Good Intentions…

I had a plan this week as I tried to force myself back into a routine that God had actually pulled me out of. It’s crazy the things we try to regain because we think with it comes some kind of control.

Sunday night I sat down with my journal and wrote out a plan of what I was going to accomplish this week. Even though I was down sick with a cold… there I was trying to make my hours count again. Monday morning came and so did the scrapping of the mile-long to-do list.

What came in its place was my everyday love of journaling, curling up on the couch, easy dinners, reading a book, and rest. Once upon a time, I would have seen that as lazy. Why? Honestly, why is slowing down so wrong? Who will judge me apart from myself and the world of hustle culture where busy equals success or forward momentum?

No one is panicking because I haven’t released a post. No one in my household is starving because I didn’t prepare a three-course meal. If anything, it’s calmer… because I’m calmer. And in the calm and the peace, I speak to the Holy Spirit. He doesn’t have to nudge his way through the chaos of my busy. He just needs to sit with me and hear me talk to him as a friend. When my mind begins to swirl and I get the idea that I should be doing more, he calms me once again with the whisper of rest.

"Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest." - Matthew 11:28

So I ask you. When was the last time you unplugged and just sat in God's peace? When was the last time you threw on some sweats and refused to leave the sofa all day long? When was the last time you snuggled up under a blanket and said to Jesus, I just want to lay here and talk to you all day without moving?

I know we have good intentions and so many of us want to be productive all the time. Some of us have no choice as we have a house filled with children who call for their mama every two minutes. But I urge you this week to find those moments. Reach out to someone who could watch the little ones for a few hours. Find a moment of peace in a car ride into town. Sit at a cafe and order an extra cup of coffee while you read that book you've been longing to dive into.

And if you have any other ideas that come to mind, share them in the comments. Throw away the to-do list and rest in Him for a moment.

Love, Sarah xx.

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