plastic, glass, but the most long lasting plates are those pottery - clay plates- carefully sculpted, adorned, but through the FIRE of life and coming out beautiful. Why? Because they were created by a certain potter.

From this, I remember that I am nothing without Jesus, my very BREATH I breathe comes from the Lord who created me and when I remember this, my "plate" suddenly doesn't feel so heavy anymore.