Below you'll find a list of all posts that have been tagged as “running on empty”
Six years into our marriage, still barren, I came desperately to God. I was running on empty and needed to not only know more of God Himself, but to be comfortable in my own shoes, as His beloved daughter. Still living to please others way more than I lived to please God, I found myself running on empty. It was time for me to take time out with God and know Him more. It was time to cease striving. For you see there was nothing I could DO that would put me into my heart’s desired place to be a …
I’m in the heavy duty taxi driving season of mamahood. No matter how simple we try to keep our calendar as a family, it seems the engine stays running. I think that’s one of the reasons why this C.S. Lewis quote touches me so: “God made us; invented us as a man invents an engine. A car is made to run on gasoline, and it would not run properly on anything else. Now God designed the human machine to run on Himself. He Himself is the fuel our spirits were designed to burn, or the food our spirits were designed …
