Getting Started…

I struggle hard getting started…

I struggle getting started with devo time in the am.

I struggle getting started with eating right.

I struggle getting started with working out.

I STRUGGLE.

When I struggle, I immediately put myself in the mind frame that it is no need to even get started if I am not doing it the “right way.”

[Does anyone else have that mind frame?]

I have recently asked God to take control of my habits. To help keep me stay focused and on track.

& He answered in a way I was not expecting.

I had this preconceived thought process that everything had to look just right. For example: my devotional time needed to have coffee, highlighters, fancy notebook, music playing, and a cutesy mug. All of this was for aesthetics. All of this was made up from seeing other visions on social media or just idealistic distractions to slow me down from getting to what really mattered. None of it was for the glory of God. I had told myself if I didn’t have the set up, then I couldn’t do my devotional. & God said WRONG. He started nudging me in the mornings, waking me up before my alarm, prepping my mental state to sit down with Him. & He wasn’t nudging me when I had a fancy mug ready or worship music playing. Now my pens are astray across the counter and the aesthetic image I had created is a little messier.

But my heart… my heart is in the right place.

I am focused on Him. He set my spirit right. With his guidance, I redirected my thought process. I am so thankful for how He heard me and knew what I needed.

Getting started is HARD. Getting started starts with your mind and spirit. If they are not in alignment with God, then it will be a struggle to get going. When they say “give it to God”, you better give it to HIM. Start by asking God every day to help you with your thought process. Go to him in prayer and ask for clarity and mental peace. Give your worries, your stresses, and any thing that is standing in your way of your relationship with Him over to Him in prayer. Then you can ask Him to help shift how you see certain things. & be sure to pay attention to when He is talking to you.

Getting up and getting going looks very different now. It’s not a Struggle. It’s a joy, a daily blessing. I don’t have this false pressure looming in the back of my mind. I’m not compete with made up standards. I wake up and workout in my living room in my jammies with toys strowed around. I drink coffee out of a tumbler that was made from a Keurig with store brand creamer. I sit and enjoy time in my devotional with God without the cute candle and with pens and the chaos of a busy home around me. But I am focused, intentional and at peace with the chapter I am in and having His plan to guide me through it.

If you struggle to get started, just know you are not alone. Give it to God. Allow Him to shift your mind. Turn your struggles over to him.

God’s Love & Mine,

Carrie