Out With the Old

I have been in a very strange place the last couple of days. It has felt like some sort of “in-between” space. In between the old and the new. The old episodes of my life have closed and  new episodes are opening but they are not quite a wrap just yet. God is still getting them in order to fully manifest. Yet, I feel like this is exactly where I need to be. The old was about unknowingly carrying the burdens of day-to-day life. The new is about learning how to carry the “hugeness” of the vision God planted within me without it feeling heavy and challenging. What if I could just flow into this and watch what God is going to do?

So, I put down experiencing single motherhood as heavy – no more. I put down any remaining “making it happen” for fully trusting God. The truth is that I was tired. I was tired of carrying everything and I really thought I had already given it to God. But as I found out, I was still trying to carry too much. I picked up letting God do it – all of it.

I simply did not have it in me anymore. It was time to fully get in “the flow” of God and allow Him to work daily miracles in my life. And it feels so liberating! The funny thing is that I thought I was already liberated, but in reality, I am just on my way, not there yet. I realize that this is right where the glory of God can truly show up!

I pray that you can experience this incredible liberation, too. When I remembered that God created me to live without worry, I realized just how off I was from being liberated no matter how far I think I have come. Here are a few steps you can go through to get fully liberated:

1. Take an inventory of your life and notice if you are feeling stress or worry.

2. Admit that you are carrying too much and trying to do too much of what God was created for.

3. Stop it. Stop doing the old. Stop living the old patterns that keep getting you what no longer fits you.

4. Move one thing off of your plate to make space for creating your new patterns and choices.

5. Show up when you promised yourself you would show up. This is the toughest step of all because keeping our word to ourselves is the toughest part yet. But, developing this self-control is imperative to your walk with God.

Let me know how it goes. Love, Ericka.

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