Well today marks the first day of our 6-month life makeover challenge! Woo hoo! I am super excited about all the new beginnings and possibilities to change my life from the place that I am right now into the place that I desire to be in every area of my life! It’s not going to be easy that is why we called it a challenge. There are some parts of our lives that we will breeze right through, other parts not so much. But I am committed to seeing the process to the end of the 6-months just to see how strong I really am.
I prayed and thought and thought and prayed about what the first action step should be on this challenge and it dawned on me that in order to begin to change the fabric of our lives we need to really have a clear picture of where we are. Make sense? How can we challenge ourselves to makeover areas in our lives if we don’t really focus on where we currently are.
So the first action step is going to be internal. What do I mean? Well I mean in your heart; I need you to focus on the inner being of who you are right now. Look at yourself in your spiritual mirror and take an honest look at yourself. Where are you? Reflection on oneself is not something that we do everyday or even at all, but in order for us to move into a new dimension of who we really are supposed to be we must figure out who we are right now! Are you following me?
I know that I shared this part of my journey with you many times before, but it stand telling again so you get exactly where I am coming from for this action step. When I was depressed and started to heal (with the love of God), I asked God why did I end up in this place that I was in? His response to me was simple, “look in the mirror of your soul and take a close look at your life”. My life had become a jumbled mess of compromising who I really was, what I believed and my values. For many reasons I found myself compromising to be liked, to be loved, to fit in, and to please people. But that portrayal of who I thought people wanted me to be was false,it was taxing on the real me. For me it was bittersweet to finally realize what was going on with me; on one hand I could finally make a decision to change and become the real Lisa, on the other hand, I had to face that I had let God down. And that my friend was the bitter part.
Day 1 Action Step – Find a quiet place and begin to focus on your life, every part of it, the good, the bad and the ugly. Listen to what your heart is telling you about what your life really looks like. Some of it may hurt, some may make you proud, but remember there is hope for a brighter future. Now one thing that I want to make clear is that it all begins and ends with you. You can’t do this exercise and include others in the process. If you have deep embedded hurt and unforgiveness that you need to deal with please seek a professional therapist to work those issues out. One thing that God showed me in my process was ME, no one else, only me, I was responsible for myself – period. After you have gotten a clear picture of where you are now is the time to begin to vision where you want to be in the next 6-months. Have a set goal for every area of your life that you want to change. This will give us a clear measurement of your progress. If you haven’t purchased a journal to record this journey I suggest that you so today. You are going to be wowed at the end of the challenge about how far you have come and accomplished!
Ready? Let’s go!
The Butterfly Journey ~ Lisa
