Transitioning Through Transitions
In the past two and a half months I have
moved from living on my own, to investigating new ministries, and also moved
back into community again. For someone
like me who likes to be in control and don’t really like transitions, this is
way too much transitions. How am I
dealing with all these transitions you may ask?
Well, I am trying to live in the moment while be centered and grounded
in Jesus Christ. My prayer life helps me
through everything. However for me, it
is more difficult praying in this transitional time.
At present I am investigating new
ministries. A ministry is a job whose foundation
is service to others. According to
Farnham et al in the book Listening Hearts-
Ministry comes from the same root as minus,
which mean less. Jesus said, “For who is
greater: the one who is at table or the one who serves? Is it not the one at
table? But I am among you as one who serves” (Lk 22:27). In a ministry
your chief motivator is God. It is essentially
about being in relationship with God through our service to others.
I have been trying to find a balance in
dealing with all of these transitions in my life. I think I am not doing too badly, except that
I still have not finished unpacking. I
ask myself how someone can accumulate so much stuff in four and a half years. I am now trying to downsize all the stuff
that I have so that the next time I have to move it will be much easier and
less stress.
How
does your ministry/job put you at the service of others?
What
are the things in your life that you need to let go of?
Lystra Long, OP
St. Joseph, Trinidad
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