In a world that is moving and changing at warp speed, sometimes I feel like I can’t keep up. 

How do I navigate something that doesn’t stay the same for what feels like any longer than a nanosecond?

How am I supposed to keep a perspective of my place in this world and more importantly, my role as a believer? 

I have been praying over this since early 2020. I have often bunny trailed into places I’ve never ventured before thinking that since everything is seeming like such a hot mess, maybe God wants me to do things I’ve never done before like become more of an activist. After all, most of my kids are grown and so I “could” do more of those things. 

He has allowed me to go down some of those trails for short time and what I found is that they are more like black holes than trails. God, in His faithfulness, has continually led me back to the words “simple” and “unhurried” time and time again. 

As a culture, we are overwhelmed with information, both bad and good. I can spend hours pouring over the latest political or pandemic happenings. I can even more easily spend hours utilizing the endless resources available to study scripture, listen to great teachings and read books on slowing down and simplifying. 

But here’s the problem: I am human. I am finite. I am limited in my ability to apply and obey the total sum of all the available resources. 

So if I am chasing my tail trying to implement every good idea or principle I read or hear or come across, even those based on scripture….(read the rest of the podcast by going to durendawilson.com)

Comforts From the Cross by Elyse Fitzpatrick