Daily writing prompt

What’s a topic or issue about which you’ve changed your mind?

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Love and boundaries are not mutually exclusive. In fact, real, heartfelt love will often involve setting some sort of boundaries (i.e. Kevin, don’t go near that fence; Adam, don’t eat the fruit from that tree or you’ll die). The overindulgent, saccharine kind of love that believes everything should be wrapped in a thick layer of syrupy sweetness and nothing should ever be remotely firm is one of the reasons so many are maladjusted.

When you see someone doing a lot (or too much), don’t just praise them – encourage them to consider how they might help others without overwhelming themselves in the process. There’s no need for that with a population of 7.8 billion! Let people carry their own load (Galatians 6:5). However, alleviate each other’s burdens (Galatians 6:2). Sometimes it takes discernment to differentiate between the two.

Daily writing prompt

What skill would you like to learn?

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How to walk continuously (not continually) with God without breaking stride.

Daily writing prompt

What’s your #1 priority tomorrow?

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Same as every day – communing with my God in the garden He made for me, and trying to keep it from the defilement of the world.

Daily writing prompt

In what ways does hard work make you feel fulfilled?

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Let’s define work not just as a job, career or occupation, but the sum total of everything we do that gives life meaning – ergo taking care of children, siblings and family members is just as much ‘work’ as going to the office. Hard work is certainly praised by the Bible (Proverbs 22:29) and I take delight in exerting the faculties God has bestowed on me – muscle to effect change in the physical, the mind to think and reason, the heart to be touched by His Word – in many varied ways to glorify Him. Work is all around us, in subtle and obvious detail: the heating of the earth by the sun, the uptake of micronutrients by plant rootlets, army ants carrying crumbs into their hiding place. Some of these happen in the quiet of nature, hidden from our eyes; others are more readily observed. I have come to realise that for hard work to be fulfilling, it must also be balanced with rest – real rest. Rest is encoded in our genetic make-up and other patterns seen in nature; it is not an inconvenient interruption but a necessity. After all, God Himself rested after creation (Genesis 2:3).