Good morning, sisters! I have a quick story that the Lord used to minister to me. I love it when He does that 🧡 Yesterday, after I took my son to school, I was driving back home, going the speed limit, maybe going a couple extra miles per hour (winding back road), but pretty much going steady. The car behind me? Oh yeah, he was right on me. Riding close, trying to pressure me to speed up. Y'all, he got super ridiculously close! For a quick second, I felt the pressure to go faster than I needed to, I felt the pressure to respond, I felt pressure to adjust, but for what? To appease this random person behind me? But y'all, I didn't. I stayed the course. I didn't panic, I didn't speed up, I just kept going. I didn't keep looking in the rear view to see what he was doing. I kept going. I didn't give him the attention or reaction he was looking for. Then it hit me, that's how life can feel sometimes! People will ride you and try to get you to do what they want you to do. Through manipulation, through pressure. Situations can try to push you off your pace and try to make you anxious. Why? To distract you, to throw you off course, to get you to do what they want you to when you know you heard God for yourself. Just because something is behind you doesn't mean it can control you. It's behind you for a reason! Isaiah 26:3 (ESV) says, "You keep him in perfect peace whose mind is stayed on you, because he trusts in you." Perfect peace doesn't come from everything around you being calm. It comes from you being steady. Sisters, there is a speed that's safe for your assignment, your family, your purpose. Eyes on Jesus, Sisters, always! Nobody gets to set my pace. God already did that! Have you ever felt pressured to move faster than God told you to? What helped you or reminded you to stay steady? I'd love to hear your thoughts. Blessings, Shavonne 🧡