In the movie True Spirit, Jessica reminds her coach that he’d told her to work with the waves, not fight against them. I won’t spoil the movie in case you haven’t seen it yet, but let’s borrow this nugget of wisdom because it applies to

• the overwhelm you feel as you think about what you still need to do before the first day of school 
• the fear pinching hard, making it difficult to breathe, see the good in God, get up in the morning
• the impostor syndrome that says you can’t and shouldn’t do that thing God put on your heart
• the hard stuff that gets in between you and your spouse, you and one of your kids, you and a friend 

Links mentioned:

1. Cultivating a Missional Life: A 30-Day Devotional to Gently Help You Open Your Heart, Home, and Life to Your Neighbors. Download a free sample from the resource library, and if you want the rest it’s $4.99 on Kindle or $6.99 for the paperback. Grab the bonus 30-day missional living challenge (free with a purchase) to get the most out of the devotional.
2. View the written version of this episode.