Ed Mylett

That margin becomes an invitation not only to enjoy the regular rhythms of life, but also the surprises that I feel like we work ourselves out of that God wants to give us.

But we don't even have enough resource of time.

patience of energy of wisdom or insight we're so tapped out all the time that we don't have an overflow to engage the stranger who stops us in the line at Starbucks and you know strikes up a conversation instead of being annoyed at that person now I have a little bit of margin to smile back and have a little three-minute conversation because all my space isn't crowded and that conversation

hopefully is not only a blessing to them, but it becomes a blessing to me.

Like God surprises me.

Oh my goodness.

I'm so glad I had this moment of margin to interact with this person.

And now this, what could have been an interruption is an invitation and a divine moment that I can enjoy.

So I've just enjoyed those pockets of margin.

God kind of fills them in with little winks from heaven.

Does that sound right?

I agree with you.

And it's being controlled by a rhythm we're watching in other people's lives that's perceived.

It's created.

It's filtered.

So it looks like the rhythm of their life is that way.

or the cadence of their life is that way.

But we're just seeing their highlights.

We're just seeing the bits and pieces they give us.

And then we're trying to keep up with it and model ourselves after it.