Good Enough
When Good Things Become Burdens
THURSDAY, MARCH 10
Good Enough, 45-50 Matthew 11:28-30
Let’s check in again with the idea of a regular practice, and the continuum that can exist between these two extremes.
Don’t make me do the same thing everyday. I thrive off regularity/routine.
Where would you place yourself now on this spectrum? Can you sense that a slight shift in either direction would be more life-giving for you?
Perfection in the abstract is unattainable and chafes against the call of Jesus to take on the kind yoke that is gentle and humble of heart, one that fits our own particular nature, means, and circumstances. Consider: What practices feel harsh and burdensome? Which ones awaken in you a greater inner vitality and freedom of spirit that gives life and meaning?
How might these life-giving practices become more part of a regular rhythm that is gently possible in this season of your life?
Dear God, You know me, and You know those things I do that dampen Your life in me. Grant me freedom to come out from under what is not mine to carry. Let me sit awhile in Your presence, and begin to sense how You are shaping for me a pattern of life that builds strength and peace. And may it be for me such an inner joy, that it might overflow to others.
Amen.
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