Yesterday I wrote about “running on empty” because of my current schedule transitions. I asked what some of you do when you go through transitions to beat the weariness that comes with change.
I guess the first question I should have asked was DOES CHANGE MAKE YOU TIRED OR DOES IT ENERGIZE YOU?
I know that not everyone reacts to change the same way I do. Sometimes I wish I didn’t react the way I do to change. I wish it didn’t make me tired. But that’s me and I have been at this game called life long enough to know that part of the pathway to peace is to accept who you are as a person and to find the benefits in the you that is you.
I have found that one of the things I need is to spend lots of time lingering quietly I the presence of God.
For me, prayer is not a job of getting g through lists of prayer requests so I can move onto the next bit of work. Prayer, for me, is like sitting in the sun at the beach watching the ocean waves roll in as the tides change.
Don’t get me wrong. I pray for lots of people everyday. But I spend far more time just being with God and His Word. The majority of my prayer life is just waiting in His presence for Him to direct me to my next thing or for my next thing. The lingering and the listening always come before the asking.
HOW MUCH OF YOUR PRAYER TIME IS SPENT LISTENING?
Notes From the Vicarage 
I appreciate your reframed question from yesterday. I was wrestling with a response as I am one of those who is wired for change .. I love the flow and adventure of it. As to your question from today … my version is .. “how much of your/my time is spent listening?” (to myself, to others, to the world large and small, to God) .. a reminder I can need to receive rather than express. Thanks
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This is so true Jane. The need to just soak in the things around us is an absolute necessity.
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Sometimes it’s hard just to be in the presence of God. for me the best times are during bouts of insomnia.
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This week has been so busy I am entirely exhausted by day’s end and so I just collapse into bed. One thing that has helped me this week is have scheduled some intentional time at a place in our town called the worship room.
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I think change is exciting and challenging, therefore it is always emotionally exhausting. If you are excited for the new direction or adventure, there is still a crap ton of work to do to prepare the way so to speak…and if your new direction or adventure is a surprise to you that can feel like a heavy load to carry. It doesn’t mean you don’t understand or even like the change it is just….you have to work through it all. Change is good. Change helps us grow…growth most often is uncomfortable.
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You are right sister. We have to give ourselves grace in the transition times.
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