Comments on: Part 2 of ‘Time to Quit’

By: Jennifer

Jennifer — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 21:00:10 +0000

I really appreciate your post. Our family has gone through a similar realization the past year or so. It really is nice to cut out all the extra “noise” of life to enjoy being together. Currently God actually challenged my husband to resign his job for a season. It is amazing how little you can live on when you cut out all the unnecessary spending and it has been amazing having him home more.

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By: Lisa @ Stop and Smell the Chocolates

Lisa @ Stop and Smell the Chocolates — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 20:48:19 +0000

Such an inspiring story!! Thank you so much for sharing it! I keep things in my life slower than most others I know, but there is still plenty of room for improvement in our family and a need to do it all together. I definitely have to keep working on dying to self!

By: Amber@theRunaMuck

Amber@theRunaMuck — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 18:19:40 +0000

So good.
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By: anna

anna — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 05:24:24 +0000

loved this post! this summer my husband had to be quite honest with me and how my busy busy life style and stressed out way of being was effecting him. it has been a process over the last few months of letting go and slowing down. the more i do this and honor my husband the happier i get. we have been blessed with our first baby on the way, due in february. sarah, thanks for doing this blog. i have been reading for months now and am getting alot out of it. can’t wait to dive into Titus with you.

By: Kalee

Kalee — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 00:29:42 +0000

I am so to that breaking point right now. I feel like there are so many distractions in our life right now, and my husband and I need to really put the focus back on us, and figuring out this new life we’re beginning. Good post to read as a reminder that it is possible to say no to all the busy-ness.
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By: Laura

Laura — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 18:46:03 +0000

Thank you for joining me in this journey, friends! Here are some thoughts about your comments…

* Mindy May, you wrote: “Most days I feel as if I am running around ragged and making sure I keep up with Gray’s Anatomy. How do you start your life over like this?”

I encourage you to devote a time of prayer and fasting to the issue. God gives wisdom freely and you will know what to do. Pour over Scripture for the non-negotiables (i.e. respecting and loving our husbands, training and loving our children, etc.) so that you know where your fullest investment should be. Ask Him for such an encompassing love for those things that the sacrifices will be “easier” in that the cost will be reasonable. He will point out the big and little things that you could live without. He will fill in the vacancy with things you can’t live without. May we all remember that He has called us to live uniquely free lives that work out the same truth in very different ways.

* Carrie, when you wrote, “I would rather live out these ideas and principles then write about them,” you expressed my thoughts exactly! Oh, it sure is fun to talk and write about the blessing of living rightly, but it is far greater just to live rightly and experience the blessing for ourselves, isn’t it?

* Reborn, you wrote: “I quit everything this year. And I’ve been wondering lately if I lost my mind.” I don’t know what this looks like for you, and I’m more than happy to “talk” over email in hopes of encouraging you more. For now, though, I thought about the scene at the end of “A Beautiful Mind” when John Nash – a schizophrenic Harvard professor – must choose one reality over the other. We see him deliberately turn away from imagined people in order to engage in real people. His choice is one of faith and courage: the imagined people appear just as real and as convincing as real people. Sometimes obeying the Lord is like that: a continual choosing of His reality over the world’s ephemeral temptations. If you are indeed choosing to live according to His Word and Spirit, keep on! You are choosing what is right, real, and good.
Laura´s last blog post … Time to Quit: Part 2

By: Kyla

Kyla — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 18:20:28 +0000

I loved this part …

….. I had to sacrifice my aspirations of “making it big for God” as a
Christian speaker or author, because all He wants is for us to love mercy, do justly, and walk humbly by His side….”

How often do we think our busyness and accomplishmends are what please God when all He wants is to be near us.

Thank you so much for sharing! This is my frist time reading this blog, I’ll definatly be following more often now, both 10 million and Like a Warm Cup!

Be Blessed in the quietness ! :)

By: Carisa

Carisa — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 18:05:02 +0000

Hi Laura ;) Now I know why I LOVE you so much!!! These were awesome posts, that really touched my heart. Many lines sound so familiar to me ;).

Thanks Sarah Mae for having her guest-post on your blog, and thanks Laura for writing!

Love and hugs to you both!
Carisa
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By: Debbie

Debbie — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 17:49:35 +0000

I was so looking forward to returning today to read her conclusion and I’m so glad I did. She gave me so much to think about. I so desire a quiet simple life but at the moment it’s kind of hard in my circumstances. But I’m going to pray about this and I thank you for inviting her to do this timely guest post.

Blessings,
Debbie
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By: Tiffany

Tiffany — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 17:09:28 +0000

I just did some catch-up on your blog. I loved reading Laura’s story. And literally, it smacked me in the face.

God has been doing that to me a lot lately.

God has been knocking at my heart for awhile now about certain things. And we keep resisting. Because it would take sacrifice. We wouldn’t get to have certain pleasures we are accustomed to. We would have to obey.

That’s scary.

Thank you Laura for sharing your story with us.
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