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what is inside your heart
He has told you, O man, what is good; and what does the Lord require of you but to do justice, and to love kindness, and to walk humbly with your God?- Micah 6:8
What does it exactly mean to do justly, love with kindness (mercy) and to walk humbly? When i read verses I try not to over complicate what is in them but I do love to look up commentary to help me further understand what the scripture is saying. In these verses the Lord is having a conversation with the people of Israel. At this particular time the people of Israel had their sights set on things that weren’t very good. I guess in simple terms you could say that they were having a sin problem. More sacrifices wasn’t going to fix the problem either, it was something much deeper rooted. They needed a change of heart. To the people at the time when someone said to “act justly” they understood that as a sense of right and wrong. To “love mercy” this is a loyal love or a loving kindness. LOVE AND MERCY IS CRITICAL TO EVERYTHING THAT GOD IS (EVERYTHING POINTS TO THE CROSS). Lastly to “walk humbly” this is a description of the way our hearts attitude needs to be when we look upon God. Though we often want to take pride in what WE bring to God it is important for us to humble ourselves and come to the conclusion that no amount of personal sacrifices could replace ones heart that is fully committed to the justice and love that God has provided for us. “the Lord is ever so ready to give us his grace to the humble”
“the response of a godly heart is outward (do justice), inward (love mercy), and upward (walk humbly).”
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April 7, 2018
Have you ever imagined if we were all the same? Have you ever thought if the world was in black and white and we didn’t even know what color was or if we could not feel the sunlight on our skin? That is a world I don’t want to be in.
We are all unique and special in our own ways even if sometimes we don’t see or feel that. I always try to be aware of my surroundings, I think about our senses (sight, smell,hearing, balance, taste and touch). I love finding quiet places where I can stop for even just a moment and take in whats going on around me. I have been very self critical lately and this verse and devotional couldn’t have come at a more perfect time.
CHALLENGE:
Ask God to show you 5 qualities about yourself that have nothing to do with your appearance.
I sought the Lord, and he answered me and delivered me from all my fears.
Those who look to him are radiant, and their faces shall never be ashamed.This poor man cried, and the Lord heard him and saved him out of all his troubles.-Psalms 34:4-6
#devotional#christain#thebinderproject#fitness#health#morgan harper nichols#psalms#bibleverse#loveyourself#wonderlust
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For the Open Road
I have always been drawn to adventures. Things like just getting in my car and driving not to any particular place but just picking a direction and going. I love the uncertainty of it, I love the wanderlust and I love sharing those experiences with people most of all.
Why do we love the open road,
yet simultaneously fear the unknown?
Perhaps it is because
the journey not yet taken
make the heart a little worried,
but at the same exact time,
we know we need it.
We know there is only
so far we can go
unless we are willing
to faithfully face
what we do not yet know.
- Morgan Harper Nichols
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Fearfully and Wonderfully Made
I will praise you, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made. Wonderful are your works; my soul knows it very well.- Psalm 139:14
What does this mean to you?
There are days were I wake up feeling good about myself and there are days were I feel so uncomfortable in my own skin. That is wrong on my part in so many ways, as humans we tend to pick out all of our insecurities and dwell and fester on them. When I think of myself this way I am not seeing myself as one of God’s divine creations. There are days when life slaps me in the face and it is so overwhelming realizing we are GOD’S UNIQUE DESIGN…tell me that isn’t powerful stuff. We were created in the image of God (this is not just physical) its our SOUL that bears HIS image: “mind, will and emotion” even “knowledge, righteousness and true holiness”. We as humans are set apart from all the other creatures we know how to tell the difference between right and wrong, moral judgments and we know to seek redemption. To me the heart in the human body is one of the most amazing organs, it “enables us to love and experience God intimately”. Our hearts show our personality- our thoughts, memories, emotions, desires (Luke 6:45). Try to make it a point the next time you look yourself in the mirror or there is any hesitation to pick your self apart emotionally…see yourself as God does “fearfully and wonderfully made”.
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Reflecting
Greater love has no one than this, that someone lay down his life for his friends. You are my friends if you do what I command you. No longer do I call you servants,[a] for the servant does not know what his master is doing; but I have called you friends, for all that I have heard from my Father I have made known to you. You did not choose me, but I chose you and appointed you that you should go and bear fruit and that your fruit should abide, so that whatever you ask the Father in my name, he may give it to you. These things I command you, so that you will love one another.- John 15:13-17
Challenge:
How has learning about God sees you changed you? What stands out the most? Journal your thoughts, and let Him speak to your heart.
When I look back on where I was this this time last year I can’t tell you where I was or what I was doing but I can tell you I know my heart and mind were not in a good place. I was cold, bitter and lost and honestly feeling like I had been forgotten, like this is not how my life was/is supposed to turn out. This past year up until now has been a season of change and reflection for me. I have felt a little lost at times not knowing which direction I should take and at those times I have to come back down to reality and remember that I’m never going to be forsaken or forgotten or any of those other things we feel when we begin to doubt ourselves…. but really its us doubting God. I have found great peace in mediating, finding a quiet place where I can just write, read and listen. Everyone has different ways of expressing themselves and I am no good at writing I know that, but it has been a way for me to find some solace. I feel like I am so unworthy when I get direct messages or text from people saying that what I write or whatever has really touched them, it is such a nice compliment but really I owe all the credit to God because its just what he has laid on my heart. As Christians and honestly regardless of religion as HUMANS we are all linked or connected in some sort of fashion and I believe that we need to help and assist each other in this thing called life. God doesn’t intend for us to be alone. He made Adam and to help him in life (the garden) he made Eve, sure the fall happened but the point is we are not to be alone in life. I have learned to open my heart to the things around me and that it really isn’t such a terrible thing to be loved or love. I think for me that has been the biggest take away from diving deeper into Gods word that I have experienced over these past couple months. I have had lots of things on my mind as of lately and I often wonder if its because its what my heart was thinking/feeling as well.
This is what has stood out the most to me: that it is ok to not know, that is it ok to love and be loved, that is it ok to miss and be missed but most importantly we are never forgotten about.
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Luminous
“You are the light of the world. A city set on a hill cannot be hidden. 15 Nor do people light a lamp and put it under a basket, but on a stand, and it gives light to all in the house.”- Matthew 5:14-15
People tend to take things literally but there is so much symbolism is these verses and it’s important to understand those meanings. We cannot simple make our self the “light of the world” we become the “light of the world” through our relationship with Him. (2 Corinthians 4:6)
Through meditation and prayer listening to those little whispers God gives us that’s when his light shines…that is powerful. I encourage you to dive deeper into these verses I know for me I was able to understand more of the context.
“This is a portrait of discipleship. Jesus, who is the light of the world, re-creates us into the light of the world. We are light, not because of anything in ourselves, but because we are in a supernatural union with the light of the world. He calls us to follow after him, and he says, “Whoever follows me will have the light of life and will never walk in darkness” (John 8:12 TEV).”
With the way life goes it always seems that we have a million things going on or at least we make it seem like we have a million things going on. Our main focus should strive to ALWAYS be a light, humble ourselves, trust Jesus to uncover the light that’s with in us and to reveal that to those around us. Ultimately being disciples which we are all called to be.
Challenge:
Pray and ask God to show you how you are LUMINOUS for HIM and write it down.
Commentary: Rick Warren
Extra Readings:
https://www.desiringgod.org/messages/i-am-the-light-of-the-world
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Defining Worth
Worth: adj. Deserving of; meriting. n. Quality that commands esteem or respect; merit.
This is the formal definition of what Worth is…but what do YOU define as worth…more importantly what do you define as SELF WORTH. What do you base your own value on: is it the way you look, the people you surround yourself with it could literally be a laundry list of things but in reality none of that matters in the eyes of God. My goal for myself this year is try and be as transparent as possible and with that being said here is what I used to think I should be defined as.
Growing up I felt as if I never was able to fit in and I know that’s probably true for a lot of people and I hate that we often ignore the fact that only females tend to feel this way. I never felt like I was beautiful enough, never felt as if I looked like all the other girls my age or even acted like them. Never felt I was WORTHY enough for anyone or even someone for that matter. I guess that’s why for the longest time I felt, as I needed to shut everyone and everything out and resort to “I’m fine “or “Good��. I struggled with the way my body looked to me for the longest time and sometimes even wondered if this all was worth it.
Through all that even in what seemed like the darkest of times there was always something telling me YOU ARE WORTH MORE THAN THIS- you are the daughter of the King and the plans I have for you are yet to be discovered. “So you are no longer a slave, but a son, and if a son, then an heir through God” Galatians 4:7. Son, daughter whatever, you have to understand the times at which this was written that is why the writer says sons instead of saying daughter. I had been thinking about what to write my next post on all day and its something that has been lingering on my mind as of lately…WHAT IS YOUR WORTH. I don’t like to look forward in the devotional that I have been doing this month and it just so happens that today’s topic was exactly this. All that was listed was the verse Galatians 4:7 and a video to watch (see below). I found myself covered with chills and tears start to stream down my face as I watched because I found myself having flashbacks. Flashbacks to those times when I felt those feelings of not feeling worthy was never going to end. It’s an on going battle to remember that we should not let the world around us define our worth…I’m going to let the video speak for its self and I hope you take the time to watch the full video because the message is so important.
“My worth is not defined by my past mistakes because Gods grace is enough and it covers everything “
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LOVE
In this the love of God was made manifest among us, that God sent his only Son into the world, so that we might live through him. In this love, not that we have loved God but that he loved us and sent his Son to be the propitiation for our sins.- 1 John 4:9-10
Love. What does it really mean? What does it really mean to us as Christians? When writing John emphasizes that in the verses that godly love isn’t something that came from us, it comes from God to us. God loved us first and foremost because of this; this is how we can love Him. How beautiful it is that he has given us the opportunity to be born of Him, know Him and most importantly LOVE others. Love isn’t just a feeling it’s also something that needs to be acted out. This is something that I believe with my whole heart that I strive to act out in my daily life. All things in this life have come from God and this is no exception. (God sending Jesus down to earth). The word that sticks out to me in these two verses is PROPITIATION: this is a payment of sacrifice to cover the cost of our sins (a short explanation). Long before Jesus’s ultimate sacrifice people had to pay sacrifices and offerings for their sins. Jesus provided the only sufficient payment for our sins…his life was given for the sins of the whole world. THAT IS LOVE.
Challenge: write this verse out in your own words, what does it mean to you.
Extra Stuff:
https://www.ligonier.org/blog/two-important-words-good-friday-expiation-and-propitiation/
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Strangers
And let the peace of Christ rule in your hearts, to which indeed you were called in one body. And be thankful. - Colossians 3:15
As humans being on this earth can sometimes feel as if we are strangers and that we don’t belong. I think people often wonder if they have made the right choices in their lives, I know for a fact I do. Ultimately we made those decisions but they were thought out long before we were even born or spoken into existence. As Christians we have to have the faith and pray that a peace will come over us and that we will have the wisdom to take the next steps. As if feeling like we don’t belong isn’t enough their can be tensions in our lives and we must do the same ask the Lord for wisdom of what to do.
CHALLENGE
Pray over any areas of tension of where you may feel as if you don’t belong ask the Lord for wisdom and what to do?
#devotional#christain#bibleverse#crossfit#fitness#thebinderproject#morgan harper nichols#challenge#strangers
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Ephesians 2:3-7
Among whom we all once lived in the passions of our flesh, carrying out the desires of the body and the mind, and were by nature children of wrath, like the rest of mankind. But God, being rich in mercy, because of the great love with which he loved us, even when we were dead in our trespasses, made us alive together with Christ- by grace you have been saved- and raised us up with him and seated us with him in the heavenly places in Christ Jesus, so that in the coming ages he might show the immeasurable riches of his grace in kindness toward us in Christ Jesus.- Ephesians 2:3-7
The words of these verses are painful and so forgiving at the same time, at least those are the two things that come to my mind. It gets me thinking of all the times that I have fallen short and honestly been so selfish. We are ever growing as Christians and as with everything in life things aren’t going to be easy. God loves us SO SO much and even when it feels like we are drowning and temptation is all around us to doubt what we are doing in our lives that’s when sometimes we feel Him the most. Thinking of God’s grace and mercy gives me chills but they are two different things. Mercy withholds a punishment we deserve, grace is a blessing we don’t deserve. “Grace is God giving the greatest treasure to the least deserving-EACH AND EVERYONE OF US.” That should make us feel so alive.
Challenge:
How has God changed you and made you alive through Jesus. Write down some things He has made in you or that you want him to make in you.
Here are a few that I wrote down (trying to be transparent here):
1. make in me a person that allows people to come into my life and vice versa
2. make in me a person that always tries to have a heart for you
3. i have been changed and felt alive in the fact that in all the dark times or times i have not felt worthy of any of this God was always there to pull me out of that.
-devotional comes from The Binder Project
#devotional#christain#crossfit#fitness#fitspiration#bibleverse#bible study#thebinderproject#morgan harper nichols
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Delights. March 10, 2018
You shall no more be termed Forsaken, and your land shall no more be termed Desolate,but you shall be called My Delight Is In Her, and your land Married;for the Lord delights in you, and your land shall be married-Isaiah 62:4 ESV It is so easy to get caught up in everything that seems to be going wrong or when things just seem to not be going our way. We all have struggles there is no need to deny that ( I AM SO EXTREMELY GUILTY OF THIS). Lately I have just felt so alone physically and spiritually. As Christians we should know that God will never forsake us or leave us, He loves us WAY TOO MUCH. God uses words for us His bride, the church, a word that expresses a tenderness of His immense love for us. The word is “Hephzibah” it is only found a few places in the Bible and it means, “My delight is in her”. The love that He has for us gives him delight. We have all been blessed in our lives whether at this time it might not seem like it or not. I wrote down 10 things about myself that I can take delight in. It is so important that we challenge others and ourselves, try to come up with some things that you can take delight in, they can be anything. Mediate and pray about them and be joyful at where you are at in your life at this point as hard as it might seem, be a light to someone that might be going through things. “But his delight is in the law of the Lord, and in His law he mediates day and night”- Psalm 1:2 NKJV
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MARCH 4, 2018
He found him in a desert land, and in the howling waste of the wilderness; he encircled him, he care for him, he kept him as the apple of his eye.
Deuteronomy 32:10
Make a list of 5 ways God has cared for you in the past. How does that change how you feel about anything currently weighing on your mind?
There are times when it is going to feel as if you are never going to find our way, it might even feel like you are drowning…. and just at that very moment that’s when God shows us his infinite GRACE and LOVE for US. As Christians we should know that God is never going to forsake us or leave us but we often get so wrapped up in our own selves that we often forget who is the one who has given us LIFE.
I was challenged today by making a list of just 5 ways that God has cared for me in the past…as I am thinking of things to write down a wave of emotion came over me and I felt my eyes begin to swell. Sure I could easily list 5 ways and move on but what it all boils down to is that God has endless amounts of LOVE for us and no matter how far we seem to drift away (howling waste of wilderness-this is in reference to the Israelites and Moses) His presence is going to remain. I have had a lot of things on my mind lately and have felt a little out of focus so being able to meditate and process this verse is kinda exactly what I needed. Challenge yourself to do the same.
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I am a huge music buff and am ALWAYS on Spotify and two songs specifically played today that stuck out to me. I find it hard to say it’s not by coincidence that they came on but take it as you want, go give them a listen :)
Calvary- Live by Hillsong Worship
Oceans (Where Feet May Fall) by Hillsong United
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MARCH 1, 2018
I decided to start these monthly devotionals by Morgan Harper Nichols, The Binder Co. so we shall see how this goes :) Also major kudos to my cousin for telling me about them.
Link Below:
http://morganharpernichols.com/binder/
March 1, 2018
“But now, this is what the Lord says—he who created you, Jacob, he who formed you, Israel: “Do not fear, for I have redeemed you; I have summoned you by name ; you are mine.” Isaiah 43:1
I often find that it is important to read the verses that come before and after a passage to fully understand the importance and that is exactly the case here.
https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Isaiah+43&version=ESV
In Isaiah 42:18-19 God’s people were deaf and blind and what they need was salvation. They needed someone to come in and intervene, someone outside themselves, to save them. In Isaiah 43, God again is speaking to the same “deaf and blind” people but this time it was different. He speaks with a series of truths and promises…one that gives us a deeper understanding of God and trust that we must have in him.
“God speaks to Israel and calls them to remember two things he had already done: he had redeemed them and had called them…Not only did God redeem his people, but he called them by name.”
They are challenged by God reminding them of who he is and all the things He’s done. There seems to be some tough love in these verses but where God is tough he is oh so sweet in his love and promises to us. The promise of the future, even in the madness he shows his faithful presence.
In Ray Ortlunds commentary on Isaiah:
“Whatever life throws at you, including the tough love of God himself, he will go with you into it.”
Three things that one can take away from this and the following verses are:
1. We need to remember God’s past deliverances
2. His presence is ALWAYS present
3.He is eternal
“He is not just a Savior, but He is our Savior.”
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PROMPTINGS
Promptings: the action of saying something to persuade, encourage or remind someone to do or say something.
I find it by no coincidence that this word has found its way into my life over the past couple of days. I used to be the type of person that would just say everything is fine when I actually had a lot to say. Before I begin I stated in a post a couple weeks ago about how we need to stop blaming how we handle situations on our personality. I got so sick of hearing myself say “oh that’s just the way I am” or “that’s just my personality” that I wanted to throw up…I did catch myself on it yesterday mater of fact and I immediately wish I hadn’t had said that.
Have you ever wondered why we don’t say things that we feel so strongly about?
How do we get people to see or understand?
Why do we ignore the PROMPTINGS that are so clear?
Is it that we are afraid of what will be said in return, possibly? I am so guilty of this it’s going to sound silly but you just have to have faith not just the little f “faith” but the big f “FAITH”. Faith that you will be filled with knowing what to say and whatever the circumstances are whomever you are conversing with will know what to say as well. This is where I find it important to surround yourself with like minded and like hearted people. I guess this is a mantra that I try and live by:
Be bold, challenge yourself and challenge others and let people not only see the surface that’s just skin and bones but let people see your true self.
I believe we should never ignore feelings; everything around us isn’t just there to be stand still and be pretty. We are here in this moment, this life for something so special, something so much greater than ourselves. We have to stop and listen to the whispers that God is giving us. How are we supposed to decide if they are just infatuations, true or false?
There is a critical difference. Infatuation is fleeting while the exact opposite is an unwavering conviction. Just like God’s love for us is constant, grounded, unwavering and has a deep sense of conviction and most important it is SELFLESS. Infatuation is impulsive- I am all for being spontaneous but stand caution when it comes to certain things especially that of the heart. I love what this one article in particular said, “love is one of the most clarifying, visionary and rooted convictions…”
In anytime of uncertainty stopping and taking a deep breathe and surrendering what we are feeling to the Lord should be our first step. Whether it’s through prayer or meditation take time to just listen and let God speak to you. He will help us discern if the object of what ever it is, is a passing whim or the real deal.
I have always had a busy mind and that can some time lead to some very vivid dreams. I go through phases where I wake up in the middle of the night from dreams that feel so real, I try and make note of them just to contemplate them at another time. I don’t think we should ever ignore dreams, just a thought of mine but I believe this is one of the ways God speaks to us.
(Question to think on: Are we meant to understand dreams??)
You are probably wondering how does this all ties in together… I thought the same thing to myself when I woke up at 2 am and made notes in my phone. Promptings, Infatuations, Feelings and Dreams I believe they all have something in common its just a matter of us listening to what is being said through them. Don’t hide them away for yourself to stow over, consult others because we are not alone in this life it was meant to be shared.
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Windows
I hate to admit it, but for as long as I can remember I have had the type of personality where I have the tendency to shun and block out people and honestly it was for no apparent reason...or at least a reason I wasn’t letting my mind discover till some hard lessons were learned. You might never know it cause I do find myself to be quiet trusting of people but when it comes to matters of the heart and mind I have always felt the need to put up a wall.
I have recently become intrigued with the human personality theory called the “Johari Window”. The name sounds really sophisticated but really it is the two names of the guys who came up with it, Joe and Harry (clever right ha). There are four quadrants… windows into personality and identity. I am going to do my best to simplify the four “windows” and how I have thought about them in relation to myself and how they might be able to help in your own personal areas.
First quadrant is called the ARENA QUADRANT. These are the things YOU KNOW ABOUT YOU and OTHERS KNOW ABOUT YOU. This is how we give ourselves off toward people. It is was everybody knows and what they see. Think of it like a social media feed.
The second quadrant is called FAÇADE QUADRANT. This is the things YOU KNOW ABOUT YOU but OTHERS DON’T KNOW ABOUT YOU. Not to make a person sound bi-polar or anything but think of it as an alter ego. Maybe think about the saying that goes “who you are when no one is looking (watching)”. You might feel like you are just getting by so on the outside it looks like you are just fine but we are just fooling others and eventually ourselves as well.
This quadrant spoke to me in the sense of no I don’t feel like I am living an alter ego or putting on a façade but there are things that I have felt the need to hide for so long…the only way out of this “quadrant” is confession not only to ourselves but to others as well its so vital to the healing process.
“Confess your sins to each other and pray for each other so you may be healed”
I feel like I will never stop learning with this but when confessing whatever it is we can help, challenge and more importantly hold each other accountable. I value those things because I never want to be comfortable.
The third quadrant the BLIND SPOT, consisting of the things YOU DON’T KNOW ABOUT YOU but OTHERS KNOW ABOUT YOU. I find it so important to have someone in your life that will love you enough to say what needs to be said when you need it. Knowing exactly how I am, I wont appreciate it at first when people tell me things that I know I need to hear but I don’t want to. I have to humble myself and realize I was wrong.
I related to this quadrant I guess in a strange way cause all I could think about is the walls that I have felt the need to put up. You could say they were a defense mechanisms but when I say that it just sounds silly. I have had to do a lot of “self-discovery” to get past those self-defeating “walls” of mine. Don’t confuse me saying self-discovery with self- help because they are very different. I used to use my personality as an excuse and that was so very wrong of me. I have felt a new lightness about me since I have opened my heart and mind to not only personal relationships but with God as well.
“Without knowledge of self” said John Calvin, “there is no knowledge of God.” If done correctly, personality assessments help us discover the way God has wired us. “
The fourth and final quadrant is the UNKNOWN it is the things YOU DON’T KNOW ABOUT YOU and OTHERS DON’T KNOW ABOUT YOU. This has to be the most purest and truest thing about us. This is our God given passions, gifts and God sized- dreams. How can we get to this place? It is by having a relationship with the person who gave them to us.
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“When we isolate ourselves from others, we become islands unto ourselves…You know why God puts people in our lives? It’s not just to overcome solidarity conceit; it’s also to overcome solidary confinement. He puts people in our lives to keep us humble and to draw out our potential. I like to think of it as human pinball; we bump into different anointings, different giftings, different ideas…”
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Photo
I am one of those people that don’t like to post stuff like this but I have honestly been working my butt off these last couple of months. The top picture is from October 2016 the second picture is from February 2017 and the bottom picture is from February 2018.
In the top picture you have a college student who cared about her diet but definitely wasn’t eating like she was supposed to and also going out on the weekend (thursday- sunday brunch) was a thing. I was also not training like I knew I was capable of, I was just kinda going through then motions not really trying to get better at anything. I was also mentally stressed out about a lot of things that were going on in my life personally.
The middle picture you have a recently graduated college student who moved back home for a brief amount of time before she decided to join the Air Force. I was finally eating better, cooking more often and for sure going out less. My training was more consistent and I wasn’t just going to the gym just because it was part of my schedule. All that progress I had made kinda came to a halt when I had to leave for basic training. While I was there I lost 2- 2 1/2 inches off my waist, for sure lost muscle and my diet was honestly garbage because lets be honest you eat what they have or you don’t eat at all.
The bottom picture you have a girl who is confident, strong and is probably the happiest she’s been in a really long time (except for a few minor things but that’s life). My diet is finally back to normal of how I want it to be, I feel leaner and stronger than I have ever been. I have surrounded myself with some of the best people I have ever met and they shed such a positive light on everything (the saying surround yourself with like minded people really is true). I stick to a programming and try not to deviate, I force myself to take rest days (that has been the hardest thing for me) .
I’m one that particularly doesn’t like compliments or things of that nature but to toot my own horn I’m so proud of the progress I’ve made physically, mentally and spiritually over the past couple of years.
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DREAMS
A topic that I have had on my mind quite a bit lately is that of dreams. I find the idea and thought of them fascinating and I think the mystery of it is what entices me the most. The idea what we dream (perception) and what actually happens (reality) is often a question I go back in fourth in my mind about.
I think dreams are something that can’t and shouldn’t be ignored, I believe this is one of the ways God speaks to us just like he did with so many strong and powerful people in the Bible (David and Joseph for example). One of the hardest things I find is trying to distinguish between good ideas and God ideas.
My prayers to be honest I know should be a conversation between you and God and it shouldn’t matter how they are structured, but people that know me know that I am slightly ADD when it comes to holding a conversation. Where I am going with this is a prayer that remains constant with me is asking God to help me have a “hearing heart”. This all ties into the dreams and visions and being able to interpret them and having an open heart and mind about what is being shown/spoken.
“The dreams God give us are for us, but they’re never just for us; they’re for everyone who will be affected by and inspired by them. “
I hope I’m not alone in the fact that I often find myself having reoccurring dreams and visions… I daydream a lot. The dreams that I have been having over the last couple months have been so clear its almost scary. I have to stop myself and realize God is a big picture kind of guy and everything will work out according to his plan (this is something that I struggle with). There is nothing wrong with having dreams and aspirations and most importantly GOALS for your life, I think God wants that out of us but in pursuit of those always seeking him first and putting aside our own selfishness.
A quote out of the book that I have been reading applies perfectly to this…..
“The goal of going after a God-given dream isn’t just accomplishing it. In fact, accomplishing the dream is secondary importance. The primary goal is who you become in the process. Big dreams make big people because we have to trust a big God. Nothing keeps us on our knees like God-sized dreams. They force us to live in raw dependence upon God. With out Him, the dream cannot be realized. God size dreams for us to lean in a little closer, and that’s when God has us right where He wants us.”
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When you are an independent/stoic person its hard to let people in and find confidence in them. Opening and softening your heart and mind and expressing your thoughts with like-minded people is so important. Share your dreams, aspirations and goals because you never know how they might affect you or you help someone in return because they might have the same.
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