waking up and immediately opening my bible is a habit i genuinely want to build. before the notifications, before the scrolling, before the worries of the day. just me and god first.
My manager ends every meeting two minutes early. Every single one. Doesn't matter how packed the agenda. At the twenty-eight minute mark of a thirty-minute meeting, she simply says, "That's everything we needed. Thanks, everyone." I assumed it was a productivity trick. Some management book she'd read. I quietly rolled my eyes for months. Then she went on leave for three weeks. Every meeting ran over. Not by a minute or two. Twelve minutes. Eighteen. Once, almost half an hour...
Your job is important but, so are your workouts, your lunch breaks, vacation days, hobbies, the people waiting for you when you get home.
Works pays for your life. It isn't supposed to replace it.
I love reading David’s crash-outs in the Psalms. 😭 One minute he’s praising God, the next he’s pouring out his frustration about evil, injustice, and why the wicked seem to prosper. It’s comforting to know that even a man after God’s own heart brought his hardest questions to God.