If God’s going to love me whatever I do, why would I bother fasting?
When I talk with other Christians about spiritual disciplines, one question keeps coming up. But we’re saved by grace aren’t we? Isn’t this all a bit legalistic, isn’t it just an effort to earn God’s love? If God loves me whatever I do, why do I need to do any of this? But this sort of question is based on a fundamental misunderstanding. Let me explain.
The Bible says we shouldn’t worry, even in times like these, here’s how you do that. 
We have a heavenly responsibility to respond and not to react, to move to a different rhythm than that of the rest of the world and it’s times like these when that call becomes just that bit harder.
Feeling worn down?
There’s more than one way to win a war. Sometimes when an all-out assault won’t work, a war of attrition might be more effective. Through persistent attacks over a period of time, little by little, an opponent’s morale as well as their strength can be worn away until eventually they capitulate. Instead of being defeated by direct overwhelming force, an opponent’s resources and will to win are steadily eroded until they can fight no longer.
Finding God in the madness of motherhood
Mammas, I’m talking to you now. In our day to day juggle of cleaning, cooking, nursery drop-offs, e-mailing, earning and organising we can find ourselves nose-to-nose with our risen saviour. He meets us in the domestic, He reveals Himself to us in the mundane