Life is Good!

My life is good! That's the truth! My life is good or should I say blessed. God is such a good God. When I think of the wonderful friends and family that I have... I think God is God. When I look at Harley... I think God is Awesome! When I experience the amazing little moments with God, I think... God Is Alive!

I am amazed as the weeks continue through this journey. I was not sure what to expect during my Sabbatical. Heck, I have not had a long break off of work since high school. It has taken me awhile to let go. To let go of the feeling that everything needs to be done right now. Let go of the hurriness in my life. Let go that I have to fix everything! It has been hard but very freeing.

My most important discovery though has been about myself. I Kristina J. Stuckel am a work alcoholic. I thrive on the hurries of life and work. Not being part of work has been a real struggle. I love working at the church. I love the people. I have a great job. But after some soul searching I have found out that I am not balance. Work plays a major part in my life. I lived and breath it. It consumed 90% of who I am. And that's not healthy. Life is a balancing act and I need to find the balance in my life.

Harley has helped with some of that, but I need to do more work. You see when I am balance with God at the center of my life the church will get a much better minister. So I need to work on that by restructuring how I live and breath. That is where Sabbath comes into play. God ordained and made it holy. Now we as God's children need to reclaim it in our lives. It is going to take a while, at least for me!

Just Breath

Take a few minutes to write down a list of everything you do from house cleaning, work, anything that consumes your time. What are the important things? What are some things that consume your time unnecessarily? What part does God have in it all? Look at your plate and see if you are balance~heart, soul and mind. Most of us are not. After this take a few minyues to sit in God presence, soak up his goodness, and rest in his arms.

Blessing to all!

Kristi