Digital technology is one of the greatest impediments to a life spent in communion with God…. God has inseparably and irrevocably joined quietness with knowledge of him.
– David Murray in Reset
Practice doing with less than usual, not buying even when you can afford it, buying nothing but necessities for a time, and spending time in the shadow of Calvary. How much less you’ll find you need when you see how much Christ gave! Draw up your budget at the cross.
By sleeping, we are relinquishing control and reminding ourselves – at least for a few hours – that God actually doesn’t need us.
Most of us think we are less limited than we actually are. Such underestimating of our limitations and overestimating of our abilities results inevitably in strain, fraying, and eventually breaking.