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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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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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The Frozen Grapefruit

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A few days ago my precious four-year old son helped me put away the groceries. He was quite proud and meticulous in his attempt to show me how strong he was like daddy.

I was excited to have him eagerly help because often times he says he’s too  busy when I need help (go figure). 🙂

The following morning after obtaining his “help”, I opened the freezer to find he had put the grapefruit in the freezer and they were completely ruined. I chuckled. He actually did what he thought was the right thing to do.

Isn’t that how we are as adults in our walk of faith. We do what we think is right at the time. However, a year later we look back and chuckle because we’ve grown. Think about it.

What are you doing today that’ll make you laugh (or cry) tomorrow.

I love you and I’m praying for you.

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The Art of Supporting Your Man…

I love talking about marriage. Perhaps it’s because I was such a bad wife for the first seven years of our marriage. I’m grateful God gave me such a patient and loving man. Nowadays, I’m not perfect, but I don’t consider myself a bad wife anymore. Here’s why? I truly respect and support my man. EVEN WHEN I DON’T FEEL LIKE IT. In fact, I show him extra support ESPECIALLY WHEN I DON’T FEEL LIKE IT.

My husband is pretty simple. He’s laid back, caring and low maintenance. Recently, I had a list of household chores I wanted him to do. However, when he came home he wanted to talk about his experience at the gym. I didn’t want to hear about it because I wanted to go over MY list. However… (here’s the transition folks)…

A few years ago, I would’ve discounted his excitement for the gym and proceeded to run down his list of chores. Instead, I sat and listened and cheered him on about his accomplishments. Of course, I was thinking about the loose doorknob, the broken toilet paper holder, and cleaning the garbage cans, but it wasn’t important anymore.

WHY?

Because my husband’s confidence and enthusiasm for life far outweigh my list of chores. I smiled. I giggled. I applauded him as he did push ups on the kitchen floor. I hugged him and thanked him for being so strong. Did I eventually get my list of chores done? No. But someday, they’ll get done and I’ll cheer him on for that too!

 

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Losing Weight… Again

I wish I could tell you I’m 100% happy with my appearance. I know I just had my third child and it “takes time to take the weight off”, but that doesn’t matter to me.  Especially when I look at the 17 extra pounds strapped to my mid-section.

Since this is a faith-based blog, I’m sure you know I’m praying and confessing for my ideal weight.

However, I can’t be too deep about the matter.

If I want to lose weight, then I MUST do a lot more than pray and confess scripture.

The bible says FAITH WITHOUT WORKS IS DEAD. So even if I have all the faith in the world, it won’t matter if I don’t eat right and exercise.  I’ve got to back up my words with my actions.

Pray for me!

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