This week has been rough for a whole laundry list of reasons. The other night I climbed into bed feeling stressed, overwhelmed, and even a bit anxious.
I started asking myself why I was feeling this way. Sure, stuff went sideways this week, but that’s nothing new. I realized I was actually feeling stuck. I hadn’t made any real progress on my teaching sessions in two weeks. Life keeps interrupting and surprising me with pressing matters that are taking me away from my work.
I started to untangle my thoughts and feelings. I questioned if I wasn’t prioritizing my writing enough. Am I out of sync with God? Am I actually procrastinating for some reason? When I stalled out, which teaching topic was I focusing on?
And that’s when I literally laughed out loud, realization falling in waves that coincided with my peals of laughter.
The topic? Worry and anxiety.
#micdrop
God teaches by experience more often than not. It’s the premise behind “grace-faced,” this idea that we can and should pause in the middle of our circumstances and look for God’s face. He is always there (perfect character intact) faithfully guiding us Into a closer relationship with Him. It’s the process of spiritual transformation. We can stumble blindly through life or we can become more like Christ through our lived experiences.
Man, He is good…caught me focusing on my productivity instead of my relationship with Him. Can you relate? He is so faithful to bring us back home, every time.
“Return to me, and I will return to you,” says the Lord of Heaven’s Armies.
Malachi 3:7
Incredible assurance. Incomprehensible peace. Relentless love.
Undoubtedly His,
Nicki
Expressively HIS ... 