I wonder if I have confused my pursuit of a well-managed life as reflecting a life of success. I pray for peace, but often what I am really praying for is for circumstances to change. Because when I look at Scripture, I don’t find many examples of people who stayed comfortably on the treadmill. What if the things I desperately want to protect them from become the very things God uses to shape their character? And to step off the treadmill when God calls me into something deeper.