Reset the pattern!

It was my week off, and an indulgent overnight stay in the

Cotswolds to visit Auntie with my siblings was a welcome pause

from routine. No alarm clock, no reckless rush in the morning,

no pressures, just the indulgent charm of anticipating a lazy

lie-in, followed by an extravagant hot English breakfast.

The hotel was a real treasure, with a luxurious comfy bed, black out blinds for regenerative sleep, and not a duty or an obligation in sight! What more could I want? I looked forward to banking up some rest, and the indulgent lie-in.

But the room had different plans. It had a demonic television that knew how to steal relaxation from my fingertips and ruin my lie-in, in one foul swoop! To my annoyance, at the unearthly time of 6am the TV switched itself on very, very, loudly, waking me with a sudden unwelcome jolt from my restful sleep.

A previous guest must have programmed the TV to function as their alarm clock for an early start, and in doing so left me with their own life’s pattern.

I will break their yoke from your neck and tear your shackles away. Nahum 1:13

Is someone else’s pattern of life overspilling into yours? Is their rhythm dictating yours? Has someone’s legacy, whether emotional, financial, or spiritual, moulded your life detrimentally?

We cannot control the trail others leave behind, but we can choose to walk forward in integrity and grace regardless of our disappointments. Today as far as you are able, reclaim your own pattern and rhythm, and allow God to remove what others have placed upon you.

With Love,    Rev Gill x

Do not be conformed… but be transformed. Rom 12:2