A couple of weeks ago, I fully intended to write my weekly Leadership Insight.
Instead, life asked something different of me.
Ray and I said goodbye to our sweet little Jagger after 14 wonderful years together. A few days later, we drove my mom to Nebraska to celebrate the life of her last living sibling, my Aunt Ruth. In the middle of it all, Ray experienced an AFIB episode brought on by the stress of everything we had been carrying.
Needless to say, last week wasn’t about productivity.
It was about presence.
If I’m honest, there was a time when I would have felt guilty for missing a week of writing. I would have worried about losing momentum or falling behind.
But something has been changing in me.
The Leadership Lesson
Over the past few months, I’ve been reflecting deeply on what it means to faithfully steward the life God has entrusted to me.
I’ve realized stewardship isn’t only about managing my time well or accomplishing meaningful work.
It’s also about recognizing what matters most in the season I’m living right now.
Last week, the people I love needed my presence far more than my audience needed another article.
Choosing to be fully present with my family wasn’t stepping away from my leadership.
It was an expression of it.
Sometimes leadership looks like making difficult decisions.
Sometimes it looks like setting healthy boundaries.
And sometimes…
It looks like closing your laptop, holding someone’s hand, and trusting that the work can wait.
A Question Worth Asking
As high-capacity women, many of us have become so accustomed to carrying responsibilities that we quietly begin believing everything depends on us.
But what if faithful leadership isn’t about doing everything?
What if it’s about discerning what God is asking us to carry today?
That’s a question I’ve been sitting with.
And it’s changing the way I lead.
Scripture
“There is a time for everything, and a season for every activity under the heavens.”
— Ecclesiastes 3:1 (NIV)
God never asks us to live every season exactly the same.
Each season invites a different kind of faithfulness.
Wisdom is recognizing which season we’re in.
Reflection
As you begin a new week, I’d encourage you to pause for just a moment.
Ask yourself:
What is God inviting me to faithfully steward in this season?
Maybe it’s a project.
Maybe it’s your health.
Maybe it’s a relationship.
Maybe it’s someone who simply needs you to be present.
Whatever it is…
Don’t measure your faithfulness by how much you accomplish.
Measure it by how well you care for what God has placed in your hands today.
Faithfulness is rarely flashy.
But it is never wasted.
Lead well.
Live faithfully.
Stay steadfast.
Steadfastly,
Angie