Tag: Exhaustion

Week 2 Rest is Resistance

Week 2 “What does exhaustion look like for me?” p. 56
Hosea 5:15-6:6
Psalm 3:1-6 
Broken Humanity: Scarcity & Hate
(Notes: I am using these Biblical passages as “Dreamscapes” of letting go and saying ok, we do not have to do it all, God will take care of things, God will bind up the broken hearted, God will bring peace, God will defeat the enemies, God will build the communities, I can go to bed at night without completing the to do lists, while naming that exhaustion is easy to picture and rest is not)

Call to Worship
(Breathe in) I am here
(Breathe Out) I will be present

Prayer of the Day
Holy Spirit,
Be with us as we unentangle
the sources of our exhaustion
and try to find life giving practices
to do more than sustain–so that we might
thrive and be in community with one another
In Jesus Christ we pray. Amen.

Call to Confession: Jesus says my yoke is light, come to me all those who are heavy burdened, and lay your yokes at the feet of Jesus today through Confession.

Confession: God, we confess that we are so weary, that we do not know what it is like to be fully rested. We see children pass us by and say “I wish I had that energy.” However we confess, that we are also envious of their joy and freedom from responsibilities. Help us to find true soul-sustaining, life giving rest, the peace beyond understanding the Jesus promises, so that we can find that new way of being we pray. Amen.

Assurance of Pardon: Jesus Christ promises to make all things new, hold fast to that promise and know the Good News: In Jesus Christ we renewed and forgiven.

Suggested Rest Practices for Worship
Body Prayer https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QNl1O-5sfSI
P. 34 Body Scan breathing exercise
Sing Taize

Burnt Out, A Prayer

Notes

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@OhMiaGod I wish there was a word for “I love you, my spectacular beautiful friend. Unfortunately, I’m so exhausted I don’t have the energy to communicate. But I want to indicate that athough we’ve not spoken in some time, my love for you is undying and I am your eternal supporter.”

Decision Fatigue

Lord God Almighty, Can’t you just make the decision for me?

COVID Risk Chart

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In a time when every single decision seems to carry weight. Do we go to the grocery store, or do take out? Am I appropriately spaced from the person nearby? Do I go to bed or spend 5 more minutes on this moment of free time?

Reopening sucks. Are we even reopening? How much can we reopen? Should we even try when we know that it’s still not safe?

Lord, decision making is not safe right now.

Do I send my kids to some kind of camp or school? Do I accede to digital learning, should i just homeschool (please God let the answer not be that I should be homeschooling, because i just can’t)

Lord, usually we make decisions in a split second, in a culture where immediacy is the primary value–I valued the swiftness over the efficacy.

God, Lord, Jesus, Holy Ghost. How do you–with three people make any decisions.

Do you have any hints for me?

Can you just make the decision for me? No?……

Well then, help me to weigh, to quiet my voice enough to give some room for yours–

Help me to make the best decision I can in the moment, remind me that nothing has to be written in stone.

Help me to make the right risky decisions: About who to help, who to be in relationship with, how to donate & protest in all the needful ways.

Give me the strength I need face the things I have to continue to say no to…give me the support I need to carry on in the midst of it all.

and

Grant me your grace, as I make the hard decisions I pray.

And please help every single human who is making all of the decisions. Kyrie Elesion.

Send your Holy Spirit, nudge us (or shove us) in the right direction, build consensus, Soften the hard-hearted so they can hear the facts they need to make the right decisions.

In Jesus Holy Name, please hear our prayer

Amen