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on August 20, 2018 · Leave a Comment

3 Ways to Breathe Life Into Your Soul When You’re Weary

Feeling stressed? Overwhelmed? Here are tips to breathe life into your soul when weary.

I know we have all been there, in a really rough season, where life just seemed exhausting. Maybe you feel like everywhere you turn, you’re getting hit with something. Maybe you feel like you are struggling to balance everything on your plate. Maybe life just seems non-stop and you’re constantly running on empty. I’ve been there. I know what it feels like. I know that when you’re weary, it can effect every area of your life and everything on your plate becomes really hard to carry. So how do you breathe life into your soul when you’re weary?

Set up boundaries.

Sometimes we just aren’t very good at prioritizing or setting up boundaries around our life. If there is anything I have learned when it comes to being a work at home mom, it’s this: there will ALWAYS be something to be done. You will always have calls to make, emails to send, things to clean, kids to care for…and the list goes on. Our job is just never done. So set up boundaries around your life and your time. Guard your time carefully. Don’t let even good things control your time. Learn to set up healthy boundaries with all your responsibilities and you will feel your load lighten. You may even realize this solves your problem.

Feed your soul.

What are you doing to feed your soul? Are you listening to things that uplift your heart? Are you surrounding yourself with people who will speak life into you? If you aren’t, you need to. A sure way to feel weary is to not feed yourself what you need to thrive. Fill your home with worship. Fill your home with podcasts that encourage and equip you. Send messages to friends who can support you and stand in your corner. Read your Bible. Put scripture around your house. Do something that speaks life into you every day. Spend time feeding yourself so that when life seems overwhelming, you have somewhere to draw your strength from.

Rest.

Are you intentionally setting aside time where you can embrace rest? Sometimes this isn’t easy. At times, you may have to work to give yourself rest because you are used to going non-stop. Embrace rest in your life and allow yourself that time. Even if you have to carve it out in your calendar and schedule that time, do it. When life is wearing down on you, you need to set aside time that you can be intentional about restoration.

What helps you when you’re feeling weary?

 

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