Change: Coping & Embracing Life’s ChallengesSample

Day 1: Let’s Talk About CHANGE

Change happens all around us but we don’t talk about it often.  Every change impacts us.  When we don’t regularly explore and process how we are truly feeling and doing with changes, both big and small, we risk ourselves coping in unhealthy ways (think endless Netflix and Ice cream).  

We don’t often share how we are really doing with God.  However, Wisdom books in the Bible such as Psalms remind us that processing all the changes that are happening in our lives in real-time are valuable conversations to have with God.  Our loving Father longs to hear how we are doing and desires to support and encourage us along the way.  We tend to come to God after we’ve processed it all.  

So think about the most recent change in your life such as moving, losing someone close, not being able to see friends or co-workers, or changes to your health, finance, or career.  With every change, God is inviting us to grow in our knowledge of Him and ourselves.  What is He showing you through this particular change?  

PRAYER:

God, here is a change I want to honestly process with you.  This is what I’m really thinking, feeling, and sensing.  

NEXT STEP:

Find someone safe you trust to talk about a change in your life and honestly process how you are doing.