TAKE 5 | From Pain to Compassion: How I Found Empathy in Suffering
It is an uncomfortable truth that we can’t grow in wisdom and maturity unless you traverse difficult circumstances. Intellectually we know this, but in reality how often to we as ‘Why'?’ rather than receiving God’s comfort in the difficulty.
TAKE 5 | Choosing Rest Over Rush: The Courage to Work with God’s Rhythm
Good rest is hard work. It takes courage to let go of the busyness and trust God in our rest. When we believe more deeply that we're not so much achieving our work as we are being entrusted with it, we can have more confidence and courage in our work and let ourselves rest in Christ.
TAKE 5 | Taming Temptation: Slowing Down for Inner Peace
The temptation of anxiety wants to rush you to respond. It wants to hurry you to react. Like any temptation in the moment it seems reasonable, but what happens when we slow down and take to rest and reflect in the Peace of Christ?
TAKE 5 | Unlocking the Power of Trust
We look at Psalm 20 today to investigate and unlock the power of trust in Jesus Christ. We are reminded of the invitation to trust in our Everlasting Father rather than rely on something else such as our own strength. What might you be relying on instead of God?
TAKE 5 | Trust Tested
Today we ask of ourselves the challenging question "How far would I go in sacrificing that which I hold dear, in a spirit of loving trust?" It's not easy when our deepest more prayerful desires and dreams have not been fulfilled. But what will you do with the emotions that come with that unfulfillment? Are you going to God for healing or pushing Him away in anger?
TAKE FIVE | Mini-Retreat - Trusting Abundance
What is your heart’s image of God? Do you imagine God distant or near, skimping or lavish, aloof or intimate? Let's reflect on the abundance of God as our friends at Unhurried Living guide us in God's spring of life as a portrayal of the continual and strong flow of God’s grace, love, and joy in our lives.