Adjustments
and major transitions can be difficult, especially if you have problems with
control. If something changes and you have an issue with control you can be
easily side-swiped. It is important to take it one day at a time. You can’t say
you will go here or do this tomorrow for certain because you do not know what
will happen. When we have to make adjustments and transitions they will go a lot
smoother if we realize that we have to hold our plans loosely and be ready for
change.
A definition
from Wikipedia.com for adjustment is regulating, adapting or settling in a
variety of contexts. If you are not able to adjust easily to transitions and
changes it will create disequilibrium and unbalance in your mind, body, and
spirit. You will begin to feel stress in all of these areas. When an adjustment
needs to be made, in the beginning you may feel some stress, but then you need
to enter into the flow of the Spirit of God. That means seizing all control and
outcomes of the situation and trusting that God has a plan and He will work it
out for you good. It means stop trying to figure out why and instead remaining
calm and peaceful. Sometimes adjustment periods can take a while to work out.
For instance if you have a step family, or your teenage daughter is pregnant
and needs help, or even divorce. All are considered a crisis and all can pose a
threat to our well-being. Under stress our bodies will either fight or flight,
that means stay and fight or run away. Fight or flight is usually seen in
stressful or threatening circumstances. There may be a time to run, but from
what I know of God He does not want us to stay running He wants us to rest and
then get up and fight.
Taking it
one day at a time is the only way to stay and fight in your situation of
transition. If you decide to stay and fight you cannot project tomorrow’s fears
and concerns. God gives you grace for each day, not stored up grace. So if you
are living out on tomorrow’s grace, you will not survive the adjustment and
transition period.
With any
adjustment or major transition, eventually you will adapt and begin to learn
new coping skills. It is amazing how God created us to cope and adapt in the
most stressful of situations. So no matter what you are adjusting to, know that
it is not permanent. Get up today, stop wallowing and having pity parties and
say, “This too shall pass.” Nothing in life is ever permanent. As the seasons
change, so does our lives. There is a season for everything. Though it may be
painful and dark today, tomorrow is new and full of possibilities.
Rest in your adjustments and
transitions. Hasah, is Hebrew for trust. It means
taking refuge in God. Batah, means to
have confidence in.
Hasah Batah, Trust, take refuge and have
confidence in God.
And now I have a word for you who
brashly announce, “Today, at the latest, tomorrow, we’re off to such and such a
city for the year. We’re going to start a business and make a lot of money.”
You don’t know the first thing about tomorrow. You’re nothing but a wisp of
fog, catching a brief bit of sun before disappearing. Instead, make it a habit
to say, “If the Master wills and we’re still alive, we’ll
do this or that.”
James 4:13-15, Message
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