A PRAYER PROMPTING TURNED PROJECT:

Since 2021, I’ve been learning how to like my own life. I've catalogued some of the “journey” under the hashtag #likelife. It might sound like a fluffy phrase, but it holds a lot of weight.

This mission came about on a plane in prayer, when I was basically asking God what I should do with my life. I was hoping for a quick fix or something I could do to get me closer to that imaginary destination where everything was perfect.

In response, I felt The Holy Spirit gently suggest, "Instead of trying to perfect your life, why don’t you just try to like it?" Since then, I've been trying to document simple daily delights. This practice has changed my life.

The bad news is this: We won’t love every second of life. Life is hard. We are human and we aren’t made for here - we’re made for heaven.

But this is the good news that I have found: We can just like it - and we can do so now with the normal lives we have and the gifts we’ve already been given.

Doesn’t that take the pressure off? Life isn't always loveable but it is likable. If we keep waiting until we have that job, graduate, get married, live somewhere else, have different friends, feel like we've arrived – we'll be waiting forever. 

The special occasion is today.