Praises of a Wife and Mommy

  The tagline of Sadie Robertson Huff's book, It's Not Personal , immediately got me thinking: "Coming face to face with who you really are, so you can become all you are meant to be." I'm 42 years old, and if there's one thing I've become increasingly aware of, it's how quickly our days can pass. Between family, work, ministry, responsibilities, and all the little things that fill our schedules, it's easy to move from one thing to the next without ever really slowing down. I sometimes find myself frustrated when everything in my day feels surface level. Surface-level conversations, surface-level connections, and even surface-level moments with the people I love. That's not where I want to live. I want depth. I want intimacy. Not just in my relationship with the Father, but with the people He intentionally places in my path. I want to be present enough to see people, really hear them, and be willing to let them see me, too. And I think that...