May 27, 2025 • 10 mins
In this heartfelt episode of the Infinitely Precious podcast, James Henry explores the nature of transitions and the liminal spaces we all navigate in life. Reflecting on his own journey of change and letting go, he invites listeners to embrace uncertainty with presence and self-compassion. From packing up memories to discovering the Aramaic roots of forgiveness, James shares how even in the unknown, we are called to release, be present, and trust in the moment. Tune in for a tender reminder: you are infinitely precious and unconditionally loved, no matter where you find yourself in life’s ever-changing landscape.
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Intro (00:00):
Welcome to the infinitely precious podcast produced by
(00:03):
infinitely precious LLC. Yourhost is James Henry. Remember,
you are infinitely precious andunconditionally loved for the
gift you already are.
James (00:12):
Beloved, one of the challenges that we all face is
when we're going through periodsof transition. The challenge in
the midst of that is you're notyet where you anticipate being
and you're no longer where youwere. And let me just say a
(00:34):
little bit about that. Yourealize in the middle of that
space when you're in atransitional space that the time
at what you're doing is limitedand the not yet hasn't come. If
we're really honest, this is theway every moment is.
(00:54):
Every moment is a moment oftransition. We are in this
moment right now not knowingwhat the next moment holds and
unable to change anything aboutthe moment that came before. So
this is just a macrocosmperhaps. It's, you know, in the
universal sense maybe not amacrocosm but in our lives a
(01:15):
macrocosm when we're talkingabout transitions moving from
one job to another, one house toanother, from having someone in
our life to no longer havingthat person in our life, from
not having someone in our lifeto having someone in our lives.
Those periods of transitions,those moments in between are the
(01:36):
moments that when we findourselves there we're not sure
what to do.
There's a part of us that out offear wants to rush back into
what was before because that wasa space we knew, that we
understood, that we that we feltgood about being a part of, at
(01:59):
least most likely. I certainlydid. And so I find myself here
in this space where I'm packingboxes, you can see them blurrily
in the back behind me, there arelots of boxes around, lots of
things I've gotten rid of,letting go of things in my life,
sorting through my closet,discovering things I will never
(02:22):
wear, haven't worn in years,didn't even know were there,
boxes that I find in thebasement of books that have been
in the basement of this housefor the thirty three years since
I came. And looking at them allclearly, I didn't need them
thirty three years. I thinkthere was one or two I kept
(02:43):
because of sentimental value.
They were books that had beengiven me by people who are no
longer with us. So transitionsare those uncertain times when
we can only be in the moment. Wecan only sort through. We can
only be where we are. Despiteour desire to rush back into
what we know or to look to thefuture and try to live into that
(03:08):
future, plan for every possiblecontingency of what may yet come
when we don't know, we don'treally know.
I think that laying thegroundwork for the future is
important during transitions andlaying that groundwork is
learning to be present in theuncertainty, in the in between
time in what some might call theliminal space, the transitional
(03:32):
space. What was isn't anylonger, what will be is not yet
known. So, we are in the middlehanging on kind of trying to
figure out what do we do in themidst of this? And what I want
to encourage you to do during atransition is to show up right
(03:54):
where you are. When you start tofeel the fear, the uncertainty
of the future tug at you, thedesire for what you may think of
as certainty in the past startsto tug at you to catch yourself.
This is a time to be aware ofwhat's driving you, of what's
(04:15):
coming up for you right now andthen to practice something
that's very important, lettinggo. It's hard to do that
particularly if you've come toknow a way of life and it's
really become embedded. Ifyou've come to appreciate the
rhythms that have come withlife. I have. Thirty three years
(04:39):
in the same place, the rhythmshave changed over time.
But oftentimes I had a hand inchanging those rhythms and I
found that those rhythms weregood for me. It was a good place
to be and now I don't know whatthe rhythms will look like. Does
(05:01):
it cause me trepidation? Sure.Are there moments when I feel
anxiety about the uncertaintyrising in me?
Absolutely. Am I excited aboutnew challenges? Sure, I really
am. Am I sad about the thingsthat will no longer be? Yes.
(05:22):
Yes, I am. And all of those arepart of the package of
transitions. Letting go is animportant thing. What's most
interesting, as I've been doinga little bit of study in the
Aramaic, the original languageof Jesus, and I was looking at
the Lord's Prayer in particular,did a sermon series at St. James
(05:44):
about it.
When we get to the for theforgiveness phrase, forgive us
our sins as we forgive those whosin against us, that forgiveness
word, Shabokan, is a release.The word itself in its roots is
(06:06):
you know, release. It's reallywe can translate it as forgive.
That's certainly a meaningbehind it but another meaning is
release. Let go.
Let go of the debts of thebrokenness in our lives. Let go.
(06:26):
Let go. Release. That sense ofreleasing is part of our lives.
Every moment goes by and as muchas we may want to grab onto the
best moments, they go too. Thebest we can do is be in every
moment so when the best momentscome, maybe every moment could
(06:49):
be a best moment, I don't know,but when the best moments come,
we're really there to really beimmersed in the moment that's
come to us. It is hard. It'schallenging in times of
transition and change. Theunknown future, the longed for
(07:10):
golden age of the past as if andin most cases golden ages never
existed except in our memories.
We want to hold on. We yearn forthe new and yet we're fearful of
the new. And so we're kind ofcaught in the uncertainty. What
(07:34):
I'm saying to you is recognizewhere you are, claim where you
are. If you're in the midst ofthose transitions, let them
rise.
Feel them. Admit them. Own them.Write about them. Talk to
someone you know and care aboutabout them.
Take a break to really check-inwith yourself. As things change
(07:58):
in your life, it's helpful toknow what you're bringing to
this moment and what you want tobe intent on keeping. I have
some intentions, I'd like tokeep these moments, they won't
appear on the St. James page,they'll certainly appear on my
personal, my personal YouTubechannel, Infinitely Precious
(08:21):
LLC, on YouTube and probably inmy timeline, my personal
timeline on Facebook. I'm notsure, my intention is to
continue these kinds of moments.
I don't know what my, what thefuture holds. So what shape
they'll take and how I'll dothem, that part's still unknown
(08:43):
too. So we'll just have to see.We'll just have to see. Setting
an intention is not a bad thing,but judging yourself because you
didn't quite live into theintention and spending time
beating yourself up is not agood thing.
I want to say it has been a deepjoy to do what I do, to be a
(09:04):
part of your lives, the ones ofyou that join me in these
moments. It's been a real joy tobe a part of it. I'm wishing you
all the very best and if youlisten to these words and
they're a part of my InfinitelyPrecious podcast, then know that
(09:31):
they will return, that they willbe there and that the Infinitely
Precious Podcast is something Ido personally. It is separate
from the work that I do as apastor most of the time. And so
I encourage you to continue toperhaps listen in that way.
(09:52):
No matter what though, I wishyou all the very best. Please
remember if you remember nothingelse that you truly are
infinitely precious,unconditionally loved for the
gift you already are. What a joyit is to be a part of this world
in which we live, changes andall. All the best to you my
(10:14):
friends.
Welcome to the infinitely precious podcast produced by
(00:03):
infinitely precious LLC. Yourhost is James Henry. Remember,
you are infinitely precious andunconditionally loved for the
gift you already are.
James (00:12):
Beloved, one of the challenges that we all face is
when we're going through periodsof transition. The challenge in
the midst of that is you're notyet where you anticipate being
and you're no longer where youwere. And let me just say a
(00:34):
little bit about that. Yourealize in the middle of that
space when you're in atransitional space that the time
at what you're doing is limitedand the not yet hasn't come. If
we're really honest, this is theway every moment is.
(00:54):
Every moment is a moment oftransition. We are in this
moment right now not knowingwhat the next moment holds and
unable to change anything aboutthe moment that came before. So
this is just a macrocosmperhaps. It's, you know, in the
universal sense maybe not amacrocosm but in our lives a
(01:15):
macrocosm when we're talkingabout transitions moving from
one job to another, one house toanother, from having someone in
our life to no longer havingthat person in our life, from
not having someone in our lifeto having someone in our lives.
Those periods of transitions,those moments in between are the
(01:36):
moments that when we findourselves there we're not sure
what to do.
There's a part of us that out offear wants to rush back into
what was before because that wasa space we knew, that we
understood, that we that we feltgood about being a part of, at
(01:59):
least most likely. I certainlydid. And so I find myself here
in this space where I'm packingboxes, you can see them blurrily
in the back behind me, there arelots of boxes around, lots of
things I've gotten rid of,letting go of things in my life,
sorting through my closet,discovering things I will never
(02:22):
wear, haven't worn in years,didn't even know were there,
boxes that I find in thebasement of books that have been
in the basement of this housefor the thirty three years since
I came. And looking at them allclearly, I didn't need them
thirty three years. I thinkthere was one or two I kept
(02:43):
because of sentimental value.
They were books that had beengiven me by people who are no
longer with us. So transitionsare those uncertain times when
we can only be in the moment. Wecan only sort through. We can
only be where we are. Despiteour desire to rush back into
what we know or to look to thefuture and try to live into that
(03:08):
future, plan for every possiblecontingency of what may yet come
when we don't know, we don'treally know.
I think that laying thegroundwork for the future is
important during transitions andlaying that groundwork is
learning to be present in theuncertainty, in the in between
time in what some might call theliminal space, the transitional
(03:32):
space. What was isn't anylonger, what will be is not yet
known. So, we are in the middlehanging on kind of trying to
figure out what do we do in themidst of this? And what I want
to encourage you to do during atransition is to show up right
(03:54):
where you are. When you start tofeel the fear, the uncertainty
of the future tug at you, thedesire for what you may think of
as certainty in the past startsto tug at you to catch yourself.
This is a time to be aware ofwhat's driving you, of what's
(04:15):
coming up for you right now andthen to practice something
that's very important, lettinggo. It's hard to do that
particularly if you've come toknow a way of life and it's
really become embedded. Ifyou've come to appreciate the
rhythms that have come withlife. I have. Thirty three years
(04:39):
in the same place, the rhythmshave changed over time.
But oftentimes I had a hand inchanging those rhythms and I
found that those rhythms weregood for me. It was a good place
to be and now I don't know whatthe rhythms will look like. Does
(05:01):
it cause me trepidation? Sure.Are there moments when I feel
anxiety about the uncertaintyrising in me?
Absolutely. Am I excited aboutnew challenges? Sure, I really
am. Am I sad about the thingsthat will no longer be? Yes.
(05:22):
Yes, I am. And all of those arepart of the package of
transitions. Letting go is animportant thing. What's most
interesting, as I've been doinga little bit of study in the
Aramaic, the original languageof Jesus, and I was looking at
the Lord's Prayer in particular,did a sermon series at St. James
(05:44):
about it.
When we get to the for theforgiveness phrase, forgive us
our sins as we forgive those whosin against us, that forgiveness
word, Shabokan, is a release.The word itself in its roots is
(06:06):
you know, release. It's reallywe can translate it as forgive.
That's certainly a meaningbehind it but another meaning is
release. Let go.
Let go of the debts of thebrokenness in our lives. Let go.
(06:26):
Let go. Release. That sense ofreleasing is part of our lives.
Every moment goes by and as muchas we may want to grab onto the
best moments, they go too. Thebest we can do is be in every
moment so when the best momentscome, maybe every moment could
(06:49):
be a best moment, I don't know,but when the best moments come,
we're really there to really beimmersed in the moment that's
come to us. It is hard. It'schallenging in times of
transition and change. Theunknown future, the longed for
(07:10):
golden age of the past as if andin most cases golden ages never
existed except in our memories.
We want to hold on. We yearn forthe new and yet we're fearful of
the new. And so we're kind ofcaught in the uncertainty. What
(07:34):
I'm saying to you is recognizewhere you are, claim where you
are. If you're in the midst ofthose transitions, let them
rise.
Feel them. Admit them. Own them.Write about them. Talk to
someone you know and care aboutabout them.
Take a break to really check-inwith yourself. As things change
(07:58):
in your life, it's helpful toknow what you're bringing to
this moment and what you want tobe intent on keeping. I have
some intentions, I'd like tokeep these moments, they won't
appear on the St. James page,they'll certainly appear on my
personal, my personal YouTubechannel, Infinitely Precious
(08:21):
LLC, on YouTube and probably inmy timeline, my personal
timeline on Facebook. I'm notsure, my intention is to
continue these kinds of moments.
I don't know what my, what thefuture holds. So what shape
they'll take and how I'll dothem, that part's still unknown
(08:43):
too. So we'll just have to see.We'll just have to see. Setting
an intention is not a bad thing,but judging yourself because you
didn't quite live into theintention and spending time
beating yourself up is not agood thing.
I want to say it has been a deepjoy to do what I do, to be a
(09:04):
part of your lives, the ones ofyou that join me in these
moments. It's been a real joy tobe a part of it. I'm wishing you
all the very best and if youlisten to these words and
they're a part of my InfinitelyPrecious podcast, then know that
(09:31):
they will return, that they willbe there and that the Infinitely
Precious Podcast is something Ido personally. It is separate
from the work that I do as apastor most of the time. And so
I encourage you to continue toperhaps listen in that way.
(09:52):
No matter what though, I wishyou all the very best. Please
remember if you remember nothingelse that you truly are
infinitely precious,unconditionally loved for the
gift you already are. What a joyit is to be a part of this world
in which we live, changes andall. All the best to you my
(10:14):
friends.
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