"Plod. Don't Sprint. Be fruitful like a tree, not efficient like a machine."

-Douglas Wilson

Reader,

Plodding is a good word.

It refers to slow, steady, and deliberate effort, often with difficulty and lack of excitement. If plodding is the tortoise, sprinting is the hare.

Plodding, although effective, is not sexy. It’s like running a race. There’s excitement at the beginning and end, but thousands of unseen steps must happen in the middle, often without fanfare.

My first book, The Pursuit of Holy Leisure, is plodding along. Thousands of words (like steps) have been taken and then erased, rewritten, and crossed out the next day. It is a difficult, deliberate effort that I trust will reap good rewards—and progress is being made.

The book is about an area of our lives we don’t want to be a plod, but often is—our quiet times. Instead of seeing it as a checkbox we mark off each day, we long for leisure in our pursuit of God—a time of holy leisure.

Are your quiet times sometimes a plod? 🙋🏻‍♀️

We all struggle with it from time to time. But if that sounds like an area of your life you'd like to go from plodding to pursuing holy leisure, I hope you'll stay tuned!

So, as I plod along with my book, you’re probably plodding in some area of your life, too.

Take heart, friend! Don’t rely on your abilities (like the hare), but trust in the Lord and keep plodding along (like the tortoise).

“Let us run with endurance the race set before us” (Heb 12:1).

P.S. In my plodding, I’ve written three short posts that I hope will bless you today. I’ve also co-created a course for writers interested in building an online platform. Check them out below.

P.P.S. Are you plodding in your walk with the Lord? Hit reply and let me know how I can pray for you. It would be my honor to do so.

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