Thankful too...

So as I was scrolling through random inspirational quotes in my google images and I immediately stopped at this quote from Tony Robbins. 

As I thought through that I realized how easy it is to shift from walking in expectation of what you want or think should be to walking in appreciation of what is and what HE has done.  It's also ridiculously easy to walk in expectation instead of appreciation.  After playing though the things I appreciated in my day today I felt compelled to share this on my Instagram and have now made a public charge to allow our gratitude to shift our attitude and the attitudes of those around us this holiday season. November is traditionally "thankful month" and I know full well we don't have to wait until November to be thankful- we should live thankful lives all year long- but this season serves as a sweet reminder. So I invite you to join me as we learn to be #thankfultoo2015 because we have no idea how our thankfulness might open the door for someone else to be thankful too. 

January, 2015

This is the month that everything changes, or so it feels.  My daughter moved to San Marcos to start her new journey at Texas State in the McCoy Business School.  My son starts driving and becomes a little more independent.  Everything I know and am used to as a momma has changed.  And it's hard.  The truth is, I'm super excited for both of them.  These are major milestones and they are definitely worth celebrating.  This year for me is about releasing.  Releasing my kids on the assurance that the foundations we have spent years, lots of prayers and lots of tears laboring and laying will begin to produce a harvest.  Galatians 6:9 is one of my favorite verses and it states "let us not become weary in doing good, for at the proper time we will reap a harvest if we do not give up".  God has me on a journey of taking Him at His Word, His part and my part.  Well my part is to not grow weary, do good and DON"T GIVE UP!  So whoever this is for, that's our job.  Continue to fight, continue to press in, continue to pray, continue to plant seeds.  I will be sharing my "fruit" which I lovingly refer to as #everydaypearls.  These are the things that I choose to see with a Kingdom perspective and celebrate them as victories.  They are all around us.  I challenge you to find the pearl in the everyday too. M

disconnecting?

Fasting is a means of disconnecting from the distractions of daily life and consciously choosing to bring God into greater focus. Giving up physical nourishment is the first step in engaging the process. If you think about it, though, we nourish our souls as well as our bodies. We do so through reading, talking, socializing, playing and leisure. When we fill our souls up with all those things, we don’t feel hunger for God.

During this time of fasting, we are sure to feel physical hunger, but let’s be intentional about cultivating spiritual hunger as well. Let’s draw away from the crowds, and lay aside for a season the activities we use to nourish our souls. Instead let’s allow ourselves to enter a state of spiritual hunger – a hunger for righteousness. Jesus said that being spiritually hungry is a blessed state, because we can be sure of being filled with food that truly satisfies our deepest needs. (Matthew 5:6)

During this time, you will find that being still before the Lord will set you in a place of increased strength, peace and hunger for God. Are you disconnected from the things that nourish your body and soul? What do you need to deny yourself so that this can be a powerful time in your life?