Rhythm Is the Answer to Our Chaotic Lives, Not Balance
Take this statement to the bank: the degree to which you give is the degree to which your life will have meaning. Give of your time. Give of your talents. Give of your resources. Every day. Do this and you will impact the world.
A life of balance makes us takers. It happens slowly. But it happens. Balance draws us into finishing tasks and maintaining equilibrium. Our bank accounts are never satisfied. Our accomplishments are never enough. And our lives are never content.
But rhythm creates contentment because rhythm is the way of God. Could it be that anxiety, depression and discontent plague our culture because we are consumed with a lifestyle of taking instead of giving?
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Humans are unique because we are the only ones in all of God’s creation who can choose to say no to rhythm. Yet I don’t think it’s a coincidence that we seem to be the only ones creating more chaos instead of more order. We are the only ones that appear discontent and frantic.
It’s time to restore God’s way, the way of rhythm. It is a strange blend of rest, activity and pace. But this strange lifestyle is exactly what a chaotic, frantic, hurried, busy, restless and anxious culture needs.
What does a lifestyle of rhythm look like to you? Leave a comment below.
I love you all. To God be the glory forever. Amen!
