The Secret to an Unbroken Life with God

There is a quiet secret that sits snugly inside the pages of Ecclesiastes. It is the secret of having a life that is not easily conquered and broken by the trials of this world. Trials that can leave us feeling worthless and insecure and depressed.

It is not much of a secret at all really, but these words often go unnoticed even though they tell us what we truly need. They are the words that explain a Triple Braided life.

What is a Triple Braided life? Triple Braided is more than the name of this blog. It is the formula for a life that can stand up against all the craziness this world brings.

In a Triple Braided life there are three cords.

• Cord One: Each of us as individuals
• Cord Two: The community of brothers and sisters in Christ
• Cord Three: A relationship with God

This verse shows us our need for community AND God. We can do o.k. when it’s just us and a community of Believers around us, but the braid is the strongest when we have a community of Believers AND a personal relationship with God.

There is no doubt that this world is going to bring us dips and peaks. When the dips are a reality they are really, really deep.  We strain and pull just to have our eyes peak over the side.  And when the peaks are a reality they are really, really high.  We put one toe over the edge just knowing we can fly.  Through the dips and the peaks we want to conquer and remain unbroken. This is found in a Triple Braided life.

My vision for this blog is 1.) to discuss what a Triple Braided life looks like for women in every season of life: single, married, widowed, with children, without children, empty nester, worker outside the home, homemaker, homeschooling, not homeschooling, and so on and so on, 2.) to encourage women to live in community with all of these groups of women, not just the group that best describes our stage of life, and 3.) to promote an intimate relationship with Jesus as the Third Braid in our lives. 

To read more about a Triple Braided life, please read The Third Braid.

What do you think about a Triple Braided life?