When we shift from service to striving—from God-led to greedy grasping to make things happen—our souls pay the price. While God wants us to work hard, He doesn’t want us to be consumed by it.
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Tuesdays always get me. Already, the dirty dishes have taken over. Piles of maybe-clean laundry litter the living room floor. Wilting apple slices and popcorn kernels—bits from last night’s supper—hide beneath the kitchen table, taunting me from beneath their lair.
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Alone, we can know Him only in part, only see the world in black and white. […] The prismatic display of His glory can only be revealed when we come together, when we choose to love and to link arms during life’s passing storms.
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I let the question sink in. Probably a few seconds too long. My mind began to draw circles around that phrase: knowing all you know now.
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A reflection on the year we (almost) adopted.
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Just how can we know when we’ve crossed over from self-care into selfish care? The “line” can often seems hazy, and I have a suspicion it’s not the same for all women.
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Our humanity doesn’t surprise God. And robotic prayers only hold Him at a distance. So why not talk with Him as we are?
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When I transition my heart and mind into actively looking for Him, signs of His presence start popping up. I begin to see little glimpses of His goodness and His graces hiding in people and places that have been there all along.
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I’d heard of this Enneagram thing through a few friends, but all the talk about numbers seemed more like advanced math than a source of personal development. And if you know anything about me, I don’t do the numbers.
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What if I’m wrong? What if God’s not real? Have I believed since I was three only because I didn’t know anything else?
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I often feel divided between the me I have to be today and the me I envision for the future—and I get jealous of future me.
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God’s been showing me how to approach life less from a survival-based mentality to one of expectant abundance. He’s moving my heart from searching for scraps to resting in His plenty.
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