Today I'm weak and weary. I'm fed up!

This scripture is just what I needed today. Just a day that I wanna just go crawl back in bed and not clean another house. I wanna just hide. Crawl into a hole and disappear. Silly thoughts I know but goodness when it hits it hits hard. This was not the life I envisioned. Not the life I had planned. Why is the struggle so daunting and things so hard. So many around me just seem to have it all together, deceiving I know this too, but my mind is just weak today. I'm human. I grow faint and weary. I'm fighting every single day for my family. For life. For justice. For freedom. Ohhhh... But GOD! It's Just one of those days feeling defeated and exhausted and God told me to just open my app and there it laid written for me and anyone else out there needing some encouragement today for whatever reason. Rejoice in the Lord.. No matter. Rejoice. Train your mind to defeat those negative thoughts that can just cause us to crumble. The Lord does not give us a spirit of fear and worry those thoughts come from the enemy. And when your having your worst of worst days is when a victory is coming and he's trying to block ur confident in the Lord. Just pray and know that God is the God of ALL things. All positive, loving and New! #trust #faith #harddays #mindset #God #nevergiveup #defeattheodds #courage #life #ButGod #determination #powerthoughts

Wise Wednesday's

Sometimes if we listen to those negative voices in the back of our mind we start to believe them.. One day and you wake up wondering what happened and then you realized the power lies within yourself! Wake up and be determined to have a good attitude. Love others. Love God. Pray daily. Seek Him. Humble yourself. And slowly things will return to normal.. Just believe that we were created to not just go through the motions of life but to live each day serving others and living each day like there is no tomorrow. Be courageous. Be bold. Have faith. You are not alone. You deserve to be happy and love the life you have been given. Want things to change? You must first change from within.. It changes your perspective! Happy Wednesday! #wisewednesday #wisdom #trust #determination #motivation #life #faith #love #attitude #emotions #freedom #Jesus #prayer 

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Be a shining light. Accepting your circumstances.

Regardless of whatever happens in my life just knowing that God can be seen and an evident part of my life is my purpose. I've grown to accept that things are far beyond my control but they are in full control by my God. My God that is a all powerful and knowing at all times. He created this beautiful world we live in and sometimes it may take us falling flat on our faces to learn to really seek and trust him with all of our heart. I thank him for all the trials and circumstances I've encountered in my life.. Without them I wouldn't know Him, I would need him in my life to lift me up out of the pit of darkness! Knowing that he's saved me for eternity and my life is in his hands I'll Be still my soul and just seek him daily and trust him to teach me to build wisdom, endurance, strength, joy and love in my heart. Just to name a few. In John 17 he prays for his people and this gives us Christians the confidence that we need to go from day to day. The world may not know Him but if my life can show Jesus in anyway to others I accept and trust it will give all the glory to the Lord in the end. “My prayer is not for them alone. I pray also for those who will believe in me through their message, that all of them may be one, Father, just as you are in me and I am in you. May they also be in us so that the world may believe that you have sent me. I have given them the glory that you gave me, that they may be one as we are one— I in them and you in me—so that they may be brought to complete unity. Then the world will know that you sent me and have loved them even as you have loved me. “Father, I want those you have given me to be with me where I am, and to see my glory, the glory you have given me because you loved me before the creation of the world. “Righteous Father, though the world does not know you, I know you, and they know that you have sent me. I have made you known to them, and will continue to make you known in order that the love you have for me may be in them and that I myself may be in them.” (John 17:20-26 NIV) #trust #Jesus #faithfulness 

Just a timehop memory

Amazed at my timehop some days. My how 3 years changes so much! I was 8 weeks post baby and tapping the scale over 200 lbs and my sweet boy was headed for his 2 month shots. 3 years later he's 3 years old and acts like he's grown and I weigh less now than I did before I ever got pregnant. (I'll prob never share the exact number bc I'm just private like that) Bittersweet memories but definitely was a lot of struggle of weight loss after gaining 50 pounds during pregnancy and then having a c section. A year and a half later I said yes to Advocare and it's completely changed my focus of nutrition and diet.. Alongside exercise and running. Saying yes to Cristina that Summer of 2013 was the best decision I have ever made! For me and my family physically and financially! Just reminiscing today😊 #nolookingback

Childlike Faith

This week has been a definite eye opener for me.. I haven't helped with VBS since I was in high school and it's been such a blessing in my life this week. It's brought back that childlike faith that I tend to forget about. We have 3 girls wanting to know more about the Lord and I pray that God leads them straight to him. To be such young ages and in 5th grade there minds are so curious and just hungry for more of what God has to offer them. Studying the book of Daniel we are remembering and learning that Daniel made decisions to be different and that he wanted to Glorify God in all that he did and by doing so the Lord protected him and his friends from a fire pit and Lions den.. How awesome is our God that when we trust him fully that he will be our strength and shield during the good times and the hard times. How amazing that it only takes one Seed of Faith to Trust him and follow him. 2 Corinthians 5:7 says For we walk by faith not by sight. These young girls are learning that it takes trusting in what they cannot see and fully giving there own trust to a much higher power. I never went to bible school as a kid and surely wish I had had the opportunity because what a difference one week can do for us focusing souly on God to set us up for success in securing our relationship with Him. Praying that He will continue working in there hearts and give us the strength and words to give them during this week. What a blessing it's been to share the Word of God with these girls! We have had a great Leader too. Looking forward to the next two days. I think it's helped me grow just as well. Simply amazing! 🙏🏻😊❤️ #Jesus #learning #childlikefaith #faith #trust #God #salvation 

In Jesus Name,