Emotionally Healthy Spirituality with Peter Scazzero... The Daily Office; Stopping Challange to Change/ Rashea@LLO2 Academy

What works for you?

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Do you know your capacity? Yes or no.

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Do you set goals and limits for yourself?

Yes or no. ________________.

Do your goals motivate you to take action? 

Yes or no. _________________.

Do your limits hinder you or do they maintain healthy boundaries?

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Do you know you are capable of more and greater things? Because you are.

PUSH YOURSELF. Reach higher heights, deeper depths and new possibilities. Challenge the status quo. Step into the unknown and change the world. 

Trust that whoever and whatever is holding you back will no longer hinder you. Jump that hurdle. Climb the mountain. Pray through it.

God has built each us differently. What works for one person will not work for another. Are you competing or being pressured to fill  someone else's shoes? Don't. Their shoes might be too big or too small for you. Even if they are the same size, they're still not your feet, your style or even your approach. 

God wants all of us to be our best self, but that entails being true to ourselves. Others opinions and preferences can be unrealistic or even shallow. "You can only do this, go this far and no further," the critics say? However, is that what God has said about you? 

If God is encouraging you to do less or more, do it. God knows what you can and cannot do. Every season is different and every seasons capacity will be different. So don't limit or overexert yourself.

Remember,  the ppurpose and practice of the Daily Office is to remember God and commune with Him all through our days. (p.162) Therefore, stopping for daily reflections and rest is pivotal.

This is essence of a Daily Office. What is more important than the number of offices each day is that our time with God be unhurried so that what we read or pray has time to sink deeply into our spirits. We stop our activity and pause to be with the living God. Central to the challenge of stopping at midday, for example, is to trust that God is on the throne. He rules. I don't. At each Office I give up control and trust God to run His world without me. (p.160)

-Peter Scazzero 

Rashea@LLO2 Academy