Many moons ago. I started to go through this journey with God, to unbury, unwrap, reveal and revel in the person He created me to be. At the encouragement of my friend Teresa, I joined her online study group. Here is the first post. In case you want to go back and read it or get info on the book. However, I allowed other things to redirect my time and in the end, left the shovel right next to the hole I'd dug.
Now 6 months later, I go back to pick up the shovel and resume the hunt for the beautiful, captivating feminine woman within this woman. So I am starting at the beginning again.
So I ask with welling tears and invite you to do the same -
God, meet me in the deep places of my heart and bring me hope, courage, healing and the delights of intimacy that I long for. You know who I am. and the desires of my heart I don't even have the courage to admit to myself. You put them there. Wrap me in Your safety and help me to rest there as we uncover the woman You created.
Eden means delight. Humans live in the garden of life, which means some days will be paradise and others less than perfect. The goal is to delight in both triumphs and failure. So here you will find praise and celebration alongside lament and frustration.
Saturday, July 30, 2011
Defining my day
So, I'm writing again.
I know, I know. You are probably saying. So you have "started over" how many times? Well thppppbbt! I'm doing it again! so HA!
I have been watching Chris Powll's "Extreme Makeover: Weighloss Edition" on Hulu for a couple of weeks now. Everytime I watch it, while i'm eating, of course. And get inspired to start doing something the next morning. Then the morning (or afternoon) comes and I hit the snooze button over and over again, and basically waste my day.
However, this week he said something that goes along with something he said about "excuses" last week.... (looking for the quote....) ok, can't find it now, but it was something like "Until you run out of excuses nothing in your life will change." But this week on Krista's episode, Chris said something that has managed to stick with me, stil this morning.
"It all comes down to when that alarm goes off in the morning. What you do in that moment starts to define who you are."
In other words, I am where I am and who I am in life right now because I have chosen not to do anything about it. Harsh. but true.
So how do I define my day and thus my life?
Get out of bed. and that means today, not going to be because I have to reset my body from the lazy schedule its kept.
Eat Breakfast. Which I am doing now.
Get me and God patched up. Which means to do my devotion in just a sec. I am btw, starting over again on reading and study Captivating: Unveiling the Mystery of a Woman's Soul. by John & Stasi Eldridge .
Go work out! As soon as my devotion is done, I'm going outside. I've never been able to run at least not very far. but I'm starting again. Right now my goal is to be able to run one length of my block within a week. I can do this. I just have to actually DO it. in the morning and at night. Do it!
Write. While you may think that means blog. it really just means write. Blogging is included, but if I want to be a successfully paid writer, I need to actually produce things worth being paid for, So I will write.
So I start again today to redifine the life I've let wither. and I'll let you know how I do as well.
I know, I know. You are probably saying. So you have "started over" how many times? Well thppppbbt! I'm doing it again! so HA!
I have been watching Chris Powll's "Extreme Makeover: Weighloss Edition" on Hulu for a couple of weeks now. Everytime I watch it, while i'm eating, of course. And get inspired to start doing something the next morning. Then the morning (or afternoon) comes and I hit the snooze button over and over again, and basically waste my day.
However, this week he said something that goes along with something he said about "excuses" last week.... (looking for the quote....) ok, can't find it now, but it was something like "Until you run out of excuses nothing in your life will change." But this week on Krista's episode, Chris said something that has managed to stick with me, stil this morning.
"It all comes down to when that alarm goes off in the morning. What you do in that moment starts to define who you are."
In other words, I am where I am and who I am in life right now because I have chosen not to do anything about it. Harsh. but true.
So how do I define my day and thus my life?
Get out of bed. and that means today, not going to be because I have to reset my body from the lazy schedule its kept.
Eat Breakfast. Which I am doing now.
Get me and God patched up. Which means to do my devotion in just a sec. I am btw, starting over again on reading and study Captivating: Unveiling the Mystery of a Woman's Soul. by John & Stasi Eldridge .
Go work out! As soon as my devotion is done, I'm going outside. I've never been able to run at least not very far. but I'm starting again. Right now my goal is to be able to run one length of my block within a week. I can do this. I just have to actually DO it. in the morning and at night. Do it!
Write. While you may think that means blog. it really just means write. Blogging is included, but if I want to be a successfully paid writer, I need to actually produce things worth being paid for, So I will write.
So I start again today to redifine the life I've let wither. and I'll let you know how I do as well.
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