We who have run for our very lives to God have every reason to grab the promised hope with both hands and never let go. It’s an unbreakable spiritual lifeline, reaching past all appearances right to the very presence of God where Jesus, running on ahead of us, has taken up his permanent post as high priest for us, in the order of Melchizedek. -Hebrews‬ ‭6:18b-20‬ (msg)

The best advice I have for myself today is: ‘stop thinking about yourself. Think about God instead’. Sounds so simple and so obvious but it never ceases to amaze me that if my mind is left to ‘drift’ it will inevitably find its way in some twisted manner back to ‘my perspective’. I’m going to be honest here; I’m tired of my perspective. It’s incredibly burdensome and dull and almost everything I have grown to detest. So I am grabbing on tight to the promised hope with both hands and hanging on for all I’ve got so that through the unbreakable, spiritual lifeline of Christ I can once again be in the presence of our most Beautiful Father… and I can stop thinking about myself as I rest in His perfect love. It was never supposed to be about me anyway. It’s Him; It’s always been Him, and I am so grateful to be part of Him.

“Are you tired? Worn out? Burned out on religion? Come to me. Get away with me and you’ll recover your life. I’ll show you how to take a real rest. Walk with me and work with me—watch how I do it. Learn the unforced rhythms of grace. I won’t lay anything heavy or ill-fitting on you. Keep company with me and you’ll learn to live freely and lightly.” -Matthew‬ ‭11:28-30‬ (msg)