Repost from @ruthchousimons using @RepostRegramApp . How I know I’m home... Every morning, Troy gets up before the sun rises to “get his heart happy in the Lord” (from his favorite George Muëller quote.) 📖 ☕️ And happiness must be contagious, because each of #thesimonsboys eventually trickles downstairs to join him, starting with Mancub no. 1. They start every morning in this embrace; and when I caught a fuzzy pic of it this morning, it dawned on me: THIS is the very picture of what it is to meet with the Lord each day. 🕊 📖 We meet with Him, go to the Word, linger in its pages, pour out our hearts to Him in praise and pleading... ...not to merely be more knowledgeable, have more tools, be more literate, or do our duty... ...but to enter into our Father’s embrace of intimacy, freedom, trust, and dependency —all of which we can’t know apart from KNOWING HIM and spending time *with* Him. 👉🏼 Relationship will always be a greater motivator than ritual. If you’re looking to be more consistent in your Bible this year, remind yourself that God’s Word is a love letter and a hearty meal at your Father’s table... ...He’s already there, waiting for us —with welcome and arms open wide. We only need to COME. 🌿 🙋🏻♀️ I’m #preachingtomyownheart to PRESS IN on this 27th of January, when the excitement of the new year wanes and the responsibilities set in. You, too? We are more loved + welcomed than we know, and that changes everything. 🙌🏼 #gotojesus #juststartsomewhere #thegospeltransforms #womenoftheword #youdonthavetobebloomingtobegrowing https://www.instagram.com/p/B74QgElA2bb/?igshid=1v0hx4jng2tez