I Think It’s Time: Rest, Rejoice, And Reconnect

I think it’s time to listen, learn, and lean into authentic conversation.

I think it’s time to adopt a more natural and disciplined approach to caring for our bodies.

I think it’s time to give the mind and eyes scheduled rest from social media, news, work, and some people.

I think it’s time to allow others to be who they have shown themselves to be, without trying to convince them of who we are or who we wish for them to become.

I think it’s time to reevaluate the position we give our fears in relation to the position we give Christ in our lives.

I think it’s time to love unabashedly, wholly, and purely; risk being known and knowing another for the privilege of loving and being truly loved.

I think it’s time to laugh again… to find our childlike wonder and smile.

I think it’s time for real friendships and Godly love to make a comeback.

And yet, I know too well that as humans, we are often as balanced as we are unbalanced.

We can be both fearful and faithful, put together in some respects and a complete mess in others; disciplined and disobedient. We are, in essence, a body, mind, and spirit, fighting against ourselves, often with fatigued, but good intentions.

And in this knowing, it only makes sense that we often fight against others, even if we never verbalize our discontent.

Compromise and tolerance may temporarily settle the sea, but the ship remains adrift.

We are an unanchored society, often finding security in days and lives that have an expiration date.

We want comfort yet seek rest in shallow connections and mindless monotony.

Yet, there is a part of us that knows we desire more… we need more… we were made for more.

As time continues and we age alongside modernized clocks and faded memories, we realize a simple truth to a question we’ve often asked.

What’s one of the most important earthly things we have?

I think it’s time.