Session 2: The Shape of My Days

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Allow yourself to recognise where you devote time, energy and attention… maintaining a kind and gentle regard for your life…

A few deep breaths will help you slowly relax your body… and allow you to rest in the loving gaze of God… so that you can become more aware of the difference between what is too little… about right… and too much…

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Listen now to God speaking through the words of Ecclesiastes…

For everything there is a season, and a time for every matter under heaven: a time to be born, and a time to die; a time to plant, and a time to pluck up what is planted; a time to kill, and a time to heal; a time to break down, and a time to build up; a time to weep, and a time to laugh; a time to mourn, and a time to dance; a time to throw away stones, and a time to gather stones together; a time to embrace, and a time to refrain from embracing; a time to seek, and a time to lose; a time to keep, and a time to throw away; a time to tear, and a time to sew; a time to keep silence, and a time to speak; a time to love, and a time to hate; a time for war, and a time for peace.

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Surely Goodness

Raphah

We give different kinds of energy to different areas of life in varying amounts… Allow yourself to notice how you are distributing your energy, as the first step in finding the right balance…

Now consider the different spheres of your life… time for work, and time for play… time for family, and time for friends… time caring for yourself, and time caring for others… time looking at screens, and time contemplating nature… the time you spend with God in prayer… How much energy do you devote to each area of your life…?

Is it too little, about right, or too much…?

Are there insistent demands on your energy…? Or areas of life which are quietly being forgotten…?

Are you using the right kind and amount of energy for each activity…?

Without trying to change anything, just become gently aware of the balance of energy in your life…

Let God show you how to restore the balance of energy in your life… and ask for whatever it is that you need from God to make one small change today…

Throughout this day, make time to see the parts of life that are consuming energy, and those which are fading away, because they have not received enough…

God, before all else, you are the ground upon which I stand, you are holding me in being, and you love me every day.