When the idea of pivoting came to mind initially, I was disappointed. I felt like I was quitting because I was having such a hard time in my career. For the last I don’t even know how many years I wanted to be a strength coach or an exercise physiologist. When did that change? Why now, when I am literally walking the path to that dream does it feel like I took a wrong turn? I knew that I had to get the root of why I felt the way I did. I had been in fitness in some capacity for close to 10 years and while it didn’t feel like it, I had done a lot with it. As many jobs as I had in fitness, I had never truly felt like it fit. I needed to figure out why. This meant I had to get quiet. I didn’t want to, I had plans. An internship that I was hoping would turn into a job, grad school, and more.
Then 2020 happened. I had no choice.
It was then that God started talking, and since I had nowhere to run to, and nothing to distract me, I had to listen.
When I fully allowed myself to take time and allow God to pour into me, He began to show me the next step. Or rather the next thing to do to get to the next step. It’s a constant struggle, me trying to get more details than God is willing to give and learning to trust that He will give me as much information as I need. He has not led me wrong yet, but the control freak in me doesn’t like not knowing. His only response when I complain is “Do you trust Me?”.
Naturally as a girl who is inclined to writing letters to my Abba, there are notebooks filled with my prayers. It wasn’t until I began to truly face the fact that I was in fact moving into a new stage of life that I realized I hadn’t prayed as much as I needed to get the direction I need to move forward. So that is where I began. Going back to the basics and learning how to pray all over again. Except as I walk through each stage, I find myself back here over and over again. Prayer not only keeps me grounded but it also keeps me focused.
Some things I try to keep in mind for my prayer time:
- Be Intentional – I try to go into prayer with a purpose and a something specific and let God lead from there.
- Be Consistent – if I am not consistent with my Stasia + Abba time, I feel it. I NEED it!
- Read Scripture – I try to read my word before praying because praying God’s promises over my life and the names on my prayer list is top tier. It also allows me the opportunity to get more acquainted with the voice of God.
- Do it Early, Late or Both – there are days I get up early and have my Stasia + Abba time, some days I do it late, the days I can do it early and late are my favorites.
Hi Stasia,
I just felt led to tell you well done for your great works and keep on pushing!
Thank you for your blog post today on Prayer is the Key x
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