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Refresh How do you start a new season in life? How do you become refreshed? What can we do to have a better life? Starting a new season of life depends on where the new season is coming from. Knowing the boundaries and barriers will help us be successful. Refreshing is like a great cup of coffee or an ice cold glass of water on a hot summer day, it is good. But that goodness comes from somewhere and needs to be consumed in order for refreshing to occur. For me, understanding what is going on is a huge part in my ability to deal with things. I’m an introvert, so the energy I use to go through life come from within me. I find God in me as the source for hope, peace and new beginnings. You may be an extrovert, so you draw on the energy of others and external activities to motivate you. Either way, we all need seasons of refreshing. Spoiler Alert Some people simply want refreshing to come, to appear one morning like a freshly brewed cup of coffee sitting within reach of ...

This post is from a work done in preparing for a season of prayer focused on change, transition and closure. The section below is on Unplanned Change, What  I call Thing 1. Thing 2 is planned changed. For context this section is from the chapter on Perspective and Plan. What you don't see here is help with Thing 2, Stewardship of your life, Ecclesiastics, time for everything and Insight from Exodus. A mapping, doodling worksheet is linked at the bottom of this article. Thing 1 – Unplanned Change The Bible is full of stories about people who went through unplanned change. Abraham, father of the faith, was called to move to a foreign land. Joseph was thrown into a pit and decades of unplanned events followed. Moses lived a life carried along by unplanned events. Saul became Paul in the New Testament through unforeseen events, and Peter had an unplanned encounter with God that involved a trance and the opportunity for the Gentiles to enter into the faith. Thing 1 even...