Know Jesus? CHECK
Love Jesus? CHECK
SEEKING and ABIDING in Jesus everyday? Yaaa…that one’s a little harder to mark off, am I right?
Girl, I get it!! You’re BUSY!
You juggle work, and the groceries, and the cooking, and the cleaning, and the chauffeuring your kids to the 12 million activities and appointments they have to get to! You can hardly find time to shower, how in the world are you suppose to make more time for Jesus in your life?
But you long for that. More than anything. Christ has captured your heart and is drawing you to Him. You just wish someone could show you how to make time to do it all.
My name is Aleena Rooyakker, and that was me. I’ve been there. That struggle is real. But there is no greater fight than the fight for our faith. And that’s what I’m thrilled to help you do here at Seek+Abide!
Here’s some really good news: you don’t have to do it all! {insert giant exhale of relief}
Look at this bike wheel pictured below with me. Notice how all of the spokes connect right at the center, the hub, of the wheel.
Imagine that each of these spokes is one aspect of your life (a daily task, an obligation, something that the world demands of you, etc). These are things like your job, working out, making dinner for your family, cultivating relationships with your friends, etc.
You might be thinking, “This had better be a MIGHTY big bike wheel to fit all these different hats that I wear!” Yessss….biggest. bike wheels. ever. HAHA
Oh, and Jesus! Right? You’re wanting to add Him in there, too! So, with the best of intentions, you assign him a spoke.
But this, sweet friend, is where everything changes.
One small tweak carrying eternal blessings.
Yes, we want to create time to spend with the Lord (and you will learn how to make that happen here on the blog), but our relationship with him isn’t something to just check off our list.
So here’s the difference. He isn’t a spoke. Jesus is the hub. The center of our wheel, our life, from which every single thing we do should stem.
Helping the modern-day Christian woman make Jesus her hub is the purpose of this blog and my heart behind every word you’ll read here.
Because you were created for a Jesus-centered life.
Here at Seek+Abide, you’ll find things like:
- Practical tools + inspiration for Christian women
- Personal insights for healthy living (mind + body + spirit)
- Lots of my everyday life + ministry updates
For these last 6 years, before God called my family and I to the mission field, I was a health and fitness coach! One of the things I’m so passionate about is helping women find confidence in their bodies and joy in the process. So you’ll see some of that here, too. Because, dang, the enemy fights so hard to make us insecure and to believe lies about who we are and what we’re capable of (I can hear your AMENs coming right through this screen!).
Tiny bit more about me…I’ve been married to my husband Patrick for 11 years now (we are proof that online dating can work!), I’m a mom to four beautiful children via international adoption and traveling and adventuring are my favorite things to do!
God has most recently called our family to live out our faith and build disciples in Estonia, one of the least religious countries in the world. We are deeply humbled + immensely blessed to be newly appointed missionary associates with Assemblies of God World Missions!
So friend, WELCOME to Seek+Abide. I’m so glad you’ve found your way to my blog and I pray God speaks to you here and that this space is a breath of fresh air for you amidst the chaos of daily life.
Come, let’s seek and abide in the Lord together.
