What we can handle...

"God will never give you more than you can handle" we say this so much as Christians. Why do we say this? Is it because we feel or think that what we are going through is hard or must be "a God thing" I believe we have those hard times because God is trying to get us to rely on him! So we could very well be going through something we CAN'T  handle. We need to rely on God more than just just think we got it all taken care of because he doesn't overload us. We often overload ourselves and need to give the load to God because we can't do it without him. Lets think of this next time we are in a hard time. Let's ask ourselves is this something I need to give to him, and the answer will always be YES! We need to give it all to him! So lets stop saying these Christian says to make ourselves feel better. Give to God and know it's being properly taken care of.

How do you impact the world?

Sometimes we get caught up in how we will be remembered, our impact on the world. If you read the picture I posted with this then you know that sometimes the world chooses how it will remember you. It picks the "impact" you have or had on the world. Now as Christians where should our impact be focused on?

When I was in high school my youth group was named "impact" it stood for, imagine more people at Christ's table. Now as a high schooler all I wanted to impact was my social life,but now as a wife/adult I see the world in a much different way. A way that does make me want to impact the world with a passion that only be described as God given!

Now how do we go about this? How do we impact a world that only sees skin deep? Do we just post perfectly angled pictures of our selfs on social media and hashtag it #truebeautycomesfromGod or do we actually get up and put down our phones and go be the light to our city? We can have 1,0000 people following us on whatever site but if we are not truly living for God then where does our impact, well impact? As a Christian woman in this world does our ministry only happen behind the perfect tint to our photos? How does that change someone's world? Are we sugar coating powerful words from God with lipstick , new jeans and the right hashtag? In the picture it says all the amazing things that woman did and the world only saw her as pretty. Now I see nothing wrong with people seeing someone as pretty, she is very pretty(photo below). But I do see a world that looked past good to see her face. In the world today we often do this and as Christians we can be the most guilty. We use world standards to get our message out. I have done it myself! Now my big question for you today is, how will your impact change the world? Oh and one more question, will you be ok with do God's work and never famous for it? Those are my questions. I think in this time we have to check ourselves and how we want to impact the world. God has put is for more than one reason,but each reason is about him. As it should be, so why do we make everything about is and our works for him.

My last thought is this, do your very best to love each person, do God's will, and with every step we take impact the world for HIM!

To be honest....

To be honest, I have times when I doubt God. I doubt that he hears me and has a plan for my life. I wonder why, why did you he give me have a passion for public speaking and I can't even get 10 subscribers on my YouTube. Why did you have Alex go into a police academy to be turned down by 3 police departments. Honestly this is a truly hard time in our lives. We love God, he is our Saviour, King and Father. I'm just wondering if our ears are plugged with our own will and dreams. Is this really a silent time or are we just not hearing.

What is your will Lord??? To be honest I wish I knew!

We pray soo mush as believers for the Lord and his will, but 9 times out of 10 we do what we want and cross our fingers it's what he had in mind anyway. Or we hear his plan/will and get scared out of our minds. To succeed in the plan he has is just too much for our hearts and minds to bear! Iam guilty of both! And not just in the past, but at this very moment in time. I know my call, I know what I need to do. But I'm scared, im sacred of the humans involved in my destiny. When I was 18 I went full force on my dream. The enemy came back at me full force and he used the people and other dreams I had in my life to take me down. I'm not gonna lie because of that time im a little gun shy.

I know I need to over come that and God keeps telling me what he wants me to do.

I was standing in worship one week at my old church, (God has lead me back to this church. So I've been going the past few weekends) and the Lords voice came crashing over me like a wave from a ocean storm. He told me that my dream he had out in my heart would come to pass, but I would need the people in the church. The same people that have made me gun shy to my dream. Im telling you all of this to get to this point, God is talking, he does have a plan for you, he is with you, a door is open. We just have to unplug our human ears, stop, pray, and be still.
Don't give up, just give it. Give it to God and don't look back at it. Trust that moment when he first gave you that fire in your heart for whatever you are wanting and praying for. It will come to pass. I never thought I'd be married. And if I got my way every time I "knew" he was "the one" I would not be married to a man who is better than anything I ever dreamed of! Hold on to his promises! To be honest they are amazing:)

The God shaped hole....

There was a song I think back in the 90's that was called there's a "God shaped hole in all of us." This song and this phrase has popped into my mind this morning, I feel that when you talk to somebody and they get offended about your religion or the fact that you have a Christian radio station on maybe at work ,this to me means that that God shaped hole in them is crying out for the Creator their Lord that God shaped hole as funny as this may sound is  wanting to be filled. So the next time someone gets offended take it as the God shaped hole in them is yearning for their Creator so pray for them see it as a small victory at the fact that the God shaped hole is wanting to be filled. Pray for them don't be come offensive just smile and pray. God is powerful and he wants to be in everyone's life.

When they hurt...

The love you have for someone can overwhelm you when you see them hurt. And the hurt you see doesnt always have to be obvious to them,but in most cases is ,with the individuals that have been on my heart for well....forever I see a life God never had planned for them. Its like Jonah and his whale. He added chapters to his life by running from a life and a purpose God had for him. How often do we see this going on and just say "God will take care of it, they are just in a time of learning." Can we please stop and think of those times and people we have said this about.....

Ok now that we have thought a moment, let's think about it this way now.... as a brother or sister in Christ do think you could of missed something? I know with my loved ones I often "let them go through the time of learning" hoping God's plan reveals it self to them. But if we are his hands and feet and our words our weapons for his kingdom why do we not fight along side of our loved ones? Why do we not step up and say to them "God has more for you then this!" Why don't we say something? And not "this to shall pass" yes that is true but I almost find that as a lame way of half doing what we should. And no one wants to hear that in a time of pain or growth. Let's be honest with ourselves we didn't like hearing it so,why do we say it? Lets find more for our loved ones than an old saying.

I have a truly amazing woman/friend/sister in Christ in my life. I love her with so much love it had to be God given. I am always praying for her, but  I see the gifts God has given her and the beauty he has blessed her with and I mean more than her face, her heart is beautiful. People are drawn to her. But she has fallen away from the Lord. And I see the hurt of not having him in her life. It's a on going struggle for her and I've said time and time again "she is going through a time of learning" "God will take care of her" which he always does! But has her sister in Christ I feel I should do more than pray. Some action and love should be put behind the prayer. Thats why iam saying this to you all. Its a thing God is teaching me in my life. So my final thought for you and myself is what more could we be doing to show God's love for the ones we love? Can we be his pain pills to our loved ones or do we just sit back and watch them go through this?

That's mine! No sharing....

When something is special to you do you keep it secret? My husband and I got into a lil bit of a fight last night because to me a restaurant in vacaville (a town near us) is special to me. In the past I have only taken people to this place if they meany alot to me.

This may sound lame to some people but to me this was my secret special place. The food is amazing and super cheap. I gound joy in taking others there. It made me feel cool and a lil bit like a foodie with a good scoop. Well our disagreement was over the fact that he has taken his friends to this secret special place and now they want to go there. I felt steped on and stolen from. My joy over this place was gone. It was replaced with sadness and hurt. I was also angry at my husband's friends. "How could they take what was mine!"

My husband reminded me that it is a public place. And if people dont eat at this place it will close down. But as a overly sentimental woman I thought of all the memories that I felt were stolen. We often do this in life with many things. Ive done it with places, friends and even all the way down to a pair of old jeans. What makes us hold on to things and memories over whats truly more important. Which is the fact that we have been blessed with these things and now we can share God's blessing with others.

Story time...

When we look at a person we never see the whole story of who or why. I often think this is a sad truth, even though at times I'd never really want that plastered somewhere for all to know. Judgement is saved for God so why do we sentence people to a life of "I know that type or they can't change"?

  If my story was a book I still wonder if people would truly understand why Iam me and that's fine. As long as I know. So my question is, "If nobody understood your story would you still give thanks to God for it?" The question might not make sense to some but I have a feeling God has a person in mind for that question.

Take time over  the next few days to think about this. Because I know as women and Christians we often only think our story is as good as people say it is. When we play story time at our next womens group or lunch. Ask the above question to yourself. See what God puts in your heart and mind at that moment. Im saying all of this because I know each story counts for something. Even if others don't agree or don't like the story.

So next time we have the thought of "I know the type...etc please stop and ask the thought to leave your mind based on the fact of the twists and turns of your own story.

What's in it for you...

Last night I started a conversation with my husband about my health, since ive been well lazy lately and have stopped working out and even have been eating a lil bad. My back hurts,im grumpy,and the big shock ive put some lbs back on.
Our talk went the same as it always does, I tell him I look fat and feel bad for making some excuse not to work out. And 20 minutes later ive done the normal girl thing...I cried got mad and then didn't wanna talk about it anymore. But last night my husband asked me a question before I could get to all of that. His question was "what is your reason for going to the gym or getting back on track?" And then he said "its hard to fight for a cause that isnt there"

Wow.... isnt that the truth! So this morning after fighting with myself to get out of bed. I found my cause. Its a 3 letter word that dream of Mom. I want to be a mom. Im called to be a mom some day. I will get fit and stay fit for my kids! I wont miss out on life moments due to my size or maybe issues with my size. So im asking you the same question he asked me.....What's your cause? But answer it about your life.

Holy water fire

God just gave me a vision of what at least my faith should look like and I want to share it with all of you! A Holy water fire! Imagine a oil spill in the ocean set on fire. The waves rage along with the fire on top. We should be like the wave flowing with the environment and the fire set the normal waves anew with passion and urgency.

Thoughts form a learning child....

Giving God you're life doesn't mean you won't fall or get hurt it just means that when you do he picks up and dusts you off and tells you "I love you my amazing child and I'm always here for you, tell me what happened." Even though he knows what happens he wants that relationship with you. He wants to be here for his children.  He loves them and hilds them tight.  Never letting his live for them move or lessen.  He is a strong rock for life.

I'm learning this more than ever now. I'm making my faith real not just a thing a pull out to be a sister super Christian.  I could care less about what others think of my relationship with Christ.  It is my own and yours is one of a kind as well. Take that to heart. We should live the fact that we are lived for who we are and loved in a way that fits who we are. Hold tight to true faith not the faith you think you should have. Open that bible and find him and his real love. He is waiting to speak to his amazing child!

I'm on a diet...

The line between diets and eating clean have always been foggy with me. When I was 18 I started my line jumping if you will, I was an over weight teen who was boy crazy and never had anything but the friend zone. So my senior year I started to eat better and less. I got my very first boyfriend and had a great time hearing him tell me I'm fat and the sarcasm here is thick like my thighs!  A long story short I had an eating disorder and will struggle with it for the rest of my life. I will always have to be careful when I need to drop some pounds because I know I can go too far. I struggle with under eating and over eating. Think or call it what you will. But what hit me upside the head today, was meeting some new people at my in laws ranch. This gentleman asked me what I did and once I got to my speaking and blogging I said "I love talking to women about self image" at that moment God smacked me over the head with the diet I'm on.

Now ladies trying to be fit and in shape is good but diets to be "skinny" are lies from the pit of hell! No joke about that. Are bodies are so crazy different that the word "skinny" will eat you alive and then spit out all that makes you awesome! Iam a very curvy lady. I have a big butt thick legs and a small top. I will NEVER look like kate moss or anyother tiny woman. But I need to and we all need to learn that fit is the better skinny.  Skinny sucks. Sorry but we should be loving of what we see in the mirror everyday! No matter what you look like your amazingly beautiful!  Live your body treat it right. Eat clean and workout. Keep those curves or love your "chicken leg" why because they were a gift from God!

I love being a woman and all that goes with it. We are so amazing, caring and the list goes on. I just hurt when we don't like ourselves.  If we only looked in the mirror and saw who we really are diets wouldn't exist.  So I'm Not on a diet! Love your life and body because its no one else's♡

The end of whole 30

Today is the last day of whole 30 for me and the husband!  Its been a blessed adventure that's for sure!  We feel happier healthy and ready to keep this lifestyle up!

  My ponds lost as of this morning is 11pounds.  And my husband lost 4. Whole 30 isn't meant to be use as a way to drop those extra pounds just a kick start to a new healthier life. Which it has completely done for our lives. 

This next month iam doing two a day workouts at my gym and ill be trying the military diet.  I'm looking forward to trying new things and sharing them with you all. My goal is to drop 15 to 20 more pounds so my summer clothes fit. I'm also just really wanting to be healthy for my famliy. I know both will come. God gives us the strength to do anything and reach any goal! A tip for you all when you work out pick a person you are dou ng the workout for. I pick my husband and I've picked my dad,  sister and of course the Lord.  It helps me get it done and try my hardest. My love for them is greater than any excuse I tell myself. 

Don't let set backs keep you away.

While writing a blog about communication my phone decided to delete it as I was wrapping up my last sentences. As I slam my phone down in frustration my wonderful husband tells me "don't let it up set up. Just write another one. I live for your blogs. I read every single one" thank you alex for that. Because it put in a thinking mood. And my thoughts are why do we let things in life hold us back from doing our calling?  We have this fear of success and avoid it almost at all cost. Embrace what you are meant to do. Lets stop making excuses for never starting or giving up. My hubby said this to me the other day and it's the same for all of you. He said "you are important, what you say and do is important" hold those words close to your heart. Keep moving even if its hard or you feel like life has turned into a treadmill.  Movement is key in getting some place. Know that paryer is also movement, reading your word, or even like my husband today sharing a bit of your faith with your Xbox buddies is movement closer to your calling. Dont let set backs keep you away.  Step back and pray and start thinking of your next move!

Whole 30 half way there!

Well my whole 30 is half way done and I'm loving it! I feel amazing and as a bonus I'm droping so of those extra cubbies I had picked up a year ago.
My husband is droping weight, about 15 pounds.  We are both wanting to stay this healthy after are month is up. In fact our next date is a gym date! I can't wait I'm excited to have healthy dates from here on out! Our faith is getting stronger, its amazing to see yourself and loved one get fit in every part of life!

If you are wanting to change your life for the better whole 30 is a great starting point! Look up the website and when you done with that go to instagram and find fitnessbyfaith. Its mine and my great friend carissa's journey to be fit and healthy! 

What goes in our ears

Have you thought about what goes in your ears? Since im doing whole 30 this month and thinking about what I eat. It has made me think about what I "feed" my brian and soul. What we hear has a pure impact on our life! If you think about the enemy lead worship before he fell. So he knows music and the power of words. Knowing this we need to be careful of what we feed our sprit and ears. Funny to say or think but true! So how can we come at this in a way that makes the devil  red in the face!? Prayer, reading your word, knowing your word,and know the power God gave you! Tell him to back off and then put on some true music. Worship God!

Whole 30!

As of 3:30 this fine morning iam doing the whole 30 "diet"! Im soo excited to have a change in my life!

God a more life on heart months ago and im human so I was lazy, but today is the start of a more active life. God gave us our bodies we should keep them in good shape! He died for us to have life,so I want my life to be heathy in every way. God didnt give his son so we could sit on the couch and eat fast food. Lets respect and take care of this gift our amazing God gave us!!

Getting the husband

For most of my life I feared never getting married. I would cry and cry out to God almost every night. I felt like only half of my self. I did everything a good christian girl should do. I prayed, read every book on the right way to date, went to every class on dating. I  prayed every night for my future husband. I had faith God would bless me for all the things I was doing. But everything seemed sooo hard all the time. Nothing seemed to go my.way. I felt like God had given me a dream so that I would give it up for him. My heart was broken! I remeber one night I cried for 3 hours, during that time I yelled, begged and used some words I would never normally use.

Why would God give me a dream and feelings soo strong for something I was never going to get?? Well now im married to the most amazing man. I dont know a man better than my husband. And we met because I truly believe I let go of the dream that had all the power and let God do his thing. I turned getting married into my god. Now my real God is my God. I was blessed with my dream because I gave my life not my dream.

Hosea

The Lord said to me, "Go show your wife again,though she is loved by another and is an adulteress. Love her as the Lord loves the Isrealites,though they turn to other gods and love the sacred raisn cakes. So I bought her for 15 shekels of silver and about a homer and a lethek of barley. Then I told her,"You are to live with me many days;you must not be a prostitute or be intimate with any man,and I will live with you."

God loves us the way Hosea loved his wife. As humans we love so many things. We give our hearts away,but never truly give our life and love to God. And he still loves us and wants us. He bought us with all he had so we could be free to pick who we love. I pick the Lord!! I pick a God who will love me even though im me!

Faithsisters!

Faithsisters is the new ministry the Lord has blessed me with. We are here "Uniting women under God".

I feel so greatful at this moment in time. God is really moving in Faithsisters. The whole idea of this new ministry is help women see how amazing and truly beautiful they are. Plus help them use the gifts God gave them.

  We have started our shopless beauties, which was no shop till oct. This movement is to help women become more aware of our true beauty. That it doesnt come from  clothing. Thats why we are nott shoping till oct 1st of 2013. Its been great so far. I know for myself im talking the Lord more about how im feeling instead of buy something new to feel pretty. God makes me feel pretty!

We are also planning our 1st conference.  The lily conference will be in spt. And we already have one great speaker lined up. My dear friend Carissa Deann. A truly amazing woman of God,who is doing amazing things for the kingdom! We are still looking for our worship team and other speakers. But I know God will provide, as he always does. If you would like to help please email me at ingmanwifey@gmail.com. You can also follow us on facebook and twitter!

God use me!

My whole life as far back as I can go, all I see is wanting to be used by wonderful God! My heart is for outreach,speaking and plan being there for others. I know God is getting me ready to do this in a big way. Beacuse its my dream. God gives us dreams and then helps us grow so we can live out the dreams. He is showing me so much in the past few days. And im so blessed by what he is showing and teaching me. God is amazing! So know dreams may seem far away or super close but they are dreams of two. You and God! Go for those dreams and give the gorly for his kingdom. More dreams will come that way! God use me for your dreams!

Clouds..

How many times do we only see the clouds in front of our faces and not what God has for us on the other side? I know in my life I always get lost and cought up in my clouds. God has soo much for us. And sometimes are clouds have rain. Use that rain to clean off anythings that will stop you from getting the life God has planned for you. I know my dreams and blessings are on the other side. I will but on my rain boots and go right though those clouds. God is so much more than whats right in our face if learn that we will be set free of what ever your cloud is made of. What is your cloud and can you see the other side and the blessed life you want.

5k update!

My 5k was monday! It was soo much fun! I walked it, I know I said I would run it. I walked and talked with my lovely co worker rina who is in the picture with me. I really felt so blessed the whole time we were walking. Rina is such an amazing woman of God. Talking with her was such a God thing. I talked about things with her that I havent talked about with anyone else and they were things I so needed to get out. So thank you rina! You blessed me!

I dont want to sleep...

I dont want to sleep my life away. God gives us each talents. What we do with them is up to us. If I sleep my life away I sleep my talents and goals away aswell. I like to get up and get my hands dirty. I wanna work for God. I want to do his will and I will aslong as he lets me. I hope you all can get up today and do something for his golry today. It will make you feel more awake and a alive then you would ever think.

Famliy day

Yesterday was my husbands famliy day at his police acadmey. It was really great to see where he is all those hours in a week. I also got to meet the people that he is in class with. I felt so blessed to have a husband who will is doing something truly amazing with his life! I never thought id be the wife of a man this great. But thats how awesome God is. He over bless' his kids because he loves them that much. I cant stop myself from smiling today! I so needed that famliy day. It was like a boost. I really needed to see all these things for some reason. I was proud of alex at the start of this but my proud level just keeps growing and growing! But when you are with the right man that just happens. A cops wife will go in and out of hard times but some things she wont lose in those times is faith, love and pride. I felt all of that last night.

No shop.....

I have come to the point where my  shopping has become too much. I realized this after I left forever 21 this afternoon. (sorry hubby) my shopping is something I do when I feel insucure about myself. I want to deal with this issuse the correct way. Ive been really dealling with liking and loving who iam. And today I start the hard stuff. I will not be shopping fir clothes or shoes till october. I will learn to love myself and who I am with what I have,my wonderful hubby and my great God!

Its time to keep going!!

Lets keep going!! Im talking about getting fit today! I know for myself i can stop alot on my way to my fittness goals. But not this time! Why is this time not filled with stops, my husband is why. I will be a happy and fit wifey for hhim and for the other cops out on his future beat. I want my hubby to be a heathy cop and I want all cops to be heathy so they go home to the famliy they love and the famliy that needs them to go home. So find your reason to get or stay fit and think of that when  you want to  stop. My husband does some crazy workouts at his academy and he says when he wants to give up thow in the towel he thinks of our famliy. Have a reason outside of your self sometimes being fit for yourself is a get reason but having a higher goal than your jean size will keep you going longer and keep from talking yourself out of that trip  to the gym. Start small I only do 20 min 3 to 4 days a week. Try that but go hard for that 20 minn if you leave that gym and your body feels like its gunna fall apart then you had a good work out. And my final thing is pray!!! Always pary for your work out. God will bless you!!!

Legos

This was at the lego store in downtown diseny when Alex and I were on our honeymoon. But just look at what people did! How amazing is it!?? I bet at some point they thought it would never be done it was too hard. But it was finished and awesome! God is doing the same with your life. He has a plan and he is building you one lego at a time. It may take some time but when he is do it will be awesome. Enjoy the time you are in put the legos in his hands and let him build!

Go outside your group

As belivers in a mighty,kind,loving,and true God we should try and be like him everyday. We shouldnt let our christianess get in the way of serving him in a real way. The way he did by spending time with poeple talking with them. Do you only hangout.or talk to people  that are from your church ect...? Yes we do need to be around like minded people but if we are only  around the same group how do we reach others. The ones who are still looking for something. We found our something now its time to share it and be the church where ever we go. People should see that you are not like them but that you love them and are kind to them thats how God is shared. Try and talk to someone out side of your group today. God will bless it!

The cream in your coffee....

For me I like to taste the cream in my coffee, I wanna know its in that cup. All the flavor and yummy creamyness. Man! Do I love my coffee! But this is a good example of our faith lets call life our cup aand the sweet creamer is our faith. Faith makea life way more yummy and sweet! Do you know or do others know you have creamer in your cup. Is your life a sweet example of Gods love and all he can do to a life that makes it.... Well better! If your doing what he has called you to do, speak the way we should all speak(in love) then you are adding creamer to the cups of others. Share love and creamer today! Lol

Lets get fit!

Today is day one of the rest of my fittness life! God gave me this life this body and I will take of both because they are gifts. I need to always have that in my mind when I look at myself or my life, this is a gift! Thank you Lord I will love the gifts you give me! So lets get fit!!

My fittness

Ill be  tranning for a 5k my work is doing and using it as a way to reach some of my goals. My main goal is to be a heathy cop wife so I have a heathy cop hubby! So ill have updates on here and instagram. Alexslady1

I will love me and you should love you!

Iam a pear. My body starts at the top of my head which at this time  has big brown curly crazy hair. My middle is small and large and I end with my feet that are large. Ive never  thought of my self as girly because I dont have a small frame or hair that does what it should. The smallest ive ever been was a size 8 and 150. I still wasnt happy with that now im a 12 and well not 150, truth is I dont know how much I wiegh. My husband and I made a deal a long time ago that I wouldnt wiegh my self. But back to my point, loving ones self. Do you love your butt your hair your tummy? I know I have days where I say no to all of those but we should be saying yes. I was at the mall the other day and God put it on my heart to look at each women and pick out something beautiful. Now normally I people watch to do the other,pick people apart I think as women we so this to build our worth up. So I found something beautiful in each person and you know what at the end od my mall vist I was happier with myself I loved my self. My thick legs and crazy hair. Thats me and im awesome just as you are. When you love what youve got you actually love God more beacuse you werw made in his image. Seld doubt in our looks is a lie the devil tells us to stop us from reaching a goal a dream or the true love of God. Love you and find good things about youralef today!!

The book and its cover

On my last day trip to san fran a man was singing on the sidewalk trying to sell some of his cd's. His vocie was one of the most beautiful vocies I have ever heard in my life. And as I was thinking this someone said "he has a great vocie but his face isnt made for pictures" I stoped all thoughts and just sat in that, wow as people we short other based on things we think matter and its not his face that makes the side walk man great at singing. Why should we see anything other than that? "Dont judge a book by its cover" pretty much sums it up. This side walk man or the book and its cover would never let you know whats it all about unless you open it, read it. Why do we care soo much about the cover of books and not the great story they have waiting for us??

When is it my turn!?

God use me the way you want. I want to be used for your glory so badly,its all ive wanted. I have this cry in my heart and im just knocking at the door which leads to this but how do I get in??? Ive dreamed of being a speaker and writer my whole life. God has given me so much to say about him his love and all he does. I see and know so many amazing women of God who are this point in thier life it truly is hard at times not to be green with envy but happy for them. And I am happy for them its amazing to see what God is doing with them and thier life. I know my time will come. I will trust and follow Gods timing! For I know its the best timing!

What makes you happy?

This past weekend I watched a movie about what makes people happy. They looked and money,nope didnt make people happy actually made people depressed. They looked realtionships and helping others, yep those are proven to make you happy! Loving and helping others. They movie said when you live for a higher goal thann jusy yourself youll br happy. Well I was all amen! Soumds like true faith and being a servent  makes us happy! So what will yoy do to be happy today???

Holding out for blue eyes

When I was a little girl I would tell everyone that I was going to marry a man with blonde hair very light skin and blue eyes. My mother would tell me not to limit my self and keep my eyes open for any man not just the blue eyed ones. Well my husband is blonde and blue eyed. My point is I knew even at a young age  what God had in mind for me. I didnt want less than that. God has put a vision in all of us for so many things. Our husbands ,kids, and the list can go on what has he put on your heart and mind and are you going for that or are you just taking what is in front of you,the easy road is always infront of us but why take when your blue eyed prince is just a few steps away??

The right time....

Please know no matter where you are in your life is where God wants you to be. Single, married, and any other spot in life. God wants you in that spot. Its like when you where a child and your mom would have you sit in one spot. Most.of the time you would try and move arpund or if you are anything like my sister take of. Your mom put you in that spot for a reason. God.is the same he has a reason for tje spot your in so sit down and let him work. It will be amazing what he does I just know it!!

Does this pride make me look fat??

Pride the most calorie carry thing of all! You can over stuff your self so easy on it and it makes it so hard to lose the pouds you gain from it. Pride holds us back from truly doing Gods will for our lives. I know in my life when iam stuffed on pride I cant move,im lazy, and slow. We should not stuff ourselfs with pride but joy love kindness and a true want for the lord. Very low in daily calories. They keep you fit and full of energy! So does your pride for the things you do make you look fat or do you give gorly to God and feel fit and full of true peace??

God im sleepy

Life can some times drain us. Point blank it does that,what in your life drains you? Have you given it to God or do you just say you have? Life gets hard,life makes you wanna get in bed early and sleep in the next day. The fact is im right there with ya, but I know Gods plan for my life is better than just saying im tired of this life or thing im dealing with. God will use this time in your life for his plan and for the good of others. So wake up read your word, do something outside your safe zone! This will wake you up and make you feel like you took that vacation. Find out why whats making you sleepy and why. Talk to God about it. Did that chapter in your life in end are you giving this new thing your all? God didnt make life sleepy humans did.

Going the speed limit.....

This morning on my way to work I was driving the right speed. Well I kept getting past by others going way over the right speed. How many times in our life do we feel like we are doing the right thing and we are getting pasted  by some who are doing the wrong thing. I know when I was younger I was trying so hard to always do what God wanted me to do and id look up and see others doing everything for themslefs ans they seemed ahead of me in life. God sees everything we do and our hearts when we are doing them. He does reward us for doing good. Time may pass but our reward is coming. It may even be on your door step. Keep doing the right thing,God sees you:)

Lifes bumps make us......

Offten when we hit a bump in life we think its hurting us. In my life ive learned that if you hit bumps in the road it just means your on the right road! When I was 19 I hit a BIG bump. I was actaully kicked out of my church! After a messy break up with one of my fellow youth group interns. I was asked to leave because my broken heart was making others uncomfortable. I remeber hearing this from my youth leader. I thought my world was over and God had dumped me just like my ex had. Little did I know that God would use this bump as a way to make me the woman he has planned me to be. Bumps do that. They throw us down and when we hit the floor our true self comes out. My true self was stronger than I ever thought. God makes us strong in these bumps. All my little lifes bumps had made me ready and strong for this large bump. The fact that im very trusting of Gods plan helped aswell! After a month of being out of church my elders found out and had my youth leader call me and tell me sorry for kicking me out for that time. God has a plan for your bumps! And his plan is never more than we can take. We will learn and grow in the bumps and we do get rewarded for going thru them. I have a truly amazing husband and im starting my ministry. All of which would not be here in my life right now if I was never on my bumpy road!

Looks vs moments

How many times as women do we care more about how we look then what we are doing. That was me not too long ago today. I get this way all the time. My honeymoon I was worried about how I looked every second of it. To the point of wanting to cry beacuse I got something on my shirt. My poor husband, so  understanding and calm with me. I forgot to be in the moment with him and enjoy that time. So what does all this add up to, well as women of faith what of this world(like the way we look) gets in the moments of life and actually steal them from us? Do we get all dressed up to go out and talk to others about christ and in our rush to look good forget to pray and ask God for his will or for him to bless the outting? I know I have. Im not saying I have the answer im just saying lets think and pray on this today or for the next few days. Have a good convo with the lord see what he tells us!

Love

As much as I love my husband I know that God loved me way before alex came into my life and started to love me. So on a day like today if you have a husband boyfriend or a cursh know and foucs your heart on the father who loves you everyday and is with you every moment of everyday. My husband is at school today so today God and I are hanging out and he even wrote me a book telling me how much he loves me!! Get in your word today and spend time in love!

The Wife Academy.

So your hubby or man wants to be a cop. A few hours goes by after he tells you and then the whole cop thing sinks into your mind and heart. If you are anything like me it took getting maeried for it to really sink in. And then I was a lil mad at my hubby for a few days. It took being on a trip to see my sister two hours away for us to really talk about. I kept thinking "God I dont know how iam going to be understanding to this dream of his that could take him from me and maybe our kids!" So in this two hour car ride which really felt like years long our talk came to the point of "Do you trust God?" Im not gunna lie it took me a few days to say yes. I do. Just like on my wedding day,i do! That was half of step one. The other half was know he would have to quit his job and id be the only one working. So I got a job 30min from where we live. My day to day in the wife acadmey is, I get up go to work...drive home...do anything my needs me to do,ie dry cleaning....then we have dinner and its off to prep his uniforms make his lunch and breakfast. But the thing is ladies or guys is that my love of my life is doing.sooo much more in his day that I want to do these things for him. Its how I show him I love you and im by yourside for everything. Trust days will happen where you cant stand this stupid academy and you just want your hubby home but he is doing evoc. Which is the driving part. Or like me on our very 1st v-day he is doing his backgroud testing till who knows when. When I get this way I think back to the things my wonderful mother in law told me(my father in law was a cop for over 20 years) she says do your thing, go hangout with friends, have a beauty nite in nails hair all that stuff. Get a hobby so your happy when he gets home so you two can enjoy the time you do have. Even of its 1hour before bed. Id rather have one hour of joy with my man then be mad at him when he gets home late from the academy. So this time will have beinfits (3 day weekends) and its down falls but.if you trust God and know he wont give us anything we cant.handle then youll be good!

what is your weakness?

Before this morning i would of said oi had alot of weak things about me. this morning i was not very smart, not good at sports and not that awesome at a well being me i saw myself as a weakness. i know i wasnt the only one out there. Most of us think that way about our selfs. im not them so i guess i suck at life. im not thin or skinny so others wont like me or think im cool or funny. those have been my thoughts since i was in the 2nd grade. sad i wasted all that time seeing myself as my weakness. GOD wants us to think on the positive side of life. he made us in his image (not sure how my hips look like his ) and once we stop seeing us as weak and him as what makes us strong life is positive and full of joy. those way too happy all the time people well youll be one of them. and who doesnt want to be happy all the time. love God and love your self and see who you are as strong from now now!!!!!