devotions - faith for every season

Studies show that we have over 60,000 thoughts a day (yeah, read that again)—and many of them are repetitive and negative. No wonder our minds feel exhausted before the day even begins. We’re constantly processing, worrying, replaying conversations, googling symptoms, and preparing for worst-case scenarios… often without realizing how heavy that mental load has become. Lately, I joke with my husband that Chatty (what we call ChatGPT) has officially become our PCP and our vet

Have you ever been so tired that even the things you normally love feel like too much? Not exhausted from doing nothing —but worn down from doing everything . From showing up. From being strong. From carrying responsibility after responsibility without ever fully setting it down. Soul exhaustion doesn’t always look dramatic. Sometimes it looks like irritability. Or numbness. Or quietly thinking, I just need a break from everything. It’s the kind of tiredness that sleep alone

Have you ever sat down to pray and suddenly remembered everything you forgot to do today? The laundry. The text back. The email . The random conversation from three years ago. The grocery list. All of it—at once. If so, you’re not alone. Peace can feel hard to come by when our minds won’t slow down and our prayers feel more like mental chaos than holy moments. But prayer was never meant to be another thing we “do right.” It was meant to be the place we find peace. Philippia