Here it is. Another trial. Another attempt by that enemy of old to try and steal my faith. In my flesh, I’m tempted. I’m tempted to ask why. Why, why, why, again?! Why, when I feel I’m finally making some headway on this mountain of life, when I can almost catch a glimpse of that beauty on the horizon, is my foothold snatched out from underneath me so that I’m tumbling down, back to the areas I’ve already covered only to have to climb them again?
In this moment, before the questions can fully form in my head, let alone on my breath, I can hear God’s voice. As I begin to ask why, He interrupts me. “Be still and know. Know that I am God.” I try to argue, to throw my pity party and He interrupts me again. “Be still and know that I am God.” There’s no questioning in the knowing. As He lifts me up from my negative downward spiral, I start reflecting on what I know, not on what I don’t. What I know is I have a God who fiercely loves me with a passion beyond all comprehension. So much so that He offered up His life for mine. What I know is that I have a God that holds the world in the very palm of His hands. What I know is I serve a creator that by his mighty voice spoke me and all of creation into existence. What I know is He is in control, He is my foothold, and He is with me every step of the way. What I know is He has got this.
How powerful is the knowledge of who He is! All else pales in comparison and puts this “trial” into perspective. Be still and know. .
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Well it’s not really snowing here in Santa Rosa Beach, Florida, but it does look a little like Christmas in our living room! I was never one to put up the decorations before Thanksgiving, but I kept thinking about our white pencil tree I bought last year since I so wanted a white tree with moving to Florida . ( I still really want a pink tree however ) This sweet skinny tree really needed to eat a pizza. Not even sure my fav Chip and Joanna Gaines would of really loved it either. ( well take that back, Jo can turn a piece of garage into something magnificent) I really tried to dress it up with all kinds of shiney ornaments, beauitful ribbon and white pearls. But even with all that “outer” beauty I couldn’t get excited about our Christmas tree. It was too short as well. Stacked our sweet thin tree on some boxes and used lots of blankets to hide the box. It was not the hallmark tree I had in mind.
Don’t we do that to ourselves all the time? We look at our lives and say “This is not what I asked for, dreamed for, or wanted in my life” Do we say look at our outer self and compare it to others.. too thin, too heavy, too muscular, too short, too tall, too whatever ....
I am so thankful God looks at our heart and soul. He remind us we are Beautifully broken yet Beautifully restored. Beauty is fleeting and charm is fleeting, but she who fears the Lord will be praised. Proverbs 31:30 Let God fill you with his unconditional love and no matter what ornaments we have on, We belong to the One Who calls us BEAUTIFUL., Want to add a caption to this image? Click the Settings icon.
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'You have value to offer no matter how small you are. You have an authentic story to tell.'
Monica Pruett on how to gain influence and work with big brands as a small business owner.
New podcast available on iTunes, Google Play store and
#STSM website (LINK IN BIO).
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This is my favorite scripture!
When the path before me seems crazy and chaotic, I come back to this scripture and do a course correction.
Am I trusting Him or am I carrying the care of this?
Am I trying to figure this out or am I walking in faith?
Am I giving Jesus place in this situation?
Am I listening to Him?
#trustinthelord
#followhim
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“The one who wins the argument is usually the one who acts less like Christ.“—Francis Chan, You and Me Forever: Marriage in Light of Eternity ❤️
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Yikes. I have quite a talent at winning arguments with Cameron—& I can’t think of a single time when I both “won” the fight AND looked like Christ. When I’m not actively seeking Jesus, my marriage typically suffers before anything else does! 🙏🏻
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Good Tuesday am before Thanksgiving.(my 🇺🇸 friends)🦃 Raise your hand if YOU’RE HOSTING at your house this year??🙋🏻♀️🙋🏻♀️ How many are coming to your table? (I have 14🤠🍂)
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Let’s not take ourselves too seriously!😂This is me playing with Snapchat filters and starting to make LISTS. Oh my goodness, I 💜 lists!!! I have a different category for everything and I’ll STILL forget something. The longer I have the list going, the more detailed it becomes. I usually add to it when I’m trying to do something else and a random “oh yeah!” pops into my head. I have a place for thAt!😅
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Breakthrough includes you being aware of who you are currently. Once you acknowledge who you are currently, you can work on who you want to become, but the first step is acknowledging your now. After you acknowledge it, you have to intentionally work on your NEXT or breakthrough will never find you. You’ll continue to do the same thing, but expect different results. That’s INSANE. I was having this conversation with someone the other day. If you want to break through to your next level, then there are some changes that YOU have to make. Remember that. And hey... If you want to go deeper in understanding breakthrough, then you need to take my new eCourse-Keys to Prophetic Breakthrough; Unlocking your Prophetic Destiny! I’m telling you...it will bless you! Check it out at www.trishmnow.com.
#selah #faith #TrishM #wordoftheday #faithandfashionspecialist #womaninministry #womaninbusiness #JesusGirl #motivation #inspiration #inspired #love #lookoftheday #letsgo #TuesdayMotivation
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Any fellow planners out there? The world tells us it is THE WAY. The way to what? The way to reach our goals, be successful, and have happiness in our lives.✔️✔️✔️But I bet everyone reading this can think of a time where they made a plan, stuck to the plan, even when it didn’t feel right at times, because it was THE PLAN. Only to later see that sticking so fiercely to THE PLAN may have caused them to go against those gentle nudges along the way from God because, well, sorry God, your idea was not in the original plan.🥴
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We may not say this out loud, but our actions show that many of us would rather have a list of to-do’s to follow, and read a “ten-steps” book, than actively depend on, trust, and rely on the Lord each day. .
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A plan gives us black and white.✔️
A plan gives clarity.✔️
A plan is not all bad. Nope.✔️
But a plan that has no room for pause... nor consideration for chats with The Maker along the way?😖 No, thanks! .
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Today, friends, may we seek Him first. Ask Him for guidance on how to spend the time He has gifted us today. What are the priorities? Who are we to reach out to? Heavenly Father, what do You want our our plan to be today? Help us to see the error in our ways if we are off-course. Thank you that you meet us with an outstretched hand.🙏💚
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Josh and I went into marriage with some pretty high expectations on one another. I expected him to pursue me ALL the time; I believed the “princess lie”, that it was his eternal job to chase me and my eternal privilege to be chased. I didn’t think of marriage as teamwork (maybe in theory) because I was the *bride* 😑
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Josh entered marriage admittedly knowing nothing about how to lead lovingly and well. He had an idealistic view of what I’d be as a wife, much like I had of him. Our first year married we were separated by work for a total of six months. We got pregnant on our first anniversary. So when Adeline was born, I quit my job and stopped working for the first time in ten years... It all hit the fan.
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It was the collision of idealism, misplaced identity, and ignorance. A few postpartum hormones too. BUT. GOD. God, rich in mercy, God, who gave us His Spirit and declared truth to us in the hard places. God, who took two complete opposites with unrealistic expectations and created unity in the impossible.
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We are proof that entitlement and passivity are overcome by the Spirit of God. But it took putting down the marriage book and asking God, “What are YOU asking of me in this marriage?” Praying for wisdom. Holding my tongue. Watching him step into the void when I stopped filling it. Him learning to embrace confrontation & love patiently (which he has always been good at). It’s a journey of sanctification that has become so much more than we imagined ❤️
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When I was in first grade, I told my mom that I wanted to be a
#motivationalspeaker . I had no idea what that even meant🤷🏻♀️. More importantly, I didn’t realize that I would have to be stretched and carry a ton of weight before I would have a
#story and enough
#strength shine my light. Now, I’m blessed to do what God created and shaped me to do.
Comment below & let me know how you’re letting your light shine. Do it. You might
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What’s stopping you from shining your light? How can I pray for you?⠀
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Matthew 5:14- 17 : “You are the light💡 of the world🌏. A city set on a hill cannot be hidden. 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🏡. In the same way, let your light shine before others, so that they may see your good works and give glory to your Father who is in heaven.
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Overnight oats ...breakfast in one of its simplest forms. 🥥
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Recipe inspiration:
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#breakfast #overnightoats #dairyfree #livewell #eat
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“Self examination is the cure for self deception.
Compare what you are with what you were before, and give the glory to God.
Load: used elsewhere of a soldier’s pack. Correcting one’s own conduct avoids burdening others with it.” Lately I started doing an examination of conscience every night. I look at the day’s consolations (peaks) and desolations (valleys). The highs and the lows. And then I make a plan for tomorrow. And then I do better and thank God for t the next night.
I don’t completely know how I feel about it yet, but after reading this, I have more confidence that it is good for me to do. Thanks St Paul.🤘🏻 This verse also made me think about boundaries. About having healthy boundaries with others, in order to show both yourself and the other person, greater love.
If you’re looking for a good book: Boundaries by Dr’s Cloud and Townsend is AMAZING. 📖🆒
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No really! It’s OK!! ❤️
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It was PiYo Hard Core On The Floor this morning. There were several moves that were new to me and extremely challenging.
Chalene Johnson, the trainer and creator of PiYo, pointed out that all the members of the cast in that session were over 40 (at the time of filming). Some had lost significant weight and really transformed their bodies. And they all looked amazing! It's nice to see real, actual grown-ups doing this stuff. It helps me see that anything is possible. It's not just for naturally thin, naturally flexible, athletic twenty-somethings. It's never too late to get healthy and live your best life.
Don't worry about not being 25 anymore. Don't sweat the few extra wrinkles, the gray hairs or the jiggly parts. You're beautiful just the way God made you. Use what you've been given to the best of your ability, and be the best version of you. Don't deprive and torture your body because you hate it. Nourish and strengthen it because God made it, the Holy Spirit dwells in it, and you were made to do great things.
#momof2kids #busyworkingmom #jesusgirl #southerngirl #carolinagirl #deacongirl #ageisjustanumberbaby #thisis40 🤘
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Sis, pop in your purpose! It’s a good thing to be popping in that which HE called you to & ordained for you! Beloved, I wish above all things that thou mayest prosper and be in health, even as thy soul prospereth. 3 John 2 👑💕
#SaintlyStyle #StyleAndSubstance
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"And God said, Behold, I have given you every herb bearing seed, which is upon the face of all the earth, and every tree, in the which is the fruit of a tree yielding seed; to you it shall be for meat."🙌
~Genesis 1:29~
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As a Christian Vegan, and Yoga & Pilates Teacher, I have gotten alot of comments from people saying... "You can't be a Christian and a vegan" or "You can't be a Christian and do yoga"
When I hear these things I realize these people are speaking from either ignorance or fear.
Let me assure you...I can be whoever and whatever I want to be.
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In everything I am and everything I do, Jesus is first in my life.
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As a vegan I live my life as God intended us to live, before sin entered the world and the first animal had to be slaughtered because of 👉 our 👈 sin on earth!
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And as for yoga, as in anything, what matters is where your intention lies.
Yoga to me encompasses every aspect of the body...Heart, Mind, Spirit, & Strength.
My faith lies in Christ Jesus, and I know that as I eat my plant-based foods and move on my mat He is walking through this life by my side!🙌 Aloha🌴
📷 by my hubby ❤
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#aloha #alohakaiyoga #yoga #pilates #plantbased #vegan #jesusgirl #heavenonearth #gardenofeden #genesis129diet #kauai #islandlife #christianvegan #christianyoga
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This year, God has been so good to me.
All I can say is that I am thankful. 🥰😍
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Secretly avoiding eye contact ‘cause I’m working on a few things that will definitely push me out of my comfort zone 😩
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New blog post was published a few hours ago. It’s a bit long but it’s very skimmable 😉
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What does it mean to surrender: TRUSTING Him. Leaving it in His hands to sort out, He will take care of it. We just need to release it and give it to Him, THEN He WILL sort it out for us. No matter what it is, He really wants to be part of everything - even if you are just in need of wisdom to make a decision about a laptop - let me testify.
Summary: I am currently using my work’s laptop, & having resigned, I won’t have one to continue doing my blogs & other work. Yes I will receive another laptop at my new job, but that is only is January. I also want to keep the new job’s work separate from my designing and blogging that I do on my current laptop. My problem: I don’t have a laptop for December, so I thought to just buy one so that I have a separate laptop for my blogging & designing.
Hastily I started looking at laptops, asking around, searching online, trying to figure it out. The more opinions & possibilities I received, the more I knew I had no clue what I needed or wanted.
The next morning when driving to the office I realized that just as God is literally taking care of everyone & every little thing in my life, He can also take care of a laptop & show me which one I need to buy & when. He has the solution & He wants to be part of the solution (decision) – in everything.
As soon as my boss arrived at work after a meeting, he called me into his office. To really summarise – when I walked out of his office (I was screaming on the inside, jumping up & down – I’m actually still doing that, because) I had a laptop WITH designing software that he is going to keep on paying for & I had a freelance position with a 24 hour turnaround – meaning, whatever he send me today, he just needs by tomorrow. In other words – I walked out with triple provision. Laptop, designing software and a monthly remuneration. ALL GLORY TO GOD!! He even takes care of ‘just a laptop’ in the most abundant & amazing way. Thank You Father!! There are many more similar testimonies in just this week about surrendering and then seeing how God makes it all fall in place for me. Wow – what an awesome God we serve. Thank You Lord! ♥ Living a life of faith
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