Extreme measures bring extreme results. If you want a normal life, do what normal people do. If you want to know God intimately, walk with Him daily, and please Him in every way, you're going to have to do what few do. Absolutely nothing.

Teach your kids by modeling what you claim to believe.

Pause for a moment and prayerfully consider your response: What breaks your heart?

She said, "Right now, while we have this time, I'm not going to do any of that other stuff. I'm going to seize this moment and simply enjoy being with Jesus while I can." Mary made a deliberate choice. She wasn't being lazy and using company as an excuse to get out of helping her sister with chores. She was choosing to focus on what mattered the most.

Fueled by faith and passion for our true priorities we're going to drive against traffic in order to find rest, refreshment, and time for what matters most in life.

What is it that makes you so angry, bothers you so deeply, that you're compelled to act?

What matters is the one thing I do know for certain: God is with me.

So if it seems like you're doing something different from what everyone else is doing, and if sometimes that feels hard, this is a good thing, not a bad thing.

Remember, to get what you've never had, you must do what you've never done. But to get what you once had, you must do what you once did.