It’s okay to slow down. You have permission to slow down. You didn’t need it. But now you have it. As a matter of fact, the permission didn’t come from me. It’s straight from scripture. “Teach us to number our days carefully so that we may develop wisdom in our hearts.” Psalm 90:12, CSB My…
I just finished my first social media fast. Honestly, a social media fast is something I have threatened my distracted soul with for years. Yet, I’ve always retracted the ultimatum because I was coming at it with the wrong motives. Wrong motives for a social media fast: So, why have I decided to fast from…
Everything takes time. You’ve heard it said, “everything takes time.” Everyone always seems to be in a season of waiting. Waiting for a phone call from a potential employer. Waiting for news of a successful surgery. Waiting for a loved one to recover, or not. Waiting for your child to have a breakthrough. Waiting on…
Don’t wobble. I’ve been wobbling for a hot second. Don’t wobble. And however unsettled I’ve felt, I didn’t know the root cause until recently. Come to think of it, I didn’t really know (or admit) that I was wobbly. Nor do I feel bad about it. I have been in a season of two-degree adjustments…
Girl, you have limits. I’m not sure about you, but I have limits. Wait, scratch that. I do know about you. We were designed, created and set apart on this earth by the same awesome God. Not only do we have limits, but Jesus had limits. Gasp. Let me explain. “Who, being in very nature…
What does ‘submit to God’s music’ mean? I was listening to a podcast the other day that talked about how to submit to God’s music. It talked about dancing to the beat of the music and how likely we are to be influenced by that music’s rhythm. The podcaster took it a step further and…
How to throttle fast habits? I’m here today, continuing to remind myself what it means to slow down, to be slow and steady. To throttle fast habits. My kid’s bible study Sunday morning at church was talking about The Tortoise and The Hare (aka how slow and steady wins the race). Do you need to…
Finding joy in living slow. Despite the setbacks, I’m accepting the challenge of truly finding joy in living slow. As my husband and kids do life on the other side of my quarantine, I am in solitude and trying to figure out how to rest. God does cool things. Sometimes in hard ways. Wowzers. Thanks…
Subtract to Produce More Do you believe this works: subtract to produce more? It’s been an experiment for me. Life has been crazy lately. I was doing a running/lifting program that had me training for a 5k and I feel like that totally flopped. You know when you start something, and you have full ambition…
Rest is good but living slow is not easy. It’s undisputed that rest is good but our culture has found itself leaving no room for this vital behavior. The world says: The faster we get to our destination, the better—even at the cost of our mental and physical health. Thankfully I had a mom who…