Recently a friend online asked the question what we thought about slow living.
It was something I’d been thinking about a lot in recent weeks but have been thinking about more since then.
Putting on a pretty apron, slowly kneading bread in your beautiful kitchen, knitting by the fire, living a slow life; it sounds appealing, restful, romantic. All things that our souls crave in this busy world.
They are things that can be good and beautiful but they can also pull us away from God’s purpose for our lives.
‘Whether therefore ye eat, or drink, or whatsoever ye do, do all to the glory of God.’
How is God really wanting us to live?
Does He want us to live slow lives or intentional lives?
Living intentionally for God may look like slowing down, putting on that pretty apron, slowly kneading bread in your beautiful kitchen or knitting by the fire. Or it may look like being stretched far being our natural capacity, days filled with pouring into others and dropping into bed exhausted at the end of the day but happy in having lived it for the Lord.
Whatever, it will mean living for His glory through the abundant grace that is freely available to us in Jesus Christ, all the while resting in His love and sufficiency.
Because while slow living sounds romantic in this busy world, what could be more romantic than doing all for Jesus, the lover of your soul. The One who wooed you out of this world and calls you to live for Him.
Is there anything more romantic than that?
It’s easy to try to find our satisfaction in the things we do rather than the One we’re doing them for.
Maybe it’s not the romance of a slow life we’re craving but the joy of living for God’s glory and truly abiding in Jesus.
With Love
1 Cor 10:31