Welcome to Season 2 of Creating in FaithWelcome to Episode 174 - Today's word is RestorationCreating In Faith Encouraging Recordings are to bless and inspire you to be the best of yourself. It can be really great to pull out your art journal/Journal and express what comes up for you either with images and colour, with words or with both. Check out the weekly and monthly videos to help you spend more time in your art journal.
When was the last time you gave yourself a make over and really pampered and treated yourself. if you haven't done anything in the last month then you could be heading for trouble.
We have to make our care a regular practice for our who bod, mentally, physically and spiritually and it means that you have got to care about how you feel how you've felt and what you are currently feeling.
The idea of restoration for me means bringing back into balance taking note of how I am treating my body, and overall health. Am I getting enough rest, doing the things that make me feel good. You might have to plan these things into your schedule and show up for 'you' each and every time. It can be easy to say that you don't have time today and leave it to tomorrow, but as the saying goes 'tomorrow never comes' and you are telling yourself that you don't matter.
Make a list of the things that you like to do that makes you laugh, makes you feel special, it could be taking 5 minutes just for you. What I sometimes do especially if i have spent a lot of focused time on the computer is set my timer on my phone for 10 minutes and have a power nap, when the alarm goes off it plays disco music that I have to jump up and dance to it works for me, I am rested, refreshed and ready to go. You can have large and several small things on your list that you put in place and will help you maintain balance in your life - You are worth it!!
Stay blessed and be a blessing
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Creating in Faith
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Artwork available from the title image HERE
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