Katie's prayer: God's Property's "More than I Can Bear"

And He'll never put more on me

Than I can bear

I’ve been reading some Mother Teresa recently and I’m reminded of a quote of hers... ‘I know God will not give me anything I can't handle. I just wish that He didn't trust me so much.’ Amen, Sister! While getting ready for our staff meeting yesterday, it hit me what my schedule is going to look like starting in September. I’ve got PSR (Parish School of Religion), Youth Group meetings, and 2 different classes for Confirmation, one finishing up and one just starting. Oh, and all these things are on Sundays. I can feel the stress coming on just thinking about it. And for a while yesterday, I began thinking, ‘Can I do it? That’s a lot of stuff to do, a lot of responsibilities, a lot of things for my tiny little brain to keep straight. God, you sure you got the right person?’

But after much thinking, it hit me, right before summer started, I was doing it! Well, I only had one Confirmation class to deal with, but otherwise all the same. And going into this year, I have something I didn’t have last year: experience. I’ve been through session 1 of Confirmation, I know what it looks like. I’ve been through 1st Communion, I know what needs to be done. I’m slowly learning to manage my time better, and not saving things like the parent newsletter and the youth group schedule til the last minute. So, really, it’s not that God’s trusting me too much... it’s that I’m not trusting myself enough. I pray that I’ll be able to realize that God’s not going to give me more than I can handle. And I pray that I keep my sanity this year.