This year. . . Less is Better
This year I am going to. . . make SPACE to TASTE my life! To find a better way of living that allows for REST without guilt. - TO BE STILL. As much rest as I need - not just enough to get me through without tears, but enough to feel grounded and gracious. What I ache for these days is space, silence, stillness, Sabbath. Trusting and Believing. Not in me and my abilities but IN GOD and his plans and desires for my life. I want to clear away space & noise & things "to do" and things to manager and more. . .
I want LESS of everything.
Less stuff
Less rushing
Less pushing and proving
Less Hustle & more Heart
Less snapping at my kids so they'll get in the car faster so we can rush to the next thing.
Less consumption
Less sugar ;0)
Less feeling like my mind is fragmented, my stomach is bloated & my life is out of control.
Less me & More JESUS
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"The very thing that makes you, YOU that makes you great, that makes you different from everyone else is also the thing that, unchecked, will ruin you." Present over Perfect by Shauna Niequist
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For me. . . its the fact that productivity has become my idol. I've never been the smart girl or the pretty one, I don't play any instruments, have a college degree or perfectly decorated house. I pride myself in being hard working and while that's not a bad thing in and of itself - when a good thing, becomes the ruling thing. . . When productivity becomes an idol, something that I value above everything else. . . its time to BE STILL.
So that's the goal I set for 2018 -
LESS is more and to BE STILL and know that He is God is where PEACE is found. In the Bible Joshua 4:1-7 we find this account:
4 When all the nation had finished passing over the Jordan, the Lord 1 said to Joshua, 2 “Take twelve men from the people, from each tribe a man, 3 and command them, saying, ‘Take twelve stones from here out of the midst of the Jordan, from the very place where the priests' feet stood firmly, and bring them over with you and lay them down in the place where you lodge tonight.’” 4 Then Joshua called the twelve men from the people of Israel, whom he had appointed, a man from each tribe. 5 And Joshua said to them, “Pass on before the ark of the Lord your God into the midst of the Jordan, and take up each of you a stone upon his shoulder, according to the number of the tribes of the people of Israel, 6 that this may be a sign among you. When your children ask in time to come, ‘What do those stones mean to you?’ 7 then you shall tell them that the waters of the Jordan were cut off before the ark of the covenant of the Lord. When it passed over the Jordan, the waters of the Jordan were cut off. So these stones shall be to the people of Israel a memorial forever.”
Be Still
I grasp at the wisps of my control, knuckles white with effort.
Frantic, breathless, desperate, I cling to the mirage of perfection.
It begins to fade. . . and I’m slipping.
The first few gusts of chaos begin to blow my direction.
The storm rises in full force. I’m losing my grip.
I’m weary. I ache with the effort of holding on, of holding out.
You’re coming to me, walking on the very waves that would destroy me.
You call my name, but the storm is raging; I can’t hear your loving shout.
How noisy is my soul! How dark my eyes! I’m searching frantically, yet seeing nothing!
You’re drawing near now; even as my ship goes under and I finally cry out to You.
I hear You before I see and my frantic heartbeat begins to slow.
Your words – the buoy back to You: ‘Be still and know.’
APG
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Can you relate? Do you struggle to Be Still? We would love for you to share.
Oh, that we might know Him and the power of His rising as we are still, as we wait, as we rest our hearts in Him.
Looking to Jesus for Better Things,
Katie & Amy
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