Have you come to the end of yourself?
Are you exhausted from trying to control your life?
Uh, yeah. Do you even have to ask? I’m a busy WAHM mom of two running a business in a down economy.
NEWS FLASH: You can’t do it all alone.
Okay, so maybe that’s not a news flash to you, but it certainly is something we I forget all the time. Day 4 in the challenge says it’s time to move from “will” power to the “real” power that comes from a connection to our Creator. I’m not sure what your faith or beliefs are, but I do believe that we were created and that when we try to do everything on our own, we struggle. I can speak from personal experience and from reading the emails I get every day from overwhelmed women like you and me.
Here are some questions for you to answer:
- In what area are you struggling the most to change? Is it weight loss, health, bad habits, relationships?
- What are your current barriers to spiritual health and connection to your Creator?
If you’re up for a real challenge, write an open letter to God about your present disappointments and frustrations. Consider how they could be preparing you for the future.
My Ongoing Challenge and True Confession is…
Honestly, I forget that it’s not all up to me. That I’m not responsible for everyone and everything. I’m not even responsible for the results. Like this blog challenge. I felt inspired to create it, to blog about it, and to include anyone that wants to be involved. But, I’m not responsible for the results. If only one person or no one comments, does that mean I shouldn’t have done it? Does that mean it “failed” if I don’t have thousands of daily page views and hundreds of comments. Of course not! But it’s hard to remember at times.
I think it stems back to being a single mom for 7 years. As a single mom, you’re on your own and have to take care of everything. You’re playing dad and mom, working, paying bills, and then trying to muster enough energy to play and have fun with your child. When I got married 7 years ago I think I brought some of that supermom mumbo jumbo into the mix and still try to be all things for all people.
Couple that with the fact that I was overly responsible growing up in a “dysfunctional” home (didn’t we all?). So I’ve got it both ways and have to constantly be reminded that I am not in charge. Everything does not live or die by my hand. And thank God for that!
My barrier to spiritual health and connection is putting myself on the throne of my life and thinking I’ve got the magic wand that can make everything work. If I just try hard enough. But that is a lie, for sure. If there were one thing I could do every day it would be to dethrone myself and in so doing give myself room to breathe and permission to be imperfect, flawed, and fallible. Ah, I feel relief just writing those words. Say it with me… I am imperfect, flawed, and fallible.
This week, I’m going to embrace that concept and see how much evidence I can stack up to confirm that truth. And I’m going to enjoy the process.
What about you?
I wanna hear your heart. Are you courageous enough to share? I promise you it will be liberating!
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