A life of rest. It sounds lazy, I know. But it’s so very not. A life of rest is an obedient life. It’s a life lived in honesty, in humility of spirit, in dependence on the Lord. A life of rest, I think, looks like your life, slowed down. Your life, simplified. It’s shedding the…
Now that we’ve understood busy, learned we were created for rest and given ourselves permission to rest, today is all about creating space FOR that rest! I love this part. Rest is possible, we just have to get creative. Here are a few of my favorite ways to sneak some rest into your week: Wake…
Dear Weary Momma, I see you, waking to the cries of your child and realizing the shower isn’t happening this morning. I see you, balancing a toddler on your hip while another life is growing in your belly. I see you carrying that laundry basket up and down those stairs each day, tackling the never-ending…
It’s true. You were created for rest. Deep within your very being, there is an innate need for rest. For quiet. For stillness. Jesus knew it. He knew we would become tired and weary. His solution? Come to Him. “Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest.” Matthew…
Most days, I would consider myself a busy person. I’m a stay-at-home mom. Which means I am maid, cook, chauffeur, launderer, teacher, disciplinarian, nose-wiper, owie-kisser, and bedtime snuggler. I’m also a wife. Which means I am maid, cook, helper, proofreader, scheduler, and supporter. Then, I’m a writer. Which for me means I am blogger, facebooker, tweeter…
We live in a culture that encourages, even idolizes busyness. Wife-ing, Mommy-ing, Homemaking, Working… nothing seems to be as simple as it used to be. Facebook and Pinterest and Instagram and a hundred other pressures tell us we need to do more, be more, if we’re to be considered worth anything at all. The bar…