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11/07/2024

It is an excellent time to stock up on gratitude journals to share with your firends and loved ones this coming holiday season. We are open to custom orders for your larger gatherings or gift needs.

6"x9" daily gratitude journal that includes the prompts for you. This is a simple and quick way to get your day off to a joyful start. The prompts selected are also excellent for those that struggle with anxiety as they are modeled after well known grounding exercises. This could be a wonderful g...

12/19/2023

Good food for thought. Think about everyone you align yourself under. How do they measure up? Do you even really know them beyond the surface they present?

12/18/2023

It is entirely possible that our pursuit of happiness is robbing us of joy.

12/17/2023

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12/16/2023

This, right here, is my, swag!!! 🙌🏻🙌🏻🙌🏻

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12/15/2023

Relational Health

I was having a chat with a friend back in Charleston a couple days ago and we got to talking about mending relationships and forgiveness. I shared with her how this last time I read the Torah I finally understood why all the sacrificing. The blood for obvious reasons but the offerings are about atonement. Saying I’m sorry and asking for forgiveness is one thing. Repenting and atoning for, making amends for what you have done wrong is quite another. The later is what builds the bridge for a relationship to mend and heal. It also facilitates forgiveness. We talk about forgiveness like we are just supposed to be ok with being done wrong and let people back in our lives without effort on their part. Matthew chapter 5 says blessed are those that hunger and thirst for righteousness. Blessed are the peacemakers which is not to be confused with a peacekeeper. One makes things right while the other enables bad behavior. That doesn’t sound like being ok with being wronged. Lastly, if God is a just God, and he is, then justice is to be had and it’s ok to expect a measure of that prior to letting someone back near enough to you to cause damage. Setting healthy boundaries and allowing them to prove they are in fact repentant and willing to atone is all a reasonable part of the forgiveness journey. I realize there are some cases this process will never happen and that is ok. We do, at times, have the opportunity to forgive people that will never admit wrong doing. However, to be in relationship with someone requires the additional steps for the relationship to truly be healthy. Forgiving someone that doesn’t repent and doesn’t atone but still gets full access to you can easily become self abuse and have ALL kinds of mental and physical health consequences so be careful and aware of where they is happening in your life.

I could have written this letter myself. I have had to speak most of these words to my children. I have made the choice to do the work to repent and atone. Is it easy? Absolutely not. Is it humbling? 100%! Is it worth it? 1,000%!!! This is part of what generational trauma breaking looks like. It is definitely what legacy building looks like. I want better for them far more than I want comfort for me so I remain patient when they are disrespectful because I never taught them how to respect me. I remain available to serve them because nobody was around to serve me in the stages of life they are in. Through my patience, grace, mercy and service (thank you Holy Spirit) our lives are changing for the best and I couldn’t be more proud 💖

12/14/2023

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12/14/2023

The essence of living your best life right now and all the time.find the magical in the mundane and LEAN into that. 💖

12/13/2023

Personal accountability via fb memories:

"Discipline is to lean into discomfort and VISIT there daily. Regret is to lean into comfort and LIVE there daily." Jerry Flowers

Jerry Flowers Ministries 4 part series on timing end of 2023

Today I vow to tithe my time to my Lord. A tithe is a tenth. It comes out first as an offering in gratitude, reciprocity and love. Tithing my time will require additional levels of structure and discipline around my own time to ensure I adhere to my vow. Why do this? Love. Love is an act of chosen sacrifice for the best interest of another. How can I say I LOVE God, how can anyone say they love God if they won't dedicate quality time to Him? Would your spouse, children, family or friends believe you love them if you didn't dedicate sufficient time to them? of course not! So how is it that we feel comfortable with only reciprocating tiny fractions of time to THE ONE that gave us all the time we spend in the first place? Over the past year I have discovered many if not most Christians are in a narcissistic relationship with God. They take and take and take then get indignant when He doesn't shower them with blessings. Oddly enough, many, especially in the south, are in an equally dysfunctional relationship with the corporate church but it is the church acting as the abuser.

Spirituality is a RELATIONSHIP. Give and take not just take. Not just crumbs either. He asks for things from us. This is not a works based faith issue like a lot of people try to spin it into. It is a simple common sense awareness of how a relationship works. We are called into a relationship. One where much is given but also much is asked. We are provided the exact guidelines of how to reciprocate love, through obedience, yet we only want to focus on receiving our salvation and a pass on hell and leave the rest behind. Fun fact: When we say the prayer of salvation we declare with our mouth that he is our LORD and savior not just savior. We tend to forget that part though. How in the world do we not realize if God was a human on earth in relationship with us our ideology and actions would be flagged an abusive relationship? We Chrisitans are prone to use and abuse God regularly. Makes me wonder how we think we could possibly be any good and respecting and loving each other then. The statistics of domestic issues in the church are pretty much equal to that of the world and I'm pretty sure this is the first step in understanding why that is.

12/13/2023

If anyone needs a late 90’s fashion model my daughter is totally down for the gig. Her closet is starting to look like her favorite tv series 😂

Remember what I posted about my calves Sunday night? Same applies to her ancles. We always assumed she just had her fathers larger ancles but as it turns out and anti-inflammatory diet overrides things we think are hereditary 🤯. Someday I will find some before and after pics to show her progress through my nutrition change. The only difference is she is not gluten free but predominately makes her own bread so none of the chemicals and preservatives. It never stops blowing my mind how willfully ignorant I was about food and the consequences of consuming what we have been led to believe is acceptable for consumption. It’s poison and the creators of it know it is but their bottom line is more important than our health. Our entire health. Mental, physical, emotional, spiritual, vocational, financial and relational health all changes with proper nutrition. This may be TMI but I’m approaching 6 months of little to no menstrual discomfort. No cravings, mood swings or cramps. I am a bit more hungry a couple days before and I eat accordingly but that’s the extent of it. Even at 45 my cycles are normal and healthy. No more need for hormone supplements or mood stabilizers. Thank you Jesus!