Slow Down

  This post is from Jennifer Duke's Lee's facebook page. I found it important enough to share here: 

You know what used to annoy the daylights out of me? 

When someone would tell me I needed to slow down. I mean, it really ticked me off.

 
I wanted to tell them, "Do you have any idea what my life is like? I can't afford to slow down!"

But then I realized I couldn't afford NOT to slow down. Hurry was ruining my life, making me edgy, sick, unsatisfied, and probably not very fun to be around.

 
I didn't even know any of that, because hurry and hustle are so normalized in our culture.

But how is any of this  "normal?"

 
Working after hours shouldn't be "normal."

Checking our phones first thing in the morning shouldn't be "normal."

Missing the wonders of what God is doing all around us shouldn't be "normal."

Building mini-empires shouldn't be "normal."

A life without margin shouldn't be "normal."

Feeling dissatisfied with our progress shouldn't be "normal."

Always believing we're falling behind shouldn't be "normal."

Go Big or Go Home?? NOPE. That should NOT be normal!

Friends, it's time to normalize a different way of life.

In the midst of my wild experiment of embracing slowness, Jesus smashed my long-cherished ideas of "growth" into a million pieces.

A Growing Slow life gives you what your heart really longs for: permission to take a beat and to take a breath; grace to try again; courage to walk instead of run; and space to live in the astonishing and wild love of Christ.

Let's do this. Ready, set, SLOW.

 JDL // Save for a time when you need a reminder that you’re allowed to grow slow.