If anyone needed a therapist, it was Jacob. He was a hot mess.

The devil has us convinced that Leviticus is for the scholars, Numbers is boring, Isaiah is confusing, and Ecclesiastes– down right depressive. “Meaningless. All is meaningless.” As my oldest would say. So we made peace with knowing little, crutching on Psalms and Proverbs for our devotional time.

Simplitatea e spațioasă. Iar eliminarea haosului din viața noastră este esențială.

There’s much freedom in simplicity. Decluttering our life is vital.

After herding sheep about 12,000 times in 40 years, a burning thorn-bush in the desert shocked Moses as much as a Californian is shocked by wildfires in July.

“It takes hard work to rest.” I read this line in the book Crazy Busy and thought: “work” and “rest” are like two bickering sisters. The Mary and Martha of the grammar world. They must not sit together. It creates controversy. I’ve never heard a sermon suggesting “work” is the answer to “a heart at rest”.