Status Updates From Unhurried: An Invitation to...

^Once we realize the magnitude of what Jesus has done for us, we will want to live our lives as a reflection of that same love.^

^In The Cost of Control, Sharon Hodde Miller expresses it this way: “The only time in human history when perfect freedom and peace existed in the world was not the absence of boundaries, but within them.”^

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Sweep streets like Shakespeare wrote poetry. Sweep streets so well that all the hosts of heaven and earth will have to pause and say: Here lived a great street sweeper who swept his job well.”^

^In 1967, Martin Luther King Jr. famously delivered a speech at a junior high in Pennsylvania answering the question “What is your life’s blueprint?” At one point, he says this:

“If it falls your lot to be a street sweeper, sweep streets like Michelangelo painted pictures, sweep streets like Beethoven composed music, sweep streets like Leontyne Price sings before the Metropolitan Opera.

^As the evening went on, I watched as women of all life stages filtered in, bringing different types of foods, and then sitting alongside one another to eat and enjoy. As I watched, I couldn’t help but realize what an amazing picture of the church this was.

You bring something. I bring something. We partake together.^

^The Christian life is not one of striving, it’s one of surrender.^

^We see over and over in Scripture how Jesus “would withdraw to desolate places and pray” (Luke 5:16b).

One of the first times I practiced this discipline, I realized quickly how foreign this concept is. We live in a time where even when we are by ourselves, we aren’t very often alone. Our phones tether us to others.^

^Because we are quick to forget, the time we spent yesterday is not sufficient for today.^

^We must understand they [spiritual disciplines] are not a list of legalistic rules, not the ultimate goal of Christianity, nor necessary for salvation (Eph. 2:8-9). Instead, they are the means by which we pursue godliness.^

^Laundry is a sign of life in our homes, work is a good calling, and sleep is needed, but when we do those things in direct opposition to the Spirit’s promptings, we reveal an idol of self. It’s as if we are saying to God, “You can have the leftovers, God. I know best what I need to do at this minute.”^

^When we slow down and intentionally lay aside time, we are disciplining ourselves to place our trust in God.^

^A life without margin is a life that says my schedule, my plans, and my priorities are what’s important.^

^Paul knew both the church at Ephesus and future believers would need to be reminded to use our time wisely; not hurriedly, but wisely.^

^When was the last time you finished your work? I don’t necessarily mean completed everything on your to-do list with absolutely nothing left to do, but instead, finished your work for an allotted time.

When we live hurried, over-planned lives, we fail to recognize finished work because there is always more to do.^