{"id":2168,"date":"2016-01-22T21:15:05","date_gmt":"2016-01-23T04:15:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.mops.org\/?p=2168"},"modified":"2016-01-22T21:15:05","modified_gmt":"2016-01-23T04:15:05","slug":"the-hurry-makes-us-hurt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.themom.co\/fr\/the-hurry-makes-us-hurt\/","title":{"rendered":"The Hurry Makes Us Hurt"},"content":{"rendered":"

Ann Voskamp<\/a> must have been reading my journal when she wrote, “<\/i>The hurry makes us hurt,” in her book, One Thousand Gifts<\/i>.<\/p>\n

Voskamp is right. Hurry hurts:<\/p>\n

Hurry hurts our soul.
\nHurry hurts our body.
\nHurry hurts our mind.
\nHurry hurts our relationships.
\nHurry hurts our dreams.
\nHurry hurts.<\/p>\n

I crave the hurry. Too often I confuse busyness with worth as I jam-pack ordained moments with schedules, lists, play dates, unnecessary errands and designer coffee hoping to build a life that matters. This pushing and striving serves me well as it provides a path for me to avoid stillness with a sense of list-checking-accomplishment; however, the quest for value through a hurried life is an unfulfilling carrot-on-a-string pursuit.<\/p>\n

Hurry betrays us every time. Hurry is the alarm that interrupts our rest. Hurry is the thief that steals our joy. Hurry is the distraction that hides our purpose.<\/p>\n

We were not created to hurry. We were created to be still with the Creator. God never calls us to race around in a hurried mess, yet we sprint towards an ever-shifting\u00a0finish line hoping to find worth. We convince ourselves that if we just keep moving, everything will work out — but it never does.<\/p>\n

Hurry does not have to be our choice. When we choose to be still, healing from the hurry happens.<\/p>\n

Where is stillness in motherhood? It\u2019s everywhere. Rejecting hurry and embracing stillness as moms happens when we:<\/p>\n

Sing a song.
\nWrite a letter.
\nSay a prayer.
\nRead a book.
\nListen to a voice.
\nHeal a wound.
\nGive a smile.
\nMake a day.
\nKiss a cheek.
\nPlay a game.
\nTake a breath.Chase a dream.
\nValue a life.<\/p>\n

The hurry makes us hurt. Stillness brings healing. Today, I will listen to the longings of my soul and choose to be still.<\/p>\n

\n

\"how-to-feel-better-than-sexy-1\"Tasha Levert, Ph.D., is a licensed professional counselor in New Orleans who provides face-to-face and online care. She is a conference speaker, worship leader and the author of \u00a0<\/i>Stories of Hope for the Sleep Deprived.<\/i><\/a>\u00a0Tasha and her husband Tim (Pastor with Students at the Vineyard Church of New Orleans) have three beautiful daughters and a lazy schnauzer named Gumbo.
\n<\/i>To find out more about Tasha or her practice go to
\n<\/i>tashalevert.com<\/i><\/a>\u00a0or\u00a0<\/i>broomtreecounseling.com<\/i><\/a>.<\/i><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Ann Voskamp must have been reading my journal when she wrote, “The hurry makes us hurt,” in her book, One Thousand Gifts. Voskamp is right. Hurry hurts: Hurry hurts our soul. Hurry hurts our body. Hurry hurts our mind. Hurry hurts our relationships. Hurry hurts our dreams. Hurry hurts. I crave the hurry. Too often […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":61,"featured_media":2177,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","_seopress_robots_follow":"","_seopress_robots_imageindex":"","_seopress_robots_snippet":"","_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"0","_seopress_robots_breadcrumbs":"","_seopress_robots_freeze_modified_date":"","_seopress_robots_custom_modified_date":"","_seopress_robots_canonical":"","_seopress_social_fb_title":"","_seopress_social_fb_desc":"","_seopress_social_fb_img":"","_seopress_social_fb_img_attachment_id":0,"_seopress_social_fb_img_width":0,"_seopress_social_fb_img_height":0,"_seopress_social_twitter_title":"","_seopress_social_twitter_desc":"","_seopress_social_twitter_img":"","_seopress_social_twitter_img_attachment_id":0,"_seopress_social_twitter_img_width":0,"_seopress_social_twitter_img_height":0,"_seopress_redirections_value":"","_seopress_redirections_enabled":"","_seopress_redirections_enabled_regex":"","_seopress_redirections_logged_status":"","_seopress_redirections_param":"","_seopress_redirections_type":0,"_seopress_analysis_target_kw":"","_seopress_news_disabled":"","_seopress_video_disabled":"","_seopress_video":[],"_seopress_pro_schemas_manual":[],"_seopress_pro_rich_snippets_disable_all":"","_seopress_pro_rich_snippets_disable":[],"_seopress_pro_schemas":[],"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[100,117],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2168","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-faith","category-wellness"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.themom.co\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2168","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.themom.co\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.themom.co\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.themom.co\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/61"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.themom.co\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2168"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.themom.co\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2168\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.themom.co\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2168"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.themom.co\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2168"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.themom.co\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2168"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}