Glen and hiked to this peaceful spot. I didn’t exactly come prepared for climbing around in a mountain stream. But I felt compelled to not just watch the water rushing by but to get into it. I had tennis shoes on, rolled my pants up past my knees, stepped across decomposing trees and slick mossy rocks hoping I wouldn’t completely wipe out into the water but I wanted to get out into the middle of it anyway. I made my way awkwardly across the unstable, mossy rocks, to a steady rock in the stream and just sat down on it.
Maybe We Don’t Need Another Life Hack
Scrolling the other day and I just kept on seeing “life hacks” and beautiful women telling me: “you shouldn’t do this, you should do that…” and “if you really want to have [peace, joy, relief, etc.] you should…”
Instead of feeling hopeful and inspired, I began to feel overwhelmed and even a little depressed.
You know what never leaves me feeling like that? God’s Word.
You know who never has a life hack I just “have to try today!”…? Jesus.
Ugh. I know this. I do. But, I get sucked in.
Maybe it’s like sitting at one of those slot machines and you keep pulling the arm down and watching the dials spin and getting closer to a big win but…spin, whirl, bells, lights…nope. So, I drop another coin in and try again for that perfect spin. Maybe this time.
Nope.
The pattern is so predictable: curiosity, possibility, overwhelm, paralyzed. I’m tired, and I’m tired of it.
What I’m slowly relearning is that so much of
The Beautiful Relief of Belonging to God
You don’t cry out to God because you’ve earned it. You cry out because He brought you in. Covenant, not merit, is your confidence—and your peace.
When God Says, “I Will.”
Tired of self-help advice that never satisfies? Hebrews 8 points us to something greater than trying harder: a new heart, written by God’s own hand. In When God Says, “I Will,” discover how His better promises bring real hope and lasting transformation. Click to read the full blog and rest in the truth of God’s covenant love.
