Better way to head to sleep
I love this kinda vibe to get to heading to sleep. Read in candle light until I feel tired of it and sleep like a baby.
The candles are LED candles from Amazon. I saw them once on Amazon and fell in love. Bought some more to make it feel like there is more light. I’ve done a workout in this light because I needed to sleep and doing squats and pushups helped with sugar levels.
This time the book was “Relationships a mess worth making” by Timothy (forgot his last name) and Paul David Tripp
We are all on the spectrum of isolation or severe attachment to people.
Some want community but they’ve already put in work to isolate themselves because it feels safe. And others cannot live without people riding emotion rollercoasters of the other all the time.
God created us for community but He wants us to be in His relationship first. If we don’t have connection and relationship with God as the foundation, relating to people will get much more difficult. Because the sin we carry will continue to destroy our relationships with people.
I’m only on chapter 3.
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