You should clothe yourselves instead with the beauty that comes from within, the unfading beauty of a gentle and quiet spirit, which is so precious to God. ~ 1 Peter 3:4 Health begin within. I can eat right, exercise, and even lose weight but if my spirit and emotions are discontent, I will never…
Category: Possibilities
Motivation Monday ~ New Year, New Me, New Mercies
A new year is a new chance to write down your goals and also write down the steps you need to take in order to achieve them. But…what if you’re discouraged because you didn’t stick with your goals and resolutions last year? What if you didn’t stuck with your resolutions the year before that either?…
Freedom Friday – Going in 2015
My word to make 2015 my best year yet is GO. GO means to move or proceed toward something. It also means to be in motion or to act in order to come into a certain state or condition. In other words, GO is a very proactive verb. I want my 2015 to be active…
Healthy Tuesday – One Step at a Time
I know I’m supposed to begin a new, healthy eating and exercise regime on January 1st, like everyone else. But…I’m not going to begin one then. I’m not even beginning one today. Over the past year, I’ve made some changes and I’ve lost a little weight. But…I still haven’t arrived at the energetic,vibrant life that…
Real Life & Living
Vulnerabilities, insecurities, mistakes, and imperfections are strong testimonies meant to be shared, not hidden beneath a shell of perceived perfection. A shell of perceived perfection doesn’t help anyone and is actually a wall around you and your heart to keep others out. Be real. Be willing to share. Be transparent. Vulnerabilities, insecurities, mistakes, and imperfections are…
The Difference Between Desire & Gumption
There are many things that I might desire to have or be but there are probably only a handful of those things that I have the gumption to actually fulfill. A desire can be a simple craving for a piece of chocolate cake or it can be something that I would like to happen if…
Emmanuel
God has been with me my entire life. I didn’t always know it. I didn’t always feel it. But He was. I may not have gotten all that I wanted because sometimes what I wanted wasn’t right for me. It may have felt right at the time, but in hindsight it wasn’t right. Sometimes I…
Enough is Enough
I hesitate to write this blog post because it is like admitting defeat. Nevertheless, I am admitting defeat. Enough is enough. I have to get serious and committed. In the last few years, I’ve gained back every bit of weight that I previously lost plus some more. I’ve learned that number on the scale…
Filled with Love
If I make a sacrifice simply as a way to boost my own pride, God is not pleased. If I do a good deed for someone in order to get them to feel better about me, God isn’t pleased. God is not pleased when I do good in order to increase my stature or my…
Beauty in Ashes
All people, even the people in the Bible, have flaws and weaknesses. The key is to find the beauty in that fact instead of getting depressed because of it. God worked in them and He will work in us, even through those flaws and weaknesses. He loves us anyway. God will not give up on…