Hi ya’ll! I hope that you enjoyed your Veterans Day! I spent the day with my parents and drinking hot cocoa. I don’t know about you but I am loving the temperatures where I live. It was rainy, cold and windy Tuesday but it made drinking hot cocoa much more fun. Weird, I know.
Being off for the holiday has will have my week off a bit. Yesterday felt like Monday. Again.
This holiday season I am trying new dessert recipes and as you know, baking makes me happy!
Chocolate Swirl Pumpkin Bread with an Orange Glaze
I really love this quote.
Mainly because it really does speak the truth. Oh how I wish that this was not something that I struggled with. I mean we all have things that we struggle with but this is a big one for me. I believe what it boils down to is fear.
Fear of the unknown.
I have allowed fear to rule in my life for so long that I really can’t tell the difference anymore. I don’t know about you but I am kind of tired doing that. I want to be finished with giving fear that kind of power over me.
I am not afraid of everything mind you. It’s just in certain things that I allow it to lead my life and decisions. Living in fear of something doesn’t allow God to use us to our full capability.
This quote is from Lisa Whittle and I found it through the Facebook account for Proverbs 31 Ministries.
The truth is, I am sick of me.
I am sick of being afraid. I am sick of being hot and cold or God, depending on my circumstances. I am sick of wrestling with the same things I’ve wrestled with for most of my life.
I want to be well. I want to be productive and joyful. I want to be useful for the Kingdom, valuable to my family, and have something to show of my time on earth.
When I meet God one day, I want to say with open hands, here’s what I did with the life You gave me.
I want God. I want Him to show up tangibly in me. I want Him to blow me away with insights and remind me that He is bigger than all my daily crazy. I want Him to sweep me off my feet and take me on one of His many amazing adventures.
It is not a bad thing when we are sick of ourselves. It is, in fact, a good thing. Because that’s when we will desire God in such a big way that we are willing to let go of the steering wheel of our life and let God drive us into our future.
How amazing is that?
Don’t you want that?
I don’t know about you but I really do want that. There is so much faith and strength in stepping out and giving God full reign in your life.
I want this and I want to be healthy. I believe that when you are healthy on the inside, it shows up on the outside. And no, not in skinny jeans. It just shows.
Have an amazing day!