Wow, God is our healer and he is really good at it.

 Man. I love him so much and how he works. Moving back from Kona Hawaii and working in ministry has been quite the transition. I have experienced Lots of up and downs, good days and REALLY hard days. Feeling like an alien or fish out of water. When you live on a campus of at least 1,000 people who are all there to serve Jesus while reaching the nations, you don’t run out things to talk about, nor out of constant encouragement from one another. Community is very real, biblical and is powerful. When you’re LITERALLY living with other people who have similar goals, and have come from similar places to follow God with everything there are stories to be shared. Stories of previous trials, and how they got to where they are, that leak encouragement to others. Or sharing stories from missionary to missionary who has been on the field for years, to the first timer still figuring out who they are. The tight knit, family bond you create with others is very intentional because without it, it would almost be impossible. God is crafty and creative, how he plans things out and brings people together for certain seasons, reasons and purpose. 

With that said, I have been HOME as in in living in the house that I grew up in, for two years now! When I left two years ago, I had no vision to return to this home I kind of thought out and about, searching to know where to land. This brings up another reason why I’m writing. Searching, I was on a journey of searching. Searching for home, for where I land. Well, God placed me home to show me once again, in his love and kindness, that where I BELONG is in him. As I seek him first, the rest falls into place. (Seek first the kingdom and his righteousness and all else will be added to you) Knowing that I belong in God is what a new believer level of faith, well sometime we need to be reminded of the core foundations to Christian faith. I apparently needed to be reminded of that truth. And I am so very thankful God did remind me. Since I have been reminded of this truth, I have loads more peace in my heart, and I trust God on a deeper level. He is my provider, protector and my shepherd. I love him. These are a few reasons why.

 I hope this post blessed you!

I Praise you God

~I Praise you God for I am fearfully and wonderfully made~ 

PSALM 139

One of my favorite verses in the Bible. As women, we face a lot of accusation from the enemy about being confident with our bodies, and who God created us to be. The media is always flashing a new standard, that seems to be shrinking, along with food portions that we are to intake. And as most of you know, you are what you eat. The food that we give our bodies really does affect us. Media and Hollywood's standard are very unrealistic and unattainable, I know that is a bold statement but its true. I've been there, and done that, before knowing Jesus as my Lord and savior and it left me absolutely miserable and empty inside. I was NEVER enough, nor was I ever going to get there, wherever ENOUGH was, for all I  know its in outer space before NASA invented the aircraft's to fly into space. 

As i was running this afternoon, i noticed some thoughts began to creep into my mind, about self image. Thoughts like, well summer is coming you really need to get serious. Don't you want to look good...? Then I  said no! In my mind, but sometimes I do say stuff like that out loud. No shame.And I started speaking psalm 130 over myself, declaring that I am the Lord's, beautiful daughter. I have been hand crafted by the king of glory himself, I am beautiful inside and out! Man, did I feel so much better. Truth cut right through all of those lies and yuck, and freedom filled my heart and mind. Which caused me to reflect on powerful our decisions really are. I could of chose to let those thoughts control me and overtake me, but I chose truth. I chose to look at those lies square in the face say and say NO to them. What a beautiful victory! Then I thought I should post this on mt Facebook wall to hold myself accountable to working out...and it turned into this lovely post. All that said, my original intentions in writing this was to hold myself accountable to my schedule :

Eating healthy 

Time in the Word

Intimacy with Jesus

Rest

Mile run

Hill sprints

Stretching

Dancing

Drinking water

Amen. 

May you be blessed from this post! P.S. don't forget Mother's day is tomorrow :)