Change
Today I rearranged my room. I was making my bed when I thought the bedding looked boring, from there the whole setting seemed old, so I decided to change it. The decision to change it was easy because I had an idea what I wanted to change it into. I knew where I'd move the bed and chest of drawers and what color bedding and curtains I wanted up.
At 2pm I was still up in arms shifting and sweeping, putting in place and hanging up. My flu symptoms were making a return, obviously invited by the washing of windows in the wind earlier on in the day. I was hungry, tired and feeling sick, I regretted my decision. I wanted to quit but problem was the room was still in the process, it was a mess in fact. If I left it as is, I wouldn't have enough room on my bed to sleep, my neighbors would see through into my room cause the curtains weren't up and I wouldn't be able to watch my favorite tv programs because I hadn't connected the telly yet. So I had no choice but to keep going.
Now lying on my bed which feels new, my room warm and cozy, the satisfaction of seeing the change is so worth the trouble. Everyone who walks in notices and applauds. Change. It's the same old room, same furniture rearranged and adorned differently, same light covers and windows washed to allow for better lighting.
I found many definitions for the word change, one of my favorite being: An act or process through which something becomes different. I love this point of change being a process, the becoming. I attended an amazing women's event this past weekend and one of the major points covered was how change comes once I make a decision to change and stay committed to that decision and the fact that no change is ever birthed from a place of comfort.
When you study Bible characters who went through major changes, you'll learn that they moved out of their comfort zones first. To become Abraham, Abram had to leave his land and people. To become the leader he dreamed to be, Joseph was sold into slavery in a foreign land. Jacob had to wrestle, Moses had to speak up, David had to leave home, Esther had to approach the king, Ruth had to go gleaning...the list is endless. Change lives outside my comfort zone.
Change is a process therefore I will need patience and dedication. Not all things will change in a day like rearranging a room, it will take months, years at times, but if I have the end goal in sight, I'll keep going, I won't settle for halfway-there.
But for this process to start I need to desire change and decide to change. I'm one who's very good at the former but totally stinks at the latter. I'm forever desiring change, I easily get bored, I don't like routine...but I absolutely fail in making decisions towards those desires so I end up just whining and complaining about my boredom but never really doing anything about it.
I'm challenged to put my money where my mouth is when it comes to change and I challenge you to do the same, be it career change, lifestyle change or changing your tired Blackberry, I dare you to change something about your life before this year ends.
At 2pm I was still up in arms shifting and sweeping, putting in place and hanging up. My flu symptoms were making a return, obviously invited by the washing of windows in the wind earlier on in the day. I was hungry, tired and feeling sick, I regretted my decision. I wanted to quit but problem was the room was still in the process, it was a mess in fact. If I left it as is, I wouldn't have enough room on my bed to sleep, my neighbors would see through into my room cause the curtains weren't up and I wouldn't be able to watch my favorite tv programs because I hadn't connected the telly yet. So I had no choice but to keep going.
Now lying on my bed which feels new, my room warm and cozy, the satisfaction of seeing the change is so worth the trouble. Everyone who walks in notices and applauds. Change. It's the same old room, same furniture rearranged and adorned differently, same light covers and windows washed to allow for better lighting.
I found many definitions for the word change, one of my favorite being: An act or process through which something becomes different. I love this point of change being a process, the becoming. I attended an amazing women's event this past weekend and one of the major points covered was how change comes once I make a decision to change and stay committed to that decision and the fact that no change is ever birthed from a place of comfort.
When you study Bible characters who went through major changes, you'll learn that they moved out of their comfort zones first. To become Abraham, Abram had to leave his land and people. To become the leader he dreamed to be, Joseph was sold into slavery in a foreign land. Jacob had to wrestle, Moses had to speak up, David had to leave home, Esther had to approach the king, Ruth had to go gleaning...the list is endless. Change lives outside my comfort zone.
Change is a process therefore I will need patience and dedication. Not all things will change in a day like rearranging a room, it will take months, years at times, but if I have the end goal in sight, I'll keep going, I won't settle for halfway-there.
But for this process to start I need to desire change and decide to change. I'm one who's very good at the former but totally stinks at the latter. I'm forever desiring change, I easily get bored, I don't like routine...but I absolutely fail in making decisions towards those desires so I end up just whining and complaining about my boredom but never really doing anything about it.
I'm challenged to put my money where my mouth is when it comes to change and I challenge you to do the same, be it career change, lifestyle change or changing your tired Blackberry, I dare you to change something about your life before this year ends.
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