I wanted to share with you something that I will be participating in over the next 30 days. It is called a Faith Dare. I participate in different women bible studies with a group called the Women Bible Study Café. It is an online bible study group. We are about to embark on a new adventure starting this week called the Faith Dare. We are following a book called Faith Dare: The 30Days to Live Your Life to the Fullest by Debbie Alsdorf.
This study could not have came at a better time. I must confess that I have moments when my faith wavers and I work in my own self to solve the problem. I have been listening to a booked called Life Without Limbs by Nick Vuljicic. He is the guy that was born without arms and legs. This book shares his story of faith and finding his purpose. Nick shares his acronym for FAITH....Full Assurance In the Heart. Although things may not look like the seem we must have faith in God that all things will work for our good.
You still have time to join in the study if you would like...order the book from Amazon through Kindle and check out the Women Bible Study Café website for the different groups.
Let's take the Faith Dare together.
Tuesday, July 30, 2013
Monday, July 22, 2013
What is Weighing You Down?
Another lesson learned.....I was reading two post on Facebook last week. One message was asking why is it so hard to let go of something/someone that is not good for you. The other was about a soror that was on a plane heading home and they had to turn the plane around because it was overweight. Then the message yesterday at church hit it home Weight Watchers (Hebrews 12:1-2).
These messages were a glaring lesson for me. What am I holding on to that is weighing me down? It is not those big things that trip us up, it is the small things. Those things that are small habits like eating those chips or sweets when there is something on your mind. Those little thoughts that you ruminate on and they become worrisome thoughts. These little things can become a way of living which is a lifestyle.
Let's do our work....what thoughts are keeping you from moving to the next level? What small behaviors are keeping you stuck? Make a list of those self-defeating behaviors and/or thoughts that keep you stuck and then on the next side....what are new thoughts that you can have or new behaviors that you can change?
Have a great week.
These messages were a glaring lesson for me. What am I holding on to that is weighing me down? It is not those big things that trip us up, it is the small things. Those things that are small habits like eating those chips or sweets when there is something on your mind. Those little thoughts that you ruminate on and they become worrisome thoughts. These little things can become a way of living which is a lifestyle.
Let's do our work....what thoughts are keeping you from moving to the next level? What small behaviors are keeping you stuck? Make a list of those self-defeating behaviors and/or thoughts that keep you stuck and then on the next side....what are new thoughts that you can have or new behaviors that you can change?
Have a great week.
Monday, July 15, 2013
Wow What a Message!
Last night, I was looking for something to watch on television. Some of you know that I enjoy watching Oprah's Lifeclass but I do not watch it when it comes on television. I tape the episodes so that I can go back and watch them and take notes. Well I did not realize when I decided to go back and catch up that God had a lesson and message for me. I decided to watch the January 13th episode with Rick Warren. The life class message was about winning with the hand you were given.
Rick Warren shared 5 cards that we are dealt....
His lessons were great but Nick Vujicic's demonstration of the lesson spoke to me. If you have never heard Nick's story please Youtube him. Nick was born without limbs but is living his best life. The lesson brought tears to my eyes and conviction to my soul. Nick climbed the stairs while telling his testimony. The renewal of our mind and our relationship with God.
It is our choice on how we decide to live our story.
I had to share this amazing testimony because it will make you look at your life and circumstances through different lenses.
Rick Warren shared 5 cards that we are dealt....
- Chemistry-our DNA
- Connections - our relationships
- Circumstances - life situations
- Consciousness - the way you talk to yourself
- Choices - "wild card" the decisions you make
His lessons were great but Nick Vujicic's demonstration of the lesson spoke to me. If you have never heard Nick's story please Youtube him. Nick was born without limbs but is living his best life. The lesson brought tears to my eyes and conviction to my soul. Nick climbed the stairs while telling his testimony. The renewal of our mind and our relationship with God.
It is our choice on how we decide to live our story.
I had to share this amazing testimony because it will make you look at your life and circumstances through different lenses.
Saturday, July 13, 2013
Lessons I Am Learning
In my blogs, I try to empower others to live their truth and be authentic in all that they do. I seek to empower others to live their best life because from my belief system, YOLO and the words of Drake lol - You Only Live Once. In my daily life, I strive to be a student even as I walk in the shoes of teacher also. As a student, I am learning lessons that are helping in my growth as a person and some of these lessons are easy to comprehend and others it takes some time. So I would like to share a few that I have learned over the course of the past few week.......
1. You Only Live Once(YOLO) but planning is important....This is the 100th Anniversary of Delta Sigma Theta and the celebration in DC has started. I had said a couple of years ago that I would be attending the convention but did I plan no I did not. So I miss the opportunity to celebrate with my sorority sisters and I had a few moments of regret. I want to thank my cousins for sharing in the moments with me through their experience. There have been some opportunities that I have taken advantage of like traveling to Europe last year and jumping out there to own my own business.
2. I am a spiritual being having a human experience.....I realize that the core of me is my spiritual being and as a human being I still am spirit. Sometimes as I experience human situations, I have to check my spirit to see how to respond. My spiritual life is so important to me that I have to stay focus on who I am representing as a human being.
3. I am fearfully and marvelously made....Regardless of society norms and expectations I am authentic when I am walking in me.
4. The call on my life is important.... I have always struggled with the call I have to be an influence on the education and awareness about mental health. The realization that I was called to counseling because I believe in the wellness, prevention, early intervention, and empowerment of mental health. In my work, I seek to help individuals worked through human development issues and life struggles. I understand that mental health and mental illness are on a continuum. The medical model of pathology is what I struggle with. So my call is to influence the faith based community with an awareness on how to handle mental health issues that impact the church.
5. I can not judge others through my expectations....I shared in my last post that I was chasten in my spirit that I have been judging others through my expectations of them. Part of being human is that we experience people through our experiences....which makes it easy to judge another. I have to remember that everyone experience life through what they have experience and I can not expect you to live up to my expectations if I do not share what I expect from another.
Let's walk in our true and authentic self by living your best life.
1. You Only Live Once(YOLO) but planning is important....This is the 100th Anniversary of Delta Sigma Theta and the celebration in DC has started. I had said a couple of years ago that I would be attending the convention but did I plan no I did not. So I miss the opportunity to celebrate with my sorority sisters and I had a few moments of regret. I want to thank my cousins for sharing in the moments with me through their experience. There have been some opportunities that I have taken advantage of like traveling to Europe last year and jumping out there to own my own business.
2. I am a spiritual being having a human experience.....I realize that the core of me is my spiritual being and as a human being I still am spirit. Sometimes as I experience human situations, I have to check my spirit to see how to respond. My spiritual life is so important to me that I have to stay focus on who I am representing as a human being.
3. I am fearfully and marvelously made....Regardless of society norms and expectations I am authentic when I am walking in me.
4. The call on my life is important.... I have always struggled with the call I have to be an influence on the education and awareness about mental health. The realization that I was called to counseling because I believe in the wellness, prevention, early intervention, and empowerment of mental health. In my work, I seek to help individuals worked through human development issues and life struggles. I understand that mental health and mental illness are on a continuum. The medical model of pathology is what I struggle with. So my call is to influence the faith based community with an awareness on how to handle mental health issues that impact the church.
5. I can not judge others through my expectations....I shared in my last post that I was chasten in my spirit that I have been judging others through my expectations of them. Part of being human is that we experience people through our experiences....which makes it easy to judge another. I have to remember that everyone experience life through what they have experience and I can not expect you to live up to my expectations if I do not share what I expect from another.
Let's walk in our true and authentic self by living your best life.
Tuesday, July 9, 2013
How are you seeing the situation?
Last week as I was driving to class the following thought popped in my mind - You have to stop judging people through your expectations. Wow Holy Spirit that was a word dropped into my spirit. This made me think about how many times I have judged a situation or person through the lens of my expectations for that person or how I would have do it. The understanding that we all see things through our perspective and the judgments we place on others.
This thought humbled me because I realized I was guilty as charged and I realize that it bothers me when people judge me through their expectations without getting to know me or letting me know their expectations of me. So as another step in walking and living in my truth, I have to be intentional about not judging others through my expectations. Doing the work of living authentic and in truth can be hard and uncomfortable. I have made the decision to be committed to living my truth and setting the expectations from the beginning and out loud.
Walking and living in truth brings freedom.
This thought humbled me because I realized I was guilty as charged and I realize that it bothers me when people judge me through their expectations without getting to know me or letting me know their expectations of me. So as another step in walking and living in my truth, I have to be intentional about not judging others through my expectations. Doing the work of living authentic and in truth can be hard and uncomfortable. I have made the decision to be committed to living my truth and setting the expectations from the beginning and out loud.
Walking and living in truth brings freedom.
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