GLORIOUS LIVING
Article by Apostle Connie Foster
Harp of God Ministries in Detroit, Michigan
Embracing Your Shifting into
A New Beginning -- The Subject: YOU
problem solver and helping to get somebody else together. Now it was time for Connie to get herself together, to figure out what was going on with her (The subject: YOU). I kept asking myself, “What has gone wrong with my life, with my body and with my brain”. I kept forgetting things that were important, putting things up that were later lost to me and experiencing a loss of appetite; not eating as much but still gaining weight.
Of course the next thing you do is go to the doctor, right? We must make sure no illness or disease has occurred. So I made a doctor’s appointments and took the necessary tests, but everything came back normal. I’m doing pretty well with my age and weight, everything pretty much was on the chart. Yes, I’m a little obese and that's probably something we all have to work on. We sit down and have a discussion with our doctors. So they ask the question when was your last menstrual cycle? Suddenly the light comes on – BOOM! Oops! That’s what’s going on. Oh my God! This is menopause.
In this issue, I’ll just bring it home; let’s keep things real. You’ve probably heard this phrase “keep it 100”. I’ve always been a very high energy person, a little loud, but very much self motivated. I’m optimistic by nature and I’ve always been able to produce whatever I envisioned. Maybe it’s been about two years since I noticed a decline in my drive and my energy level; it seemed I had more to do than I could handle and my motivation had gotten really “funky”. I had gotten quiet over a lot of things and my opinion did not mean as much as it had in the past. For a while I kept my opinions to myself and didn’t discuss anything with anyone, not even my husband. I tried to find solutions like increasing my prayer life or maybe I wasn’t meditating and studying the Word of God as I should.
Clearly, I thought that some value had been lost spiritually. I was afraid that others would see me as being insufficient. Of course I was the one that handled everyone else’s problems, but I didn’t feel like being bothered. Saying, “NO” was a problem because I enjoyed being the problem solver and helping to get somebody else together. Now it was time for Connie to get herself together, to figure out what was going on with her (The subject: YOU). I kept asking myself, “What has gone wrong with my life, with my body and with my brain”. I kept forgetting things that were important, putting things up that were later lost to me and experiencing a loss of appetite; not eating as much but still gaining weight.