Capture Your Thoughts
How I Had to Recharge and Analyze
I’ve skipped the last two weeks for several reasons. One of them being capturing my own thoughts and analyzing them. Did they align with God? Were they from a place of healing? Trying to write for this blog kept falling into the ‘I need to rant about something’ phase. Obviously, I had some things to work out.
I also find that time is flying by too fast for both good and bad reasons. Looking back, I know where my time went and why. Aging family, my health, and doing this instead of that for my writing business, so I could have the energy for it all. It turns out once my body had a few days of physical derailment, nothing major, my brain kicked back into higher gear writing and organizing.
Then there are the various things I volunteered or got paid for that went beyond me hunkering down for my own stories and reader interactions. All of them good mind you, but one seemed like I blew a hole in it while two volunteer things have started in August. I had a moment of wondering whether I should bother at all.
I had to clear my thoughts and put everything in God’s hands. So, the thing I thought I blew a hole in is still a possibility, and the volunteer things are starting off fine. Another thing will be discussed the day this is posted. I had a burst of fiction writing that came with a level of energy I haven’t had for a couple of weeks. My ads aren’t working, but I sold enough to pay for most of the ads from mid-July until now. My belief that I was wasting my time on all this writing stuff proved the real waste of time.
The Bible tells us we need a transformation of our minds. We need help to change from the lies that have bombarded our lives to thinking as God intended us to. He wants us to prosper as His chosen and royal children with Jesus. He wants to help us through the trials that life throws at us in a fallen world. All I had to do to overcome was recharge my faith by plugging into His, take a rest to assess, and get on with what He has already inspired me to do.
I need to keep assessing what I have going and what could come to be sure I am on the path God wants, so I don’t burn out or exhaust myself. You will never see me posting here if I am not sure I am right with God on any subject. Does that mean I’ll have it all figured out? No, but I won’t be sending you rants that help no one, or just some drivel to say I posted. Instead, I will follow Jesus’ example and go to a quiet spot to rest while praying to God.
We all should take time to assess where our time and energy go. Are we running on fumes? Did we really need to volunteer for that? Was fear of being left out or needing validation the cause of a choice? Take time regularly to verify your whys and determine where they don’t align with God. It will be worth your time even if it leads to your saying no to some good things, so you can give your best to the better things.