You are not behind in God's timeline. But the lie that you are has been sitting on your chest for a long time and today we are addressing it directly.

In this episode, Elom opens Psalm 23 verses 1 through 3 and unpacks what it truly means to have the Lord as your shepherd. Not your taskmaster. Not your judge. Your shepherd the one whose entire job is to lead you, protect you, and make sure you lack nothing you were supposed to have by now.

But before we get to the truth, we have to name the lies. And in this episode Elom names every single battle the exhausted woman is fighting the comparison that steals her joy, the perfectionism that tells her she is never enough, the busyness that has tied her worth to her output, and the people pleasing that has made her a stranger to her own voice.

She is fighting all four. Simultaneously. Every single day.

No wonder she feels behind.

This episode is for the woman who has been running a race that was never designed for her to win because it was never her race to run. It is an invitation to stop. To let the shepherd lead. And to receive, perhaps for the first time, the soul rest that only He can give.

We open in Psalm 23 and close in prayer spoken directly over the woman who has been measuring herself against everyone else's timeline but God's.

In this episode:

• The four battles every exhausted woman is fighting at once and why none of them were hers to fight
• A deep dive into Psalm 23:1–3 and what it means that He makes you lie down
• Why your worth was never in what you do and what God says it is actually in
• A practical rest prompt to carry into your week
• A prayer spoken over the woman who is tired of feeling like she is falling behind

"The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want. He makes me lie down in green pastures. He leads me beside still waters. He restores my soul." — Psalm 23:1–3

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Episode 1: Why I Built This

There is a reason you found this podcast today. And I do not think it was an accident.

In this very first episode of The Resting Place, host Elom Ayayee shares the story behind the ministry , the burnout, the quiet moments with God that began to undo her, and the ache she felt watching other women disappear under the weight of their own lives. She shares what God asked her to build, and why she believes this space exists for you specifically.

This episode is an introduction and an invitation. If you have ever felt exhausted in a way that sleep cannot fix, if you love God and show up faithfully and still feel empty underneath it all, this episode is your permission to exhale.

We open in Matthew 11:28 and close in prayer spoken directly over the woman listening.

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