For This Beautiful, Limited Day
Ask
In all our to-do lists and adulting, inboxes and carpool lanes, we can lose sight of what really matters. Reflect on the question that today’s blessing wonders: “Am I counting items instead of knowing what counts?” Do you find yourself more concerned with counting items or knowing what counts?
Do
Think of a practice that brings you rest like Jesus describes in Matthew 11:25-29. Yoga or pickle ball. Make-believe game with a kid in your life. Writing snail mail to a friend you haven’t seen in a while. Dancing to your favorite song. Hitting snooze for five extra minutes. Try one today as a reminder that the value of a day is more than the sum of your productivity.
Pray
God, today feels like a great undoing. There is too much to do and not enough of me to go around. For my overwhelm, give me peace. For my exhaustion, find me rest. For my resentment, love. And for my frustration at the never-enoughness, pull me in. Amen.