Fact: I want to keep growing. I want to keep improving myself, my home, my relationships, really, everything God has entrusted to me, for as long as I’m living.
One of the best ways I’ve found to do that is by spending time in God’s Word.
Now, that doesn’t always mean sitting down with my big study Bible and a notebook (though I love when I get to). More often than not, it looks like pulling up my Bible app for 5 minutes while I’m waiting:
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for food to cook
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for a kid to bring up their laundry or grab their next school subject to work with me at the table
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for everyone to gather on the couch for movie night
Five minutes here, five minutes there. It adds up.
Here’s the thing: if I can sneak in five minutes of truth, I can just as easily sneak in five minutes of comparison, discontent, or lies. It’s all too easy.
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Five minutes scrolling Pinterest, and suddenly I feel like I need to repaint walls, tear out cabinets, or completely remodel my home.
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Five minutes of a conversation while in a victim mindset and I’m tempted to believe that someone else’s friendship is deeper or more valuable than mine.
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Five minutes flipping through a magazine or scrolling fashion reels, and I’m suddenly unhappy with the clothes in my closet that I loved just yesterday.
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Five minutes thinking about money, and I’m spiraling into the idea that everyone else must be “better off” than we are, with perfect lives and perfect paychecks.
It happens little by little, five minutes at a time.
Friend, I know I’m not the only one. Maybe you’ve felt this too? That tug toward discontentment, the whisper that says, “You’re not enough. You don’t have enough. You’ll never be enough.”
But here’s the truth: God knows. He knows what we need, He knows our hearts, and His Word has the power to gently correct us, five minutes at a time.
What Scripture Reminds Me
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“Not that we dare to classify or compare ourselves with some of those who are commending themselves. But when they measure themselves by one another and compare themselves with one another, they are without understanding.” – 2 Corinthians 10:12 (ESV)
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“For am I now seeking the approval of man, or of God? … If I were still trying to please man, I would not be a servant of Christ.” – Galatians 1:10 (ESV)
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“Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewal of your mind…” – Romans 12:2 (ESV)
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“For it is by free grace (God’s unmerited favor) that you are saved… not of yourselves… it is the gift of God.” – Ephesians 2:8 (AMP)
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“Do nothing from rivalry or conceit, but in humility count others more significant than yourselves.” – Philippians 2:3 (ESV)
Encouragement for You (and Me)
Five minutes can be the difference between comparison and contentment. Between anxiety and peace. Between scrolling lies and soaking in truth.
So maybe we could pray for each other, that we would choose more and more often to fill our hearts with God’s Word instead of the world’s noise.
Because the truth is, little by little, five minutes at a time, God can transform our minds and remind us of His goodness.
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