Today’s the first day in over a week I’ve felt somewhat like myself. Whatever this bug is, it knocked me for a loop. I haven’t even felt up to writing the last 4 days. Thankfully today I’m feeling much better, praise the Lord.
Sickness is quite often our body’s way of telling us something is out of balance and this illness was kind of a wake-up call for me. I realized I need to make some changes if I’m going to lessen the chances of this happening again in the future.
In my case, I think it was a combination of lack of exercise, too much sugar, and too much stress. Thankfully the exercise and diet issues are things I can fix relatively easily. The stress is another matter, however. I realized I need to make better use of my time, even eliminating some things, so I am not so stressed.
With that in mind, I’m working on decreasing all the irons I have in the fire, making better choices on what I spend my time on. This is going to include some adjustments in how often I post on social media and my blog.
I love writing on EncouragingWordsForToday.com and I hope what I write is making a difference for someone, but writing the longer daily posts just take too much out of my already busy schedule.
My plan is to post much shorter posts 1-3 times per week, rather than daily. I’ll still drop in short posts here-and-there, when I come across something I think might brighten your day, but I’ll save the more in depth posts for Saturday morning.
In the long run I think this will be better, because I won’t feel so rushed and can hopefully then do a better job. It will also give me more time to work on important things, like my duties at church and keeping my wife happy by finishing this house remodel.
I get such a blessing from the posts each of you make daily and I hope my efforts have brought a little encouragement into your lives too. Even if I’m not writing as often, know you each are daily in my thoughts and prayers.
Springtime is a time of change. For me it’s time to start putting some of those changes into action. So until next Saturday, “Be joyful. Grow to maturity. Encourage each other. Live in harmony and peace.” and may “the God of love and peace…be with you.” 2 Corinthians 13:11 NLT
God bless and have a great week!