ThinMint

Have a happy day!

Hello friends! Just wanted to share something I thought was quite eye-opening. I love those stories and videos of people who have lost a great deal of weight. One story I saw many months ago has stuck in my mind. The gentleman was hundreds of pounds overweight. He could barely move, but knew he needed to start exercising. So he started against a wall in his galley style kitchen and walked to the wall on the other side of the kitchen directly in front of him. At first he could only do the short distance one time. Then a couple of weeks later, he could do it twice. Then three times. Back and forth. Back and forth. It was all he could manage, but that's all it took to light a fire under him. After months of increasing the back and forth (and modifying his diet) he had lost weight. Then he was able to get outside to walk. I love how he accepted his limitations, knowing it was okay and temporary. He accepted that small steps truly make a difference. So it is for us. Perhaps we need to stop thinking in grand terms and limit our focus to what's in front us. That is something we can manage. Perhaps we need to let go of the guilt of not, "Doing enough," and feeling the pressure (from others/ourselves) that we ought to be preparing for an Olympic sport when all we ought to be doing is taking a few steps. What those steps look like will vary depending on the season in our lives. But, those tiny steps truly make a difference. Pray, ask your Heavenly Father what tiny steps you ought to take. Then embrace those tiny steps and be proud of yourself!

To those who have served and to those families who have lost much, thank you. And I'm sorry. With God's grace, you helped preserve our Nation for such a time as this. We'll pick up the mantle and with the LORD leading the charge, fight on to preserve America the Beautiful.

Blessed is the one who trusts in the Lord, whose confidence is in Him. They will be like a tree planted by the water that sends out its roots by the stream. Jeremiah 17:7-8

Friends, are you working with the LORD? Are you asking Him to reveal your bad habits? And do you trust Him completely to surrender? All of it. The ugly, the uglier, the ugliest. We trust and surrender and He reconciles, restores, repairs, and rejuvenates. ❤️

🕊🤍

Ask me about doing this in December '21 and January '22. I knew it was crucial to turn that paralyzing fear over to Him, to surrender it all (no matter what), and to give Him the gift of trusting Him. Talk to Him about your fears. Tell Him exactly what you're afraid of and tell Him that you want a heart fully surrendered to Him. He will honor this because He recognizes the humbleness, gratefulness, and honesty we gift Him. Jesus in us makes it complete!

Challenge #36

I absolutely needed to see this today. When you present it this way it makes so much sense.

It's our choice, right?

Challenge #35