Change Is Exhausting – Don’t Attempt It Without A Way To Recharge

Whenever you’re attempting a big change, it is essential to build intentional time and space for rest.

Doing new things is scary. For some.

Doing new things is exciting. For others.

But even if you fall more into the second category than the first (as I do) doing something new is always exhausting.

And it’s more exhausting when you’re attempting to change something you’ve been doing for a long time. Which is why change gets harder as you get older.

Changing your clothing style from last year’s trends to this year’s trends? Easy (I assume).

But changing your church’s worship style, facility or organizational structure after it’s been in place for decades, possibly generations? Not so easy.

Even if you know change needs to happen and everyone is on board with it, never underestimate how exhausting change is going to be – and how much that exhaustion will slow people down, make them second-guess themselves, or even want to abandon the entire process mid-stream. Including you.

This is why, whenever you’re attempting a big change, it is essential to build intentional time and space for rest.

The best way I know to do that is to decide in advance what long-term aspects you will never change, then utilize those permanent markers as your support system to help you tackle what needs to be changed.

Find places you can rest, like relationships, core theology, foundational traditions and so on. Read More