Body Language
Sometimes I say to myself, you’re not stressed or tired, you’re doing fine—but my body talks to me and says “shut up.” It’s amazing, but I have this ability to pretend I’m doing better than my body tells me I am. Ever get tense shoulder muscles, or maybe a rumbly stomach, or an eye twitch, or maybe a headache and it’s on the backside of you pushing hard? I’ve found our bodies talk to us about how we’re really doing when our soul is in denial.
When we think we’re doing fine, but our bodies are telling us something different, we should listen to what God might want to tell us in that. He gave us the Sabbath rest for our sakes—we need rest. It’s a gift. Do you find you have a hard time listening? Why do you think that is? I wonder what the deeper message is that keeps us in denial when we’re pushing too hard?
Mine would go something like this: “If you can’t handle the load you’re not good enough” or “After all, this hard work is all for God, right?” I try to completely rest one day a week, but the pace I put myself through the other 6 days speaks volume about my over-achieving mentality and an insidious belief that I have to shoulder it all and I have to deliver results otherwise I’m not good enough. (This gives my counselor never-ending material!)
BTW, I’m on day 4 of 60… Enjoying the journey so far. Challenging for sure!
Comment by eloisebrown — August 19, 2008 @ 7:51 pm