What Do You Want Me to Do?

“Rejoice always, pray without ceasing, in everything give thanks; for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus for you.” 1 Thess. 5:16-18

“What do you want me to do, God?” I asked the Lord one morning when I came in from walking the wheelchair dogs.

The day had begun just a few hours earlier, and I should have been refreshed, revived, excited for the day. Instead, after a night of fitful sleep, I was exhausted – and angry. I was run down from over 20 years of caring for rescued dogs, and recen...