There were a few books, but one book in particular, that God used to open my eyes and change my thinking about the frantic race I was running in my life. That book was The Ruthless Elimination of Hurry by John Mark Comer.

He is a former head pastor of a megachurch who saw that if he continued the pace he was running in ministry it would ruin his family, his marriage, and his health.

This book is glowing yellow with hightlighted sentences; but one of my favorite quotes from Comer is, “Hurry and love are incompatible.”

The idea that doing less was actually a way of showing my family and the other people in my life love was a new thought to me.

This quote from his book was very convicting, “Satan doesn’t show up as a demon with a pitchfork ………He’s far more intelligent than we give him credit for. Today, you’re far more likely to run into the enemy in the form of an alert on your phone while you’re reading your Bible or a multi-day Netflix binge or a full on dopamine addiction to Instagram or a Saturday morning at the office or another soccer game on a Sunday or commitment after commitment after commitment in a life of speed.”

Okay, this is convicting me right now!

It was a book I couldn’t put down.