In today's episode, I want to talk about how depletion invites the darkness, how to fight it, and how to bring in the light.
When I spoke to my coach Keira earlier this week about all the great things happening in my life recently, we talked about how I still felt exhausted and low. She told me "depletion invites the darkness." I had heard this before. It reminded me of taking our kids to the USS Midway Museum and seeing a sign that said "if you take care of the ship, she will take care of you."
I realized I was not taking care of my house, my body, or my spirit. If I am exhausted, I can't do all that God is inviting me to do. At the time, I taught my kids about the value of chores and how it can help us all. Now, in the present, I've been working on music, moving house, rodeo, and one of my girls had a birthday. While all these things are nourishing, I was exhausted and still am.
I was given this podcast about depletion to record last week, and I didn't. I didn't give it away, so it stayed with me and weighed me down. When you make a promise to yourself and don't keep it, it becomes dead weight.
My surface way of being is to just do. I have not been listening to my creation and taking on more and more instead of sending this message out. If you are feeling depleted, look at what you have been ignoring, acknowledge it, and either reschedule it or consciously shelf it if it isn't in your heart right now.
Celebrate the effort, not the results. All God asks of us is that we try.
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