One of my favorite podcasts is For the Love by Jen Hatmaker. And one of the questions that she asks each of her guests is one that's named by Barbara Brown Taylor in her book, An Altar in the World.
That question is "What is saving your life right now?" It's an important question and one that has a different answer for each person and for each season of life.
I started thinking about the answer to this question for myself right now, and while I'm sure there are things I'm leaving off, these are the top things that came to mind, in no particular order.
1. Reading lots of really good, deep books, most of them written by strong women
2. Listening to podcasts and learning new things or more about old things. Again, mostly by strong women
3. Writing about things on my heart or things that I read or listen to that strike me, and that I just have to talk about
4. Exploring new directions I believe God is leading me to in order to grow me and to use me
5. Knowing that God is present and relevant and he knows me and he cares about me all the way down to using the smallest details to let me know that reality
6. Really great friends who love me and who listen to me and who support me and who guide me and who know what questions to ask to make me think and figure out the things that I need to figure out
7. New church groups and Bible studies that allow me the opportunity to walk this path with others who love God and love others and don't have all the answers but who want to figure out what it means to grow closer to God and closer to each other
8. My family who keep me grounded and who support me in becoming who I'm meant to be even when it means change for them that may be scary or uncomfortable
9. My work family who love me and affirm me and and love children and work tirelessly each day to make life better for the least of these
10. My church, and the people in it, who teach me what it truly means to live as Jesus lived and love as Jesus loves
10. My church, and the people in it, who teach me what it truly means to live as Jesus lived and love as Jesus loves
What is saving your life right now?
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