#57: Delete + Reset: Slowing down, releasing expectations, and creating an unhurried heart with Jennifer Dukes Lee

Slowing down your pace sounds amazing, but how do you do that in real life? How can you practice open-handedness in the dailiness? How can you build rest into a busy season?

In the fourth episode of the Delete + Reset series, author Jennifer Dukes Lee tackles a topic that’s an ongoing struggle for try-hard girls: how to live a slower life when you believe your worth is based on all you do.

Jennifer reminds you that good things take time to grow, that if you’re going to live like Jesus, you need to walk at a slower pace, and she defines what it means to have an unhurried heart.

You’ll learn how to grow slow in a world that pushes you to keep up, how to replace harmful mindsets with God’s truth, and what to do when you’re tired of a busy life but are terrified of the idea of letting go of All The Things.

Key Quotes

“There’s something worse than falling behind and that is not really appreciating and embracing the here-and-now the Lord has given us.” – Jennifer Dukes Lee
“It takes time to grow good things.” – Jennifer Dukes Lee
“An unexpected life is not the same thing as a bad life.” – Jennifer Dukes Lee
“God doesn’t delight in our output as much as He just delights in our ordinary selves.” – Jennifer Dukes Lee
“All those little things build a life.” – Jennifer Dukes Lee
“We ourselves are fields. God is planting seeds in us, and He is growing things in us.” – Jennifer Dukes Lee
“If I’m going to live like Jesus and be like Jesus, I need to slow down and walk with Jesus.” – Jennifer Dukes Lee

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About Jennifer Dukes Lee

Jennifer Dukes Lee is an accidental farm girl in Iowa, where she and her husband live on the fifth-generation family farm, raising crops, pigs, and two humans. She’s a fan of dark chocolate, emojis, eighties music, bright lipstick, and Netflix binges. She wants to live life in such a way that you can’t help but want more of Jesus. Jennifer is the author of several books and Bible studies, including It’s All Under Control and her upcoming release, Growing Slow.