How Much is Enough?
What are you telling yourself has to happen before you're finally allowed to enjoy the life God has already given you?
When you make more money? When the business is stable? When you reach the next level? When everyone else is taken care of? When life finally feels certain?
Because if peace is always waiting on the other side of one more accomplishment, you may eventually discover that there never was a finish line.
There will always be another goal, another opportunity, another problem, another reason not to stop. This is why the Gospel is different. Jesus invites us to say:
I will work hard. I will steward what God has given me. I will plan wisely for tomorrow.
But I will let go and let God provide exactly what I need, when I need it.
Maybe the goal isn't to stop being ambitious, maybe it's learning to become ambitious without being afraid to trust God with your future. To work hard without worshiping work, money or status. To provide without trying to control. To build without forgetting to live. These are good and worthy emotional boundaries we have with ourselves.
Boundaries at Work
Bullies thrive on reaction. The more emotional energy you give them, the more power they hold over your peace.
Remember:
You don’t have to match their tone.
You don’t have to prove your worth.
You don’t even have to fix them.
Your value doesn’t depend on their approval. It’s already secure in Christ.
When you stay calm and composed, you shift the dynamic. You show that their chaos can’t control your peace.
“What do you want?”
It’s awfully hard to set a boundary—or even know when one is needed—if we don’t know what we value. If we’re unsure of what we want, it’s usually a sign that we haven’t taken an intentional approach to discerning our values.
People Pleasing vs. God’s Approval: Why Boundaries Matter
Looking back, I now recognize that “phone buzzing dread” as the Holy Spirit nudging me: You need to end this relationship. But I resisted. Why? Because I was afraid. Afraid of her disapproval. Afraid of what she might say about me. Afraid of what others might think.
Then one day, in His mercy, God spoke directly to my heart:
“Lynsie, you’re putting her approval over Mine.”
What if being “poor” is the starting place for healing?
It was in that dark place of total helplessness that I finally began to understand what Jesus meant when He said, “Blessed are the poor.” We hear it in Luke 6 and again in Matthew 5, where Jesus flips the world’s idea of wealth and success upside down.
“When you’re the mom breaking generational cycles”
That’s why healing takes more than good intentions.
It requires support. Insight. Surrender.
It requires Jesus.
I've spent years on this journey. I’ve tried many forms of healing.
God has used all of it; every pain, every tear, every unanswered “why”, to draw me closer to Him and lead me into a calling I never expected.