Don’t forfeit what is invaluable. Don’t exchange the peace, joy and love Jesus gives for hurry and worry.
Hi, friends! It’s been a while since we’ve shared anything with you.
As we shared earlier in the summer, it has been a full season for Charity and I. There have been a lot of changes and transitions in our lives. I’m sure you have had your own this summer as well.
And, as I’m sure you know, changes and transitions take time to adjust to. Finding a new rhythm of life doesn’t happen overnight. We haven’t posted for a while simply because we have been adjusting to life.
And, as life changes and seasons come and go, Charity and I are learning more and more that we can’t always do everything we once did.
For me, in this next season, one of those things is the blog.
My first semester of seminary officially starts in a week and a half (as recommended by many others though, I’m already starting into my readings and assignments some). While I completed my undergraduate studies only a year ago, I know that graduate studies demand an extra degree of rigor and commitment. It will take me some time to adjust to this new level of academic study.
With that said, the blog is one area where I’m going to cut back. If seminary was all I had going on, I’d try to keep up with the blog. But, it’s not. I have other projects I’m working on that are long overdue. I was hoping to have them finished before seminary, but they have gotten put off with the summer we’ve had. And so, for the time being, they have priority over the blog.
Now, this doesn’t mean we’re going away.
It’s just that I won’t be posting weekly as I once was (and, the reason I’m sharing this is probably more for my own benefit than yours).
Charity is looking forward to getting back to writing as she settles into our new home and her work.
Our collective of friends is still excited to share their writings and the things God is teaching them.
And although I won’t be as consistent with the blog, I hope to share some of my work, experiences, conversations and readings from seminary with you.
I’m limited though and need to have margin, and that requires me to say that I can’t do this as I once did.
To be human is to be limited.
It’s not a bad thing—unless we fail to accept that reality in which case we end up burning out.
And, it’s not an excuse or reason to be lazy.
It’s simply admitting that there’s only so much I can do in a day, and that’s okay. I’m not going to under do it or over do it. I’m just going to do what I am capable of doing.
It’s an unwillingness to sell my soul, to forfeit my peace and joy and love to hurry and worry.
“What good is it for someone to gain the whole world, yet forfeit their soul? Or what can anyone give in exchange for their soul” (Mark 8v36-37 NIV)?
What are you giving your soul to? Have you sacrificed your peace and joy and love for lesser things?
Don’t forfeit what is invaluable.
“Do not give dogs what is sacred; do not throw your pearls to pigs. If you do, they may trample them under their feet, and turn and tear you to pieces” (Matthew 7v6 NIV).
May this encourage you to receive your limitations as a gift, to build margin into your life and to treasure Him Who is precious above all else.
Much love, friends.
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Hi, I’m Keagan! Some of my friends call me “Keags” though! My wife, Charity, is the C to my K. I am loved by Jesus and am in love with Jesus! I am passionate about others fully knowing and loving Jesus and living life in His unforced rhythms of grace. Read more of my writing here.
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