Swamped
Swamps cover several parts of our world. Our lives often get swamped as well.
My bucket list includes a trip to the Okefenokee Swamp. I want to do the swamp island drive to see:
- Birds and alligators
- Plants and moss-covered trees
- Water, grasses, and other forms of wildlife
Most swamp land has too much water to farm. It has too little water for many water sports. A person who tries to walk through a swamp can easily sink or get stuck.
Although I like to see swamps, I do not want my life to get swamped. It has been in the past. I hope to avoid it in the future.
When swamped, I have too much to do and too little time to do it. As a result, I sink under all that work. I get stuck and have a hard time doing anything. I feel snowed under.
We escape swamp land and swamped lives the same way: one step at a time. We choose the best direction to go. Then, carefully and slowly, we work our way out.
“May the Lord be praised! Day after day He bears our burdens; God is our salvation.” (Psalm 68:19 HCSB).
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