Ed Mylett

Okay, Lord.

I'm struggling because I'd love to be able to manage this thing and control this thing.

I'm just going to do my part, be prepared, make sure that I'm honing the craft, the skill, the opportunity you've given me.

I'm going to do my part.

But if I keep trying to do your part, then I'm not going to enjoy this ride of life because I'm going to be too busy trying to manage it and step into that God margin.

So over time, and again, I'm talking about this like I'm an expert and I'm not.

It's a constant daily, weekly, monthly.

Okay.

The next 24 hours, what does God ask me to do?

I'm going to show up and do that to the best of my abilities, and I'm going to leave the outcome to him.

It is a faith thing.

Yeah, absolutely.

And I think that when we don't have margin—

Blank space.

The blank space on my calendar is not a threat to me.

I'm not afraid of it.

I look at that blank space on a Saturday, on a Sunday, on a Monday, on a Tuesday.

And what that means is I can take a walk.

without the pressure of I've gotta hurry up and catch a flight, I gotta hurry, the pressure of another important thing on my calendar, that margin allows me to take the walk, to have the conversation with my husband, to write without interruption because I can just spend the four hours writing or studying or baking the bread for my family or doing a thing

Because there's space there to do it without my mental real estate being taken up with the pressure of something that actually I have to go do as well.