Category: Emotional Healing

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Emotional Healing Spiritual Growth

Staying Motivated

Recently I started thinking about you. YES YOU, my precious readers.

I asked the Lord to give me a heart to always know what you need in order to stay motivated in your faith. He simply impressed it upon my heart to keep you encouraged.

Therefore, I want to encourage you today to remain faithful in your walk with Christ, even when you’re in the dry times. I encourage you to stay committed to your spouse, even if they don’t deserve it some days. I encourage you to stay focused on your goals and dreams even if you want to give up and you feel like a failure. I encourage you to stay committed to growing even when you want to scream at the top of your lungs.

Please, please know that God’s word never fails.

NEVER.

He really loves you and it’s not His will for you to stay the same or regress back to what you used to be. Press on precious one. PRESS ON! I’m with you and I’m pressing right next to you…let’s do it together.

I love you and I praying for you.

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Emotional Healing

Overcoming Anger and other Junk

I love this video from Pastor Joel Osteen. It’s so simple and so clear! I love you and I’m praying for you.

Enjoy!

 

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A Simple Piece of Candy

Today I’m looking forward to celebrating Thanksgiving with my family. Like most of you, I’ll eat a lot of food and spend time having fun with my loved ones.

This morning, I thought about a time in my life when I didn’t have food and was very close to losing my apartment in New York. It was hard. My husband and I had about $3.15 for one week of groceries for the two of us. Often times, I’d go to our car and feel under the seats, the floor, the glove compartment looking for change in order to buy more food.

One day, as I ran my hand under the seat cushions I found a piece of candy that had fallen. I was hungry, tired and broke. I blessed the candy and ate it and thanked God for providing it. I promised God that I’d always be grateful for even the smallest of things.

As a Christian… and as a human… no one is supposed to live that way. No one. So although, we haven’t reached our ultimate goals, we’re certainly grateful we’re no longer on the $3 grocery budget. GLORY TO GOD!!!

I’m pressing on and pressing forward… join me!

I love you and I’m praying for you!

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Emotional Healing Marriage and Family Spiritual Growth

I am an EXCELLENT…

Have I ever told you “I AM AN EXCELLENT COOK”?

Did I mention  I AM AN EXCELLENT house cleaner?

Chances are I probably didn’t mention it because God is perfecting those areas of my life concerning homemaking. 🙂

However, I decided to change my thinking by changing my negative confession. So far, its been working because I’m actually having fun doing those homemaking duties that used to dog me. I encourage you to stop right now and take a mental inventory of what you do well and what you want to become excellent at and change your confession. TODAY! NOT TOMORROW!

I simply use the amplified version of Philippians 4:13 that says “I’m ready for anything and equal to anything through Christ who INFUSES me with inner strength.” This really helps anchor me! I hope it’ll help you too!

God bless you and I’m praying for you!

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Emotional Healing Marriage and Family Spiritual Growth

The Brave and The Pitiful

As you may know I gave birth to my third child a few months ago. (In fact, she’s resting in my arms right now while I attempt to type.) Recently while she was crying, I simply sat on the floor exhausted, overwhelmed and tired. While she screamed I began to daydream about wearing a size six again, eating Louisiana Crunch cake and watching endless football with my feet propped up.

My simple daydreaming led me into a pity party. I felt tired, overweight and un-inspired. I wish I could say I quickly prayed and  felt better.  (Isn’t that how it’s supposed to work?)  I prayed but not until after I had about 20 vanilla wafers and a few cans of soda at 3am.

It was my pity food for my pitiful acting self.

 Pitiful. Pitiful. Pitiful.

As I sat on the couch, I began to laugh when I thought about you: my precious blog readers. What advice would I have given you? Would I tell you to drown your sorrows in 2000 grams of sugar and sob? No. I’d say be encouraged… be bold… fight through it and push!

Push through the emotional highs and lows, even when you’re sleep deprived.

Let’s do it together! The journey continues…

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