Comments on: Will You Return to Hurrying?

By: Jean Anne Wise

Jean Anne Wise — Fri, 29 May 2020 20:05:12 +0000

I know, I know, oh how I have relearned this lesson over and over again. Yet hurry pulls me back in so quickly I have to intentionally slow down. This is one practice I am not very good at, yet. but will keep trying.

By: Natalie Ogbourne

Natalie Ogbourne — Fri, 29 May 2020 15:50:00 +0000

Oh, what a question this is! It’s a question for our time, for the church, and (gulp) for me. I tend to live on the slower side but, the truth is, its’s still too hurried. So much to consider. Thanks so much for your thoughts and for getting Comer’s book in front of me again. It’s on my list!

By: Elena Wiggins

Elena Wiggins — Fri, 29 May 2020 01:43:52 +0000

I really enjoyed this book. It was challenging and eye-opening. I read it a few months before COVID-19, so there is plenty I can and should still process. I have been trying to place more boundaries and limits on social media and tech use in general, increase time of solitude and slowing down, and trying to figure out how I can make Sundays more Sabbath-like rather than a catch-up day. Great post and a great reminder for me to look back at some of my notes from the book since I have not been very consistent with these concepts the past two weeks and am already seeing symptoms of hurry

By: Lauren Renee Sparks

Lauren Renee Sparks — Fri, 29 May 2020 00:08:23 +0000

I have heard great things about this book. I will have to check it out.

By: Karen A Deltatto

Karen A Deltatto — Thu, 28 May 2020 23:59:27 +0000

This is my last week of a slower pace as my husband returns to work and I return to babysitting and appointments. Although I LOVE babysitting and am so thankful to be back with my grandchildren after two whole months away, after the extreme busyness of today in what has turned out to be a pre-Covid 19 week as far as resuming a lot of activities, I was already missing the slower pace of the pandemic. Today, in particular, I haven’t stopped since I opened my eyes this morning. I am burnt out! lol.

It was a good wake up call and I need to pray and assess moving forward, how many different directions to allow myself to be pulled in so as not to go back to the hecticness of life before Covid.

Thanks for sharing.

By: Susan Nowell @ My Place to Yours

Susan Nowell @ My Place to Yours — Thu, 28 May 2020 00:35:04 +0000

In reply to Andrew Budek-Schmeisser. Great reflection—and question—Andrew! I pray we learn from these days and focus on praise rather than returning to hurry.

By: Dolly

Dolly — Wed, 27 May 2020 23:30:53 +0000

Lisa,

This is so true: Love and hurry are incompatible. I’ve been on both ends of this…sometimes loving and sometimes hurrying.

Blessings,
Dolly

P.S. I enjoyed your Ps 84 post.

By: Tammy Kennington

Tammy Kennington — Wed, 27 May 2020 21:19:14 +0000

Hi, Lisa.

I love this…”Our idol of productivity had to crash.” I hope we as a community of people have a healthier perspective on who and what is important. There are blessings in the barrenness.

Peace and grace,
Tammy

By: ~ linda

~ linda — Wed, 27 May 2020 19:20:11 +0000

Oh yes! Linger, slow, ponder, time, love, calm, and so much to gain in the slowing down of aspects of our lives. I may feel like napping but God still has work to do at the heart level. I may have been busy with stuff to do, but God’s work in me is not busy-work. His work is genuine and deep, oh that I allow Him to have me in His hands. Great reminder, Lisa. Thanks.

By: Barbara Harper

Barbara Harper — Wed, 27 May 2020 17:03:07 +0000

I tend to get irritable when I rush–and also make more mistakes, which leads to more irritability. What I am struggling with now is what to eliminate so as to give the most important things the most time.