Overwhelmed

November 5, 2020

DAILY READING

Mark 4:35-41

FIELD NOTES

My last year of seminary, I was taking more credit hours than I ever had. I was doing a practicum that required 20 hours a week.  I was working in the seminary maintenance department, cleaning dorms in the mornings.  At night, I was working at the campus hotel front desk.  I was also head resident advisor for all male dorms.  To say I was overwhelmed would be an understatement.  

There were assignments for class where I honestly have no idea how I got them done, let alone done with a passing grade.  Right around what we called Reading Week, which came two weeks before Finals, I was in a full-blown panic.  I didn’t know how I was going to get my work done, which had to get done because I was supposed to be graduating three weeks later.  I remember sneaking away one night into the seminary chapel, praying for strength to get my work done.

QUESTIONS FOR THE FIELD

• When has the storm gotten the best of you?  

FAMILY FIELD TALK

• Talk about some times when things got hard for your family and you needed to seek God’s help.

PRAYER GUIDE

God, you are with us in the storm, even when we don’t realize it.  Amen.