Can I be honest with you?

Like real and raw?

I haven’t always done this. I haven’t allowed this truth to transform me fully, I realize.

So I speak this too from experience, but also as I walk it out… how many of you like me, let the world restore and refresh you?

I’m not talking extreme here… I’m talking real, 2023 life applications…

What sustains you?

Who sustains you?

Who or what refreshes you?

Cheers you up?

When you’re at max capacity and are thinking- ‘if one more thing…’

What do you do? Who do you call? What’s your thing?

Wanna know mine? It’s been an action movie, an açaí bowl, white chocolate… a best friend’s coffee date, a day working outside, a nap, a run, a Marshall’s trip, a hobby lobby Pinterest project, a journal…

These things aren’t bad right? They are all totally not bad things, and we need these things in our lives in moderation…

I guess what I’m seeing myself do instead of running to the cross, I’ll run to the Pinterest board.

The mall.

The pantry.

Here’s what Jesus is teaching me… so if it’s for me, it could relate to you, too…

lean in…

He wants to sustain you. He can fix your overwhelm. (Philippians 4:6-7)

He can heal your broken heart. (Psalm 139:17)

He can give you understanding. Knowledge, revelation. (Ephesians 1:17-21

He can give you peace. (Isaiah 53:5, phillipians 4:6-7)

We don’t need the things in the world to sustain us. Enjoy them, we definitely should.

But let Jesus be the only thing that truly soothes, refreshes and restores your heart.

There’s truly nothing better.