Last year, after I got my job at the station, I struggled for the longest time to find a new routine. I was accustomed to the shortest of commutes...sometimes not getting out of bed until a half hour before reporting for duty. I was used to long evenings and weekends filled with...whatever I wanted!
Then I got a new job, and suddenly I spent two hours a day on the road...and had to factor in naps and extra time for standard chores. Sometimes I had to work weekends. I didn't mind any of those things, because the job was worth it a thousand times over...but it was a huge adjustment.
It was hard for me after 11 years of the same daily routine. It was hard for my friends and family who were all used to me attending everything...and suddenly they heard the words "I can't" fairly often.
But with time...I got used to it. I learned to fill my commutes with prayers and phone calls and mental processing. I learned that cat naps get me through the evening. I learned that working a weekend isn't bad at all when you love what you're doing! I started to figure it out.
A new routine.
So much so that I realized whenever I actually do move...I'm going to have to start that process all over again. New routines...new timetables. New everything. And it will be okay! I'll figure it out!
Ever feel like you just get a handle on something and SURPRISE!!! The pot gets a little bit stirred and you have to start all over again? The surprises don't have to be bad...in fact, they can be very, very good things! But they still evoke change.
Jeri at my work (the one who coerced me into this precious 10K?) gave me this sign last week:
As soon as He senses I'm getting comfy, He gets His big old spoon out and starts stirring the pot of my world...drawing me further toward what HE knows I'm capable of doing.
Know what? That's one time I'm secretly glad He stirs the pot.
2 comments:
It is hard to push ourselves out of our comfort zone. Who wants to do that? We have to realize that it is good for us to see things from a different perspective; to experience things we have not before; to expand our knowledge and experience so we can come along side others and help them.
I guess the magic can occur in our comfort zone but anything new we must seek it out.
Dang!
I didn't want to hear this, but I needed it. Thank you for reminding me that I shouldn't keep trying to avoid God's pot-stirring spoon.
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