The Next Right Thing: A Simple, Soulful Practice for Making Life Decisions

God declares his glory in the light, but first he forms new life in the dark, bringing it to the surface in his own time and in his own way.

Third, you need someone you can trust with the underbelly.

We’re letting everyone else’s agenda live for free in the sacred space of our creative mind, and it’s time for an eviction. This space is necessary for ideas to form, for questions to rise up, for hope to weave her way into our vision for the future, and for the dots of decision to begin to connect in the quiet places of our mind and heart. Good de

When I start looking for help before I’ve established a clear vision, it leads to me feeling anxious, overwhelmed, and emotionally whiplashed. If I don’t have a vision, purpose, or intention, then how do I know which steps are right for me to take?

Here’s the truth: you can only make decisions based on what you know at the time. We live in an outcomes-based culture, where the correctness of our choice seems based on the success of the result. That might work in some situations, but is that really how we want to live our lives? Successful outcomes might look great on paper, but we want to buil

Two, let go of your expectation of certainty.

We aren’t going to change their minds. Instead, let’s change ours. Let’s stop giving that critic words. Let’s stop handing her the mic. Let’s take her seat away from the table and put it out in the hall. Our friend Jesus knows what it means to be questioned, challenged, humiliated, and critiqued. Not once ever did he allow a negative critic to chan

Second, you need someone who knows you and gets the subtleties of your decision in a way other people might not.

Here is the thing it all comes down to, the thing it always comes down to in the kingdom of God, where our belief slams right into our everyday life. The critic points out my weakness and my fear, but if I’m paying attention, he will also point out something else, a gift I would never dare to ask for and a motivation he never means to give. The gif