The women I know who are most dis­sat­is­fied with their lives are most enam­ored with their com­fort zones. 

Don’t ask me to do any­thing hard, but … I sure wish life were a bit more interesting.

I’ve lost my pas­sion. I  don’t really care about anything.

I don’t know what God wants me to do!  I would do some­thing if I just knew WHAT to do!

If you give your­self to the hun­gry and sat­isfy the desire of the afflicted, then your light will rise in dark­ness and your gloom will become like mid­day.  And the Lord will contin­u­ally guide you and sat­isfy your desire in scorched places.  Is. 58:10–11

Peter, do you love Me? Yes, Lord.  Tend My lambs.

Peter, do you love Me? Yes, Lord.  Shep­herd My sheep.

Peter, do you love Me? Yes!  Tend My sheep.

Rocket sci­ence, it is not. The great com­mand: love.   The great com­mis­sion: go, make dis­ci­ples, bap­tize them, teach them to obey God  And Jesus will be with us–even to the end of the age.  With us.  With me.  With you.  What more do we need? We’d do well to pray less about being deliv­ered from trou­bles and ene­mies and more about being deliv­ered from our own desire for comfort.

Lord God, why is it so hard to sim­ply –love?  Deliver me from being enam­ored with ease.  Sat­isfy my desire in scorched places.  Empower me to tend, shep­herd, and love. For You, Jesus, amen.