Part 2: The Worthy Cafe Table: Returning to My Roots!

Hey friend, welcome back to the Worthy Blog Cafe! I’m so glad you pulled up a chair again today. This week is full of good conversations, deep sips of coffee, and me sharing the real, raw pieces of my heart with you.

Before we jump in, if you missed yesterday’s post, go ahead and read Part 1 first so today makes even more sense. https://www.shiftworthyministries.com/post/part-1-from-numb-to-awakened-love

Alright, let’s pick up right where we left off…

After the numbness lifted, the healing began. There was a week in October when the Lord completely took over. I stepped into spiritual and physical rest that I didn't even know I needed. I learned the art of doing nothing, something that felt so foreign because I was always striving, always jumping to the next thing.

Side note: my friends used to ask me the date, and I was always a week ahead. Always rushing. Always striving. Always running ahead of Jesus instead of walking with Him.

But that week... I was finally in step with Him.

I spent four full days doing nothing but resting in Jesus. Then, as I transitioned back in the "normal," I felt the Lord whisper Sabbath to my spirit. So, every Saturday, I started slowing down, sleeping in, lingering longer with Jesus, turning the noise down, and letting Him quiet my soul.

It felt different at first. But now? I crave it. Because if you're going to follow Jesus, you have to get used to being different.

Before this season, every Saturday I met with two friends to write or work on ministry things. It wasn't bad at all, in fact, it was peaceful and fun, but the Lord asked me to lay it down for a time, and I had to obey. Obedience and rest became my new rhythm.

During that same season, I started meeting with three beautiful, Spirit-filled ladies every Tuesday evening at a cozy coffee shop. We had deep conversations about life, faith, and Jesus, and we started studying the book of Romans together.

And honestly?

It reminded me so much of how Shift Worthy Ministries was born.

Back in the beginning, during my divorce and the start of my health journey https://www.shiftworthyministries.com/post/from-lattes-to-life-shifts-how-the-worthy-caf%C3%A9-empowers-you

I met weekly with two friends at a coffee shop. We would have those same deep conversations, and every time I left those tables, I felt challenged to rise higher.

And now, here I was again... sitting at another cafe table, surrounded by women who inspire me to climb higher in my faith. Even though this season wasn't about divorce or my health journey, the Holy Spirit was using my Bible study friends to pull me upward.

Every Tuesday, I left feeling full of faith. Empowered. Ready to obey. Ready to shift. Those nights stirred something in me. I could feel the Holy Spirit tugging me toward deeper surrender.

God had helped me finally stop striving and pick up the mantle of rest, but I could sense there was more. I knew He was calling me into the next step, into a deeper surrender, into a fresh shirt.

And then it happened.

I had a moment, not of climbing a physical mountain, but of entering the Shift Worthy Experience in a deeper, more surrendered way.. It was like I could see myself stepping into the journey... the mountain... the climb.

I ran into the field, crying and praising God.

I stood there in that open space, looked up symbolically toward Him at the foot of Mount Worthy, threw my hands in the air, and cried out:

"God, I can't do this anymore. I surrender. Take over. Shift me to be more like You. Whatever You need to pull out of me, do it. I trust You. I'm ready for what's next."

Side Note: Make sure you are really ready before you say this prayer, because once you do Jesus steps in fully and begins to take over. It may hurt but it's totally worth it. Let Him do the deep work inside of you.

As I surrendered, God began orchestrating things I didn't even know I needed. One of the first things He did was bring a woman back in my life, someone who had helped me years ago. I knew instantly it was from Him. She stepped in like a mentor and started helping me build new habits, fresh routines, and real goals I could actually accomplish.

We started simple: A morning checklist of five things to set my day up with intention and peace.

Then I added two personal goals, not huge ones, but daily things that would stretch me in small ways:

Goal #1: Make my bed every day. It sounds tiny, maybe even silly, but checking it off every morning made me feel accomplished before the day even began.

Goal #2: Be on time everywhere I go. This one was fun, and honestly hilarious, because my friends were shocked. In the best way. They were impressed, and I was proud of myself too.

I tracked everything on a habit checklist. Every day I marked off the boxes. Every day I showed up. Every day I felt a little stronger.

But then… a month went by. And suddenly, the routine felt mundane. I got discouraged. I found myself thinking, “I’m doing all this work… but is it even doing anything?”

Oh, Kingdom friends, that moment is part of the journey too.

I’ll chat more about that in...

"Part 3: The Alone Season: Surrender, Pruning, and Letting Jesus Work."