Hello, friends!

Welcome to our weekly Five Minute Friday blog link-up!

If you’re new, you can learn more about the link-up here.

Before we get started, I have some super fun news to share with you:

We’re running a huge giveaway now through April 7th, 2018 to celebrate the release of A Place to Land: A Story of Longing and Belonging!

And guess what?

YOU can have a chance to win a ONE YEAR MEMBERSHIP to the Jerry B. Jenkins Writers Guild! 

That’s right . . . the same Jerry Jenkins who has written 190 books including 21 New York Times Bestsellers!

This Prize Pack is worth $370, and if you’re the winner you’ll get:

  • Intensive live online writing workshops with tips you can immediately apply to your writing
  • Interviews with top writing and publishing experts who reveal inside information
  • Live Q&A with Jerry Jenkins where you can ask him anything
  • A private community where you can connect and interact with fellow writers
  • And so much more!

How awesome is that, hey?

We’re also giving away two more Prize Packs including other fun gifts, for a total of THREE WINNERS:

TO ENTER THE GIVEAWAY: 

1) Purchase a copy of A Place to Land: A Story of Longing and Belonging from your favorite bookseller.

Direct links to retailers can be found at: http://katemotaung.com/a-place-to-land/

2) Visit www.katemotaung.com/bookbonus or fill out the form below including your receipt number for proof of purchase.

Giveaway ends April 7th, 2018 at 11:59pm PST. International winners eligible for Prize Pack #1 only. Winners of Prize Pack #2 and Prize Pack #3 must have a U.S. mailing address.

If you can’t see the entry form below, click here to view in a separate tab.

Want to share this giveaway with others? Just send them to www.katemotaung.com/bookbonus

 

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A few more quick announcements before we get to the free write:

Next week Thursday, March 29th, I’ll be streaming my Book Launch Party live from Baker Book House in Grand Rapids, Michigan, starting at 7pm EST.

Head over to my Facebook page at fb.me/katemotaungwriter to join the fun! 

 

Secondly, there is still a bit of time to register for the Festival of Faith & Writing, happening at Calvin College in Grand Rapids, Michigan from April 12-14, 2018. Registration closes April 1st, so hurry up!

We’re also offering a group discount through Five Minute Friday if you’re interested in attending.

Sign up here to access the FMF Group Discount code for the Festival of Faith & Writing before April 1st.  

 

Okay, it’s time to write!

This week’s Five Minute Friday prompt is: ROUTINE

 

 Routine

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Ready? GO.

I feel like there’s a common theme that keeps creeping into my Five Minute Friday posts almost every week . . . the constant struggle of being too busy.

I also keep thinking I need to get my hands on that book, Breaking Busy by Alli Worthington (<– affiliate link) — but if the people who need that message the most are really so busy, then how will they find time to read it? 😉

But the biggest thing that keeps nagging at my insides is that much of this busyness is self-inflicted, you know?

We’re doing this to ourselves. 

My husband keeps threatening in jest to pull the kids out of school, sell all of our possessions, and buy an RV to travel around the U.S. and homeschool for at least a year. 🙂 He says that way we won’t be so busy all the time, plus we would get to see some pretty amazing places . . .

How do you break the busy cycle in your own life?

Do you have certain safeguards in place to ensure that you maintain some semblance of balance?

Do you have specific criteria to help you determine what you say “yes” to and which tasks or requests get an automatic “no”?

I’m reminded of a talk I heard a while back, about the importance of asking God every day to reveal what He wants us to accomplish that day.

Psalm 90:17 comes to mind: “… Establish the work of our hands for us — yes, establish the work of our hands.”

 

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Let’s ask the Lord to establish the work of our hands, amen?

STOP.

** Updated to add: I wrote the above post on Thursday afternoon and scheduled it to go live while I was at my kids’ school function because, well, as I said, we’re busy.

But I just have to share what God did for me at the school function.

Singer and songwriter Jonny Diaz performed at the event, and in the middle of his set list, he sang his song, Breathe — and it was exactly the message I needed to hear after writing this post. Here it is, in case you need it, too:

 

Join the link-up with your own five minute free write below, and don’t forget to ENTER THE GIVEAWAY HERE.

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