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This next chapter is Taking Care of the Caretaker "a/k/a Wander Woman."

I had been going through quite a lot that year and in August, God orchestrated my trip to the beach.

I live in central Pennsylvania and the closest beach is hours away and not to mention with two cars not working well and needing the finances to do it as well as someone to care for my family while I was gone. I just kept saying over and over I need to go to the beach. For weeks I kept saying this. I was almost desperate in my “I need to go to the beach.”

My daughter was going to be cared for by a friend, and my father-in-law would have his needs met. My husband worked third shift and could not get any time off. My friend said she would come with me and we could use her car.

The weather report that Monday was saying 100% rain on Friday when we would get to the beach. At this point I didn’t care. “I needed to go to the beach” even if all I get to do is put my feet in the sand or look out at the vast deep ocean. “I needed to go to the beach.”

My friend and I head to Easton to my husband’s aunt and uncle’s house to stay overnight so he could drive us to the beach the next morning. The weather report forecasted 100% rain for the next day.

We arrived at the beach. It’s grey and cloudy. My friend and I get our chairs set up and began walking up and down the beach singing and praying in the Holy Ghost while looking for shells. The sun came out and it was beautiful.

We sit down, she began reading a book she brought with her and I opened my notebook and boom! The Holy Spirit downloaded Taking Care of the Caretaker a/k/a Wander Woman chapter.

My friend tried to talk to me to share a chapter she was reading, and I just kept writing like I was in a frenzy. I couldn’t keep up with what God was ministering to me. You see, I know that this chapter was meant for me “I needed to go to the beach” because He needed to get my attention to receive healing in this area of my life. The beach is my happy place. His peace is my happiness.

It is my desire that it minister to you as well.

Oh, I almost forgot. After I was done writing the chapter, I read it to my friend who stands witness of this download and the events that happened. I closed my notebook, the clouds rolled in and it began to rain. We packed up and left the beach. We were on the beach for just a couple of hours, but this chapter has blessed me for a lifetime.

Taking Care of The Caretaker a/k/a “WANDER WOMAN”

Have you ever felt burnt out?

Do you take care of any of the following?

A spouse, children, an elder relative, a special need loved one, grandchildren, or perhaps an ailing family member?

How about the above mentioned coupled with the following:

Running a business, pastoring a church, working full- or part-time, or perhaps both?

On top of all of that, add in cleaning the house, doing the laundry, gardening, household repairs, pets, handling the finances for yourself and an elder you may care for. Not to mention school, homework and medical appointments to name a few. You get the picture, sound familiar?

You may even take care of the meal planning, shopping and cooking, etc.

So just a quick question: Where are you on that huge? You’re not!!!!

That list of privileges, that’s right, I said privileges. Think about this for a minute. It is a privilege to be entrusted to take care of someone and/or some things. However, when we don’t know how to either say no or here’s the “D” word Delegate then these privileges may become overwhelming and can result in a “Burnt Out” caretaker who needs taken care of.

We don’t have to do it all. Even if we think we do.

Speaking for myself here.

I sometimes just want to take care of everyone and everything. I would think that if I want it done right, then I better just do it myself. Or I get tired of waiting for someone else to do it because after all, I know how to prioritize better than anyone else. “Yeah, right!”

I do need to rest, I do need to laugh, I do need to say "no" a little more often.

Apparently, self-guilt is not part of my genetic makeup, yet I have applied it very heavily it is ugly.

I wonder why I didn’t recognize it sooner. I seem to be a self-proclaimed “WANDER WOMAN.”

You see, I tend not to get out of my own mind. I think too much and I do too much.

I need peace, His peace.

When I allow Him into my presence, there is Great Peace. Even amidst the most chaotic times. I said “allow” because He is always present. I just seem to be such a “WANDER WOMAN,” wandering around with a tattered cape flailing behind me.

I need to make time for Jesus. He makes time for me; I never question that. I just tend to be a “WANDER WOMAN.”

We were never meant to be wanderers, to wander aimlessly. We were meant to walk hand in hand with our creator in the ultimate relationship. He holds us by our right hand.

13 “For I the Lord your God keep hold of your right hand; [I am the Lord],

Who says to you, ‘Do not fear, I will help you.’

Isaiah 41:13 (AMP)

I have often said I have a servant’s heart and it brings me such joy personally to help others. However, “WANDER WOMAN” shows up time and time again. She starts new projects before completing the old ones then feeling overwhelmed because now “WANDER WOMAN” doesn’t have just one unfinished project, but several that are heaped onto the privileges of her everyday life.

Now “WANDER WOMAN” is wishing she had more help, wishing she could manage time better, wishing someone would pitch in.

I have noticed that His spirit within me tugs me back. He is my anchor and so when “WANDER WOMAN” shows up, I know that Jesus my hope and the anchor to my soul gently tugs me back to Him where I may have His peace.

19 This hope [this confident assurance] we have as an anchor of the soul [it cannot slip and it cannot break down under whatever pressure bears upon it]—a safe and steadfast hope that enters within the veil [of the heavenly temple, that most Holy Place in which the very presence of God dwells] Hebrews 6:19 (AMP)

Perhaps “WANDER WOMAN” could ask out loud. But see “WANDER WOMAN” has been doing so much for so long it’s time she takes a seat and listen to what God has to say about that flailing cape she so proudly drags behind her.

After all, He is in our every moment. Who better to consult? Ask God, what a concept.

People will ask advice from all sorts of people and places. Asking and consulting God is not a concept but a necessity. The Word of God is not a book, it is an instruction manual for getting through this life.

19 When the people [instead of trusting God] say to you, “Consult the mediums [who try to talk to the dead] and the soothsayers who chirp and whisper and mutter,” should not a people consult their God? Should they consult the dead on behalf of the living?

Isaiah 8:19 (AMP)

This asking, praying and thanking God puts me in a place of Great Peace. He sent the Holy Spirit to be my helper, and yours too.

When I ask, thank, and praise, I enter a place of Peace that the PACE of my life is not allowed to enter. Renewing my mind and transforming me to see, think and act in such a way that I may continue to enjoy the privileges of my days, I choose to get up in the morning and start my day seeking, thanking and asking my creator to teach, guide and help me to be a better, wife, mother, grandmother, friend and disciple to the individuals I have in my life, as well as a better daughter to Him.

To end our day as a family, we pray and thank God and ask Him to send His angels to guard round about us as a hedge of protection. Does this make my life perfect? Not even close.

We end our evening before going to bed with his peace surrounding us. In that brief time of prayer together we believe that we receive what God has promised. God is faithful.

For any other self-proclaimed “WANDER WOMEN” out there, take the time you need to receive the peace that only God may grant.

That tattered cape can be tossed aside because He is willing to give us the robe of righteousness for that shabby tattered cape. He loves us that much.