Lessons in White Space, Summer Adventures, and Parenting Convictions – Episode 34

Well, I have a really good friend, and she's a friend to all of us.

She's been a mentor of ours for a long time.

And I think that some of the best advice that we have ever gotten has come through some of the deep friendships that we have.

Would y'all agree? Absolutely.

I think so.

And I...

You know, I think that we struggle all the time with trying to just balance everything in life.

And I was thinking about that the other day.

And our friend and one of my sweet mentors, Terry Wood, really taught me a great lesson.

And I just wanted to share it with our listeners today.

And I actually wrote about it in our How You Live Lessons Learned by Point of Grace book that we released a few years back.

And so I just wanted to read what I feel like is some of the best advice and help that I've ever gotten from a friend.

And this little essay that I wrote is entitled White Space.

Church, husband,

children, work,

ministry, relationships, maintaining a home.

Lions and tigers and bears, oh my.

It can all feel so overwhelming at times, and people often ask us how we balance it all.

We usually laugh and give our three-word response, not very well.

It is definitely still a work in progress for all of us.

In a perfect world, we could all work when the sun rises and rest when it goes down.

Yet we find ourselves catching up on household tasks well into the evening, making lists for the next day, packing lunches or returning phone calls and emails.

Even when we should rest, we feel as if we can't.

There is no margin or room for error in our lives.

What's worse is that this level of busyness is often seen as a good thing in our culture, a badge of honor even.