Get To the Root with Rachel Logan

Hello, Kadre. Welcome, welcome, welcome. Happy Wednesday. It's the beginning of a new month, which means it's a new season. So I welcome you all in to come into a new month, a new season with me. I am your get to the root counselor. Rachel Logan and I excited today. I'm feeling Christmassy. I got my Christmas jazz plan. Just creating an atmosphere of joy and creating an atmosphere of peace. And so I invite you in to come on in, sit with me as we talk about something new in preparation. So we're talking about something new this month in preparation for the new year.

So new season, and we're in the preparation for a new year. It's never too early to start on working on yourself, right? So last month we started talking about self care. And so this month, I'll tell you the topic here in a second. So when you come in, please let me know where you're from and how you're feeling today. Using an emoji. I like emojis. And if you have an iPhone, we just got a new update and I'm loving these emojis. I'm loving all the little changes that we can do with our messages. So I want you to drop an emoji in the chat as you come in.

All right, so as we're waiting for people to chime in, I want to let you know the topic for December. Are you ready? Drum roll, please. I am ready for change. I am ready for change. And that is the theme for the month of December. So say it with me. I am ready for change. Yes, I am ready for change. So if you feel me, you agree with me, and you're looking for change, and you're looking for motivation, insight, maybe you're looking for a new strategy on how to implement change, change now and change for the new year.

I want you to let me know if you what are you looking for? What are you needing to help you change? Because I believe we all go through periods in life where we're content and then there's like a little ruffle in our feathers and it pushes us to alter how we've been doing life. And I'm in that season right now and I'm excited about it. It is a little be hard sometimes to change. Change is hard, right? Like we as a people, we like consistency and we like predictability. And so when things change in our world or in our environment, that can create in us different emotions like anxiety.

But what if we are in the driver's seat and we are making the decision that we want to improve how we're doing life. That's called change. And so I invite you to learn about change. And we're going to use the model, the five stages of change, or six. Six stages change. And so I want you to just imagine with me the last time you went on a road trip for fun, okay? So in preparation for the road trip, you are gassing up your car. You have the destination in your GPS and you must stop to get snacks and drinks, right?

As you embark on your journey. And so you're driving and something happens where you get a flat tire, right? And you have to pull over. You've got to address the matter. And you see this, like, forest. It's like while you're waiting for the tow truck, you decide to let me just walk. It's so beautiful. We have. You see these gigantic trees. And you're walking, you're exploring, you're hearing the different sounds. You're crunching, you're stepping on leaves so they sound like crunch, crunch, crunch.

And before you know it, you don't even realize, but you're in the deepest part of the forest and you're just walking. And you realize, hey, I am in a place that I don't even know. I'm not familiar with this. I'm far, I can't see my car anymore. You have a choice in that very moment to stay put or to find your way back out or to create a new path to get back out. And so I want to invite you into this idea of stages of change, okay? This idea of we could be pre contemplating about turning back or creating a new path for ourselves.

And so when we are pre contemplating, we are considering, we're pondering, we're thinking, we have an inkling. Or maybe you're in the middle of a forest, of a deep forest full of trees, and it's nice and it's beautiful, but you're at this place where you're considering, like, do I stay or do I leave? Do I create a new path for myself? And you're. You're at this place where you're saying, hey, am I lost or am I okay? Do I still know where I'm going or am I confused? That's where pre contemplating is that.

And when you think about the sage of change and you're in this forest, that's where. Where you're thinking. And so I want to invite you to think about, am I ready for a change? Is there an area in my life that I do need to address? Is there an area in my Life, where I'm in the middle, I'm in the thick of it, and I don't know which way to go. Do I continue to move forward? Do I turn back around to my car? And so you add this really pinnacle turning point. And here we are in December. We're here in December.

And a lot of things happening in December. People are shopping, people are grieving, some people are planning for their future. And so I want to invite you to start planning. I want to invite you into this idea of that, you know what? I have a choice to take a quick inventory on the different areas of my life and to really ask myself, am I pleased? Am I unpleased? Am I considering making some changes to improve my life and to improve my mental health? Sit with that. Look at it, process it. Consider when I think about the different areas of my life, family, relationships, ministry, church, work, health, mindset, personal development, future, future, family, hobbies.

Think about it. My money, am I pleased with how these things are currently operating and functioning? And that's. This is what pre contemplation is all about. We're looking, we're assessing. So each week we're gonna come and we're gonna continue to move forward in one of. In the next stages of change. And so this week, I just invite you to carve out time. So here at get to the Root, we mix faith with practical solutions in real life. Examples. Okay. And so I want to give you the scripture is Jeremiah 29 and 11.

It's a familiar passage, one of my favorites because it gives me a sense of grounding and peace. And it says, for I know the plans that I have for you, declares the Lord, plans to prosper you, to give you a hope in the future, not to bring harm to you. And I'll just paraphrase that. Okay, that's a prayer. I just modified that. So the Lord has plans for all of us, rather we receive it or not, whether we, you know, acknowledge it or not. So if we mixing faith with this practical idea of change, I encourage you to take time between now and next Wednesday to sit with God and to pray and ask him, am I where I'm supposed to be according to the plans you have for me?

Is there areas in my life where I do need healing and I do need change? And by sitting and asking him this, jot down anything that comes to your mind. So any impressions, any visions, colors, sounds, words, whatever comes up, and write it down and process it, agree with it, or disagree with it, but invite him in on this journey of change because I know by faith and through the word of God that when we invite him into our journey we prosper and that's truly what we all want is prosperity. So if you want it, do it with him.

Okay so as we are wrapping up today we are just assessing we are exploring and we are pre contemplating the stages of change and so I encourage you greatly to meditate on Jeremiah 29 and 11 to sit with God for just five minutes just begin to sit and explore. Hey am I where I'm supposed to be? What are the plans you have for me? Am I currently aligned with them? If I'm not listen it's time for a change yeah and I can prosper in this change. So as you are enjoying this day I encourage you to get you some jazz Christmas music on create an atmosphere that is pleasant and beautiful for you as you contemplate and pre contemplate about upgrading your life.

All right good people I will see you. Peace out.