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What are some practical ways that we can find abundance in our day-to-day lives? For me, it boils down to having tools in my toolbox that keep me centered on what is most important in life. Today, I’m sharing one very simple strategy I implement.
This simple method has helped me shift my perspective to what matters most on the days it doesn’t occur naturally.
Asking for help is not my natural inclination. Neither is accepting help when it’s offered. It’s much easier to convince myself that I’m creating an unnecessary inconvenience or burden. At the heart of the matter, my inability to ask for and accept help usually stems from a desire not to appear weak. I prefer to “have it all together.” But the hardest days only feel harder when I try to push through on my own.
Instead of believing the lie that asking for and accepting help is a weakness, I’ve begun to see it as an opportunity to connect with others and be served.
As one year fades into another, it’s a natural time for reflection. A time spent uncovering what went well, what we wish had gone differently, what we learned along the way, and what our hope is for the future. Reflection is an opportunity to evaluate the past in order to reveal the ways we’ve grown and changed.
We are given a path forward when we take the lessons learned from the past and use them as a guide. One way I do this is by selecting a word of the year.
To gain a deeper understanding of who God is and how I can be in connection with Him, I’ve always turned to an important resource: the Bible.
Since I was a kid I’ve read and studied the Bible, but it wasn’t until this year that I felt I found a simplified approach to studying God’s word.
On Sunday, I broke down in tears not once, but twice. I was six days post-op from an achilles lengthening procedure.
Time and time again, I have learned the best medicine anytime I’m feeling low is to focus on the good. This past month, Emily P. Freeman shared a list of good things in her monthly letter, which enticed me to write my own as I worked through my Sunday slump.
What would you include on your list? Find out what’s on mine.
Rhythms of rest should be a standard practice in our life, but the tendency is to fill life to the max.
Just as there is a time and place for hard work and achievement, so too is there a time and place for rest and renewal.
Not only is rest essential to our health and wellbeing, it’s a biblical practice. Join me in adding more rest and renewal to your days.