Thank you for this prayer. I am new to your Substack and would love to know if you've written about how you implement this rest and peace in a busy life like yours with many children, jobs, Substack writing, etc - what does it look like in your family? Have you given, or could you please give, some specific examples? How do you deal with feelings of overwhelm during times when there's a lot to do? How do you discern in the moment what to let go of when society is screaming that you need to do it all? 🙏
Thank you, Christine! These are such good questions. For us, it starts with seeking God first in every area (Matthew 6:33) and remembering that we are in this world, but not of it. That helps us tune out the pressure to live like everyone else or do everything culture expects.
With seven children, work, ministry, and aging parents, peace rarely means everything is finished. It means knowing what matters most in this season. When we feel overwhelmed, we ask: What truly needs to be done today? What can wait? What can someone else help with? What is God actually asking of us right now?
Sometimes that means a simple dinner, a messy house, declining an invitation, postponing a project, putting our phones away, or going to bed with things unfinished. We do not get it right every time, but we keep returning to our priorities: God first, then our marriage and family, and then the work He has given us.
This would make a wonderful topic for a future article!
Thank you for this word. It is a confirmation of what God told us this week in our prayer me and my husband. Today was the same word that God give our church thru our prophet. It speaks to my spirit. Thank you❤️
Thank you for this prayer. I am new to your Substack and would love to know if you've written about how you implement this rest and peace in a busy life like yours with many children, jobs, Substack writing, etc - what does it look like in your family? Have you given, or could you please give, some specific examples? How do you deal with feelings of overwhelm during times when there's a lot to do? How do you discern in the moment what to let go of when society is screaming that you need to do it all? 🙏
@christine LBR Sorry, just now seeing this.
Thank you, Christine! These are such good questions. For us, it starts with seeking God first in every area (Matthew 6:33) and remembering that we are in this world, but not of it. That helps us tune out the pressure to live like everyone else or do everything culture expects.
With seven children, work, ministry, and aging parents, peace rarely means everything is finished. It means knowing what matters most in this season. When we feel overwhelmed, we ask: What truly needs to be done today? What can wait? What can someone else help with? What is God actually asking of us right now?
Sometimes that means a simple dinner, a messy house, declining an invitation, postponing a project, putting our phones away, or going to bed with things unfinished. We do not get it right every time, but we keep returning to our priorities: God first, then our marriage and family, and then the work He has given us.
This would make a wonderful topic for a future article!
I resonate with what Christine is saying. How owes this play out?
Thank you for this word. It is a confirmation of what God told us this week in our prayer me and my husband. Today was the same word that God give our church thru our prophet. It speaks to my spirit. Thank you❤️
God is good. Thank you Jesus!