Tag: wholeness

Love Yourself; Love one another as you love yourself.

Love Yourself; Love one another as you love yourself.

Love one another as you love yourself. The greatest command and my verse for this year. I have thought about this verse for many years. And this thought has always popped into my mind: how can you love another when you DON’T LOVE YOURSELF? I mean, 

Enter Into His Rest; For He Loves YOU!!

Enter Into His Rest; For He Loves YOU!!

Busyness… Everyone feels the push, the need to be busy. But is that what God wants for us? I would say no. Enter into His rest; for he loves YOU!! God has a lot to say in His Word about rest.  Starting in Genesis 1, 

Friendship with God; A Journey

Friendship with God; A Journey

To please my SEO, I am going to start this post with the title, Friendship with God; A Journey. Once upon a time, I was a Momma with LOTS of kids. My own kids. My friends kids. Kids who were friends with my kids. I 

Believe Like a Child Again

Believe Like a Child Again

I have been reading and rereading a book by John Elderedge lately. In the book, he talks about our inability to believe like a child again. He points out that if you tell a child, “We are going to the beach tomorrow,” they don’t say 

Body. Soul. Spirit. Three Part Beings.

Body. Soul. Spirit. Three Part Beings.

Body. Soul. Spirit. Three Part Beings. God created us in His image, as a 3-part being. God the Father, God the Son- Jesus, and God the Spirit- Holy Spirit. BODY- The physical parts of us.  SOUL- Generally thought of as the mind, will, and emotions.  

1% Better Every Day

1% Better Every Day

I was at the gym this morning.  Yeah… Me. At the gym!!  Never thought I would be doing that!! But, here we are.. Anyway, my trainer asked me how I was doing with my workouts and what I noticed in my body.  At first, I 

Why Do I Do the Things That I Do?

Why Do I Do the Things That I Do?

My WHY do I do the things that I DO? My “Thisisthereason” why I am passionate about healthy and living the Abundant Life. My parents. That’s it. It’s my parents. The things they went through with their health and life taught me so much. How 

Let’s Get Better: Removing Shame, Part 2

Let’s Get Better: Removing Shame, Part 2

Last week I started a series about removing Shame. Today, I’m going to finish my story about playing baseball as a kid and show you one way I have been known to heal memories. This particular one was about Shame. Sometimes I ask God to 

Let’s Get Better: Removing Shame, part 1

Let’s Get Better: Removing Shame, part 1

As humans, we are always in the process of healing and/or growing.  Whether we realize it or not.  Sometimes we are actively, searching for healing. Others we are just actively trying to make it through another day.  But we are even learning things in that.  

Where Do I Go From Here?

Where Do I Go From Here?

This is what I have been pondering lately..  Where do I go from here…. I have just come from 2 weeks of conferences. 2 very different conferences. Both pushing me to choose the best things for my life. Both enocouraging me and wanting me to