"ME Time"

ME TIME 

What is it that YOU love to do? 

          Or do you even know what you love to do? 

In our world today it is often looked at as selfish to do things for ourSELF. BUT is it truly selfish, or are we called to do it? 

I think we could all answer that, yes we are supposed to take care of ourselves. Our bodies are the temple of God. Love others just as you love yourselves... we can quote off scriptures that signify that we are supposed to do this. 

THEN why is it so hard for us to take time for "ME time?" 

Let me take a step back, and tell you where I am coming from. I am finally at a place in my life that I have realized that I have to take care of me. I need to do things that refresh me, I need to do things that I enjoy. Today I was asked, "Stephanie, what do you love to do? What do you enjoy" as I tried to muster up an answer, just to answer the question, I realized that I do not do things often enough that I simply ENJOY, nor do I fully know what it is that I REALLY enjoy. 

Naturally, I would say that a lot of the time I do things for others, because it refreshes and rejuvenates me, the FACT is.. IT DOES! I am so filled up by doing things that I am inspired to do,for OTHERS.

However, I have been told many times in the past month "You need to do what's best for you. You need to take care of yourself" I was having a conversation and was told "sometimes, I get mad because I wish that you were more SELFISH, because you are always giving, giving, giving to others, but what about Stephanie?" 

As much of a compliment that was, I realized something within me needed to change. There was a new level that I discovered of making sure that I am taking care of myself, SO THAT I can be there for others. 

I was talking with a friend while I was at home, and she told me that in a conference Pastor Wayne talked about how most of the time people think it goes "God, Family, Church, Friends" but really it goes "God, SELF, Family, Church, Friends" because if we are not taking care of ourselves, then we will have nothing to GIVE to our family, church, and friends, because we will have nothing in us. 

Why am I writing this blog? One.. I think I am just blog happy right now, because the juices are already flowing for my next blog.. Secondly, to be transparent with what I am learning right now. Thirdly, because we are stepping into a place that who we are is going to be pulled on, what we want to do, compared to what we ought to do is going to be challenged, and we are going to be POURING out like crazy. 

What is it that YOU love to do? 

           How are you going to make room for "ME Time" this summer and into this next season?