Have you ever been an in expired season or at a place in life where change was overdue?
Just three years ago, I was blindsided with a new reality that suddenly changed the trajectory of my life and forced me to take a good look at my reality. I had stayed in an old season way too long and change was overdue.
Stuck in the middle of what was and not sure about what could be, at the intersection of midlife, that unexpected change became a pivotal moment of opportunity that forced me to take a deeper look at my life and what I wanted for my future.
I remember sitting on my couch trying to write a book about entering midlife, but feeling very unauthentic because I was not living up to my own convictions.
There on my couch, it was as if my younger-self began to speak to me. She became the mirror that I saw my past, my present, and my future through.
I didn’t like what I saw – a lot of accomplishments but a lot of broken pieces, unfulfilled dreams, and disappointments.
I saw myself ten years from that day still stuck, still waiting for change.
But most importantly I saw that while I had been waiting on God to change things God had left change up to me.
I could stay stuck in an expired season and let life continue to pass me by or I could choose a different road.
But I’d have to take reins of my life if I wanted to change the course of my life.
I choose the latter but change didn’t happen overnight.
First, I had to pause long enough to pray and process the truth and to take responsibility for my life and where I was at.
I had to give myself permission to let go of the past, to be honest about what I wanted for my life, to step outside the box the I had allowed to confine me, and dream new dreams.
I had to paint a new picture of my life and redefine what success and happiness meant for me moving forward.
With all that, I still needed a plan. I knew brave change would require big risks. I counted the cost and determine the risks would be worth the rewards.
For the past three years, I’ve been in a season of brave change. Quietly, removing one limiting belief at a time and taking steps toward the future I envisioned for myself.
The Bible says, The race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong, neither yet bread to the wise, nor yet riches to men of understanding, nor yet favour to men of skill; but time and chance happeneth to them all. (Ecclesiastes 9:11)
Time: kronos moments of divine opportunity to change the course of your life.
Chance… unexpected events in life.
When time and chance meet, it’s what you do in those pivotal moments that matter in this life and eternity.
I stayed stuck longer than I had to. God leads and guides me but He couldn’t force me to do something new even when He created an opportunity for change.
I had to learn to see things from I higher perspective, through news lenses.
Beloved, chance can lead to change if you’re willing to take the reins. But God leaves the choice up to you.
It’s May 1st and this year, Lord willing, I will be 47 on May 31st. I have exciting news to share on birthday!!!
Today begins the count down. I’ll be going live on FB starting next week to share a little more of my journey each week and to dig into the Word of God around the subjects of how to take the reins, bravely change the course of your life when your at an intersection in life.
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