Time change challenge.

I can honestly say I do not know how many different time zones I have been in this year? Ghana is 5 hours ahead of us. Tel Aviv is 7 hours ahead. Dallas is 1 hour behind. Yerevan is 9 hours ahead. Those were destinations, in between there were at times up to 6 hour layovers in different time zones, such as Paris and London, and they are an hour apart. I came home and it was time to "Fall Back". Truthfully, this year it made no difference to me at all. At 3 AM I think it's morning anyways.

What is the point I'm trying to make? Once you are willingly adapted to something,  change doesn't bother you anymore. So, stop complaining about the way things are or the way people are, and change yourself. Yes, this can be challenging. But, the key word is willingly. None of those destinations were going to change their time to adapt to me. I had to adapt to the time change. This is my challenge. This is one of the many challenges you and I will have to buck up to, and overcome if we are to be used of God. I know that lady at church drives you crazy because she never keeps her word. What are you going to do about it? Adapt and overcome. I know you run out of money before you run out of month. Adapt and overcome. How? Go work at a Soup Pantry for free. Eat there. Ask if you can work so many hours for food. Take the money you were spending on food and payoff a bill or two. Keep going. One step toward God and He will kill the fatted cow. Your meal will not run dry. Your oil will keep filling vessels. You can sale the oil and live on the rest. Pay off your debt and keep your sons. Adapt and overcome. Step up to the challenge. You got this!

For the most part, my time challenges were less than a day apart. Jonah, Jesus, and Judas, all had totally different situations and challenges they had to adapt to, or overcome, in less than 24 hours. One day, can change your life. One decision, changes everything. We have the power to decide how we will respond to challenges, struggles, personalities, weather, and a mirage of other adversities.

You have got this. If you've got God, you've got all you need--and then some.

What do we do when facing challenges? Firstly, let me say we prepare for them as far in advance as we possibly can. Read your Bible everyday now. Discipline yourself in numerous areas now. For example, once in a while take a cold shower. You never know when you may have to shower with no hot water. Adapt. Overcome. Go without food and water. You never know when there may be a long period of time when you are not able to get food and water. Tell yourself, "No." There will be times a strong, "No", may save your life or someone else's.

ACTION STEP: Use the above list to cultivate a productive mindset and add this to your daily disciplines of reading your Bible, telling yourself no, taking cold showers (lol), and fasting for discipline purposes. Step up to the challenge. Life will not adapt to you. There was only one place in the Bible where God turned back time and it was so a battle could be won. Do your part and God will do His.

Praying for your huge success. See you tomorrow. You can adapt and overcome!
Blessings,
​Rena