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Editor’s Note: This post is the final post in the “Distracting Ourselves to Death” series. You can find the previous posts here: Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, and Part 4.

The enemy is crafty. Just after coming off the “high” of my sabbatical, I immediately went about making changes. I was excited to initiate many of them. My confidence was high, my vision was clear, and my path seemed a little straighter than it had in years.

I woke up every day excited about the new direction I had for my life. I was finally starting to see my way out of the ruts I mentioned in my first post. Unfortunately, a trend started to develop. For almost two months, after my “life-changing” sabbatical with the Lord, I cracked open my Bible very few times. I didn’t journal, worship or even pray much. It was a subtle drift, but one day led to two days, then a week, and eventually an entire month had passed and then two. [Read more...]

{Editor’s Note: Today’s post was written by Jennifer Anderson. You can find out more information about Jen at the end of the post.}

What do you want to be when you grow up?

It’s such an innocent and common question. But the truth is we don’t have much control over our lives. Sure we make decisions, we seek out relationships and careers, but God’s powerful and sovereign hand guides us and is stronger than anything we think we do to create a future for ourselves. In fact, if we are completely honest, we have very little control over most of life.

At different points in my life I thought I would be a doctor, lawyer, teacher, missionary, astronaut, mother. I actually have had some of those roles, but others have not come to fruition. But one thing is for sure, I never expected to be a single woman who is licensed to be a foster parent. [Read more...]