The Intentional Life

Money. Even those who have plenty of it are looking for ways to obtain more of it. Even those are are content with what they have can struggle with the pull to want more in the bank. It's the number one thing that can pull our hearts away from God. It's the number one thing that couples fight about. It's the thing that causes people to lie awake at night, drives them to do illegal things, pulls content people to discontent. Not money in itself. Money is a tool. But the love of it. The love of money. The love of gaining more and more of it. The love of hoarding it and placing our safety and security in the amount that we have. It's a trap we can all fall into, in one form or another. But there is a way to combat this greed, this power that money can have over us. It's simple, but it's not always easy. Give. It. Away. I'm not talking about a dollar here or there. Though, it might have to start there. I'm talking about something r...

Time. No matter your age, weight, gender, social class, or anything else that we humans choose to divide ourselves into, there is one thing that we all have the same amount of every single day. Time. 24 hours. We all have the same amount of it, but somehow we think we have less than others, and therefore think ours is more important.  We often live like our time is more precious and can hoard it and use it for ourselves. But, what we then choose to fill that time up with is far from sacred. I'm not pointing fingers. Except back at me. This was really the main reason I took on this challenge of an intentional year. Because I was seeing that was something that can slip so easily from our time...the intentionality of it. Electronics, screens, apps. They all seem to be pulling us away with being intentional with the time we are given. I'm not bashing them as a whole, because they are tools that can be used for good. But are we using this as tools to a bett...

Your Health. This post was kind of a tough one for me to get started. Though we are all human, our bodies are so unique, and the needs of each are varying as well. Sure, we all need plenty of water, clean air, calories for energy, adequate sleep to regenerate. Those are the basics, we all know that. But it seems that is where it ends. With the amount of research and technology we have today we are finding out more and more ways to get healthy and more and more things that are making us sick. But it seems that not all of these things are effecting us equally. And not every "fix" is a cure for all.  And so, there is my hesitation. Organic or GMO. Keto or Adkins. Cleaning with vinegar or bleach. I'm sure you have your own: Fill in the blank.... Each of those come with a huge array of opinions and research. And so where do we settle? How do we know what to follow? When I find myself working through this quandary I come back to one word: Moderati...