05/03/2024
I have a confession to make.
The picture above is from one year ago. I was in Prescott at Founding Father's Collection with family, friends, and colleagues celebrating the fact that I had just gotten my book Feed My Soul written and out in the world. It was a beautiful day full of gratitude, but I was tired then and it has taken me almost a whole year to slow down.
I fell into the trap of thinking “I have to do it all on my own, and I have to do it as fast I can.” I hadn't slowed down enough to process how hard it was for me as a mom of two littles and business owner to write a book and keep up with the demands of our life. I had not asked for enough help from God or others in my life. I had not let myself just be human.
I was in a big freaking hurry and I didn't even know why.
It is a productivity trap I think all of us can fall into and it is one I have vowed to learn from.
Writing Feed My Soul taught me a myriad of lessons I am thankful for. But the biggest blessing it brought to me to date, was teaching me to rest. To trust. To let go of results and to remember God is bigger than any hurry I could ever be in.
Ironically (but not at all) there is a whole section in the book about rest. In the Bible, rest is a commandment, not a suggestion. By writing about it, and teaching about it so much more this past year, I have come into contact with my own hypocrisy at times and have been challenged to practice what I know to be true and what I struggle to achieve.
I am now more than ever trusting that God has given me just the right time, intellect, resources, and ability as I need to do exactly what He has called me to do, in the time He has called me to do it in.
Will you join me?