If I ride the morning winds to the furthest oceans, even there Your hand will guide me. — Pslam 139:9-10

Oh, the days that we feel like escaping. To somehow put our responsibilities, routines, and challenges on hold. Even if it was possible to do, if everything around us has stopped, and became quiet and uninterrupted, the gentle whisper of the One who loves us most would be there. God is with us, guiding us, and paying attention to every aspect of our life. There isn’t a place on earth or space to hide away from God and His presence.

Listening is an important skill that can help us find peace and joy in life. It helps us connect with the world around us and appreciate the beauty in life. Listening lets us take advantage of all opportunities in life without missing out on anything important and/or beneficial.Do you ever have a hard time listening to what God is saying? With so much going on around us, it can be difficult to block out all of the noises. Below are some random thoughts, to-do lists, and worries that are taking up space in my head and heart so that you/I have room to listen to God today.

• I need to deep clean the house but I am unable to do because we have so much crap. The girls continue to pile their unwanted crap from their rooms in front of the front door as if their crap have feet and can walk their own selves to the storage building and/or donation centers. It’s hard to clean when it’s just one person.
• My ‘to do’ list is long, but manageable.
• I used to worry that others saw me as a slob, but now I know that’s not true I don’t worry about it.
• When one gets drunk – do they mean the things they say and do? Why do they get to forget everything that they say and do; but I (or those of us who are sober) have to remember everything?
• Is it normal to hear your spouse tell you continuously (even while you’re on a period) that they need to f*** something because they are super Horny while you are balled up because the cramps are so bad? And then when I tell him that I am cramping and tears are running down my face because of the pain, I get told that I am nasty and pathetic.
• Is it normal that your spouse wakes you up on purpose to tell you that they would get dressed up and head to a bar just to get attention because you give them none; but in your eyes you give them all your attention, tell them you love them, tell them Good Morning, and try the best of your ability to show how much they mean to you just to be told you are a crappy wife and you only care about yourself?
• Is it normal to be told you are a narcissist, even though you have none of the symptoms of being one and you have been to a marriage counselor because while you’re worried about your marriage falling apart and they even told you that you are not a narcissist?
• Why would a spouse get mad when you tell him your feelings about everything? Instead of addressing my feelings, he starts a fight and blames everything on me. When he tells me his feelings, we talk about it. We address it.
• Why does someone who claims they love me sit there and stay in a sad state? Why can they just not go do something that makes them happy? Why can’t they be positive about things in life and see the positivity?
• Where is the love?
• When/How do you know when it’s time to let go?
• Why can’t someone who has had all my support while they progressed in their career, be just as supportive to me while I am starting mine after 17 years of being a stay-at-home Mom?

What are some of your random thoughts, to-do lists, and worries that are taking up space in your head?