This is what I’ve done

and I’m quite proud of it,

and it all was birthed

from God’s good heart

for me.

I stopped

chasing the clock.

I stopped

cramming the hour.

I stopped

bowing over and over

to my to-do list.

I opened up

one palm

and then the other

and let things

fall as they may.

I accepted the time

given.

 

I accepted the time

I need.

 

I released

expectations

and pride

and bragging rights.

 

I love my work

more and more

when I actually show up

rested.

I love my life

more and more

when I actually let it

breath

and not try to

schedule it to death.

 

I spread it out now,

all the things, 

I used to jam together,

kneeling before the altar

of efficiency

and chasing after that

elusive nymph 

of novelty.

Now every day

I take

what’s given

and not try

to squeeze out

what’s not.

 

My whole body

thanks me.

My mind and spirit

thank me.

My heart

thanks me.

 

Hustling

till it hurts

is not the goal.

 

Walks with Jesus

under the privacy

of a black cap sky

with diamond flakes

flashing underfoot

and soul songs

on my lips…

that’s the goal.

 

“The life that pleases Me

is a ife lived

in the gratitude of grace,

always choosing to 

walk with Me

in what is right.

This is the sacrifice

I desire from you!

If you do this,

more of my salvation

will unfold for you.”

Psalm 50: 23 TPT