I approach today exhausted from the weekend.

It was a phenomenal weekend!

Family reunion Saturday! What an incredible day it was.

Then Sunday was church! It always amazes me how much energy goes out of me when I preach and pray.

Normally I take off from Sunday right after service until Monday evening Men’s Ministry. This week though I had a quick church board meeting after service and then several pastoral calls to make Sunday afternoon.

Monday morning was the big change though. I have been praying for some time about launching another DLT (which stands for doing life together) group on a morning during the week. I think it will be on Mondays at 9:30 A.M.

So this week I met with a group of people to talk about the launch of this group. It looks like it is a go.

So I will be moving my day off from Mondays to another day of the week.

In ministry work schedule changes are almost a seasonal thing. They are generally led and created by God (or at least by seeing where He is working in your community and responding to that move). But I have found that no matter how inspired or called or ordained the change is, it generally takes my body some time to adjust to the new rhythm. In the in between time I often find myself extremely tired and easily distracted when I should be focusing.

WHAT ARE SOME THINGS YOU DO TO HELP YOURSELF ADJUST DURING TIMES OF TRANSITION?