Sometimes, You Need

Sometimes, you need inspiration. Or motivation.

Other times, you need a nice long chat with a friend. Sometimes, you need an hour or two in the middle of nowhere, with nothing to distract you from the quiet your soul is crying out for. Sometimes, you need to take a break, no matter how worthwhile the focus of your efforts.

Sometimes, you just need a nap.

Sometimes, you don’t know what you need. You just know something’s off. Out of sync. You feel restless. Discontented. You know the stock answer: “Our hearts are restless until they rest in you.” But somehow that doesn’t really seem like an answer, but a question. Because that quote implies that you’re neglecting your duty to look for God. But after all, if you already seek to structure your life according to what God is asking of you, for how to use the gifts you’ve been given wisely…well, then, you’re already looking for God, aren’t you? You just have gotten out of sync with Him. And having it pointed out really doesn’t help.

Sometimes you have to beat the demon out on your own. But other times, God steps in, and when you arrive home from an outing with little ones, you find emails in your inbox providing direction and just enough inspiration to jar the loose gears back into place. And you begin anew.