Burn out is something that can happen to anyone at anytime not just to me. I pray that I will be aware of others in that situation and help them just as I would like to be helped. I pray even more that I would help them as Jesus would. Amen

A Sailor's Prayer

Lord help me see what's going on around me.

We all are like sailors on life's sea.

Lord make me like a lighthouse shining bright.

Help me reach out to others in their darkest night.

Lord make me like a life preserver thrown to a drowning man.

Help me bring them to Your loving helping hand.

Lord make me a cool refreshing breeze a bit of shade.

To revive those who are serving and show gratitude for all the efforts they made.

 My Dear Captain make me an obedient sailor too.

As You pilot me Help me to be faithful and true.

What Do You Do With A Sunburned Sailor?

In Hawaii I got sunburned a little because I didn't keep putting on sunscreen like my husband did. He just kept getting tan, while I on the other hand turned into a lobster. People would say "Oh your really getting burnt". I was blessed in the fact that it didn't hurt or blister. I had brought along a soothing after sun lotion that helped a lot. I slathered it on every night and the next day I felt better. (Freeman Beautiful Skin sun care) In Christian life I sometimes feel like a sun burnt sailor. This is usually due to taking on more than I can handle or from not being very good at saying NO. Another name for this condition is "burn out". It is usually identified by lack of  joy for what I am doing, no longer cheerfully giving of myself or my time. I think sometimes God allows me to get burned out because sometimes I do things that other people should be doing. Sometimes I get in this position by saying to myself  "no one is stepping forward to do this, so if  I don't do this (whatever it is) it wont get done". So if the lack of something getting done will cause a hardship I usually run to do it thinking sooner or later someone else will come along and take over. This usually doesn't happen and I end up eventually getting burned out. Sometimes I think God allows it to teach me lots of other lessons such as: patience, faithfulness, perseverance, and more. My concern today is not about this sun burnt sailor (me). My concern is for the sun burnt sailors who are all around me. How can I help them? I can pray for them and with them. I can honor them and give them recognition by telling them how much I appreciate what they are doing. I can encourage them and up lift them with love, kindness and caring words and deeds. I can pitch in whenever I am able and help them, maybe even give them a day off. I pray that the Lord will not only make me aware of other sun burnt sailors, but that He will give me what to do or say to sooth their parched souls. Amen.

Bear one another's burdens and so fulfill the law of Christ. Galatians 6:2, This is My commandment that you love one another as I have loved You. John 15:12, Just as the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give His life as a ransom for many. Matthew 20:28 

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