Love The Mess Out

When someone is feeling angry or empty, the last thing they need is for someone to be critical and judgmental. Being judgmental toward someone who is hurting can lead them to hurt even more. It can push them away from the love of God. The goal is bring people to God by loving them where they are. Let God do the fixing. The Bible says for the rest of us to have faith and love. Galatians 5:6 NIV says "the only thing that counts is faith expressing itself through love" The only thing that will help someone is stepping out in faith and operating in love not pointing the finger.
We are free to walk in love but people can sometimes forget to do that. For example, telling a young teenage girl who is pregnant she should be ashamed of herself is not operating in love but according to the flesh. Instead choose to find a way to help. Offer to take her to a doctor appointment, pray with her or provide a meal. Be that example, that light in her life. These acts of love will open the door for her to receive God in her heart. 
You may be the only God that people may see. Treating people without love doesn't represent Jesus. As a parent, we want our children to behave, especially when they are around other people. Of course, we don't want our children to get hurt or be disobedient for their own sakes. We also want our children to represent us. When people see our how children are, they know how we are at home behind closed doors. We have to represent God the same way by walking in love toward others. Make God proud and present Him well.
Galatians 5:13-14 NIV says " You, my brothers and sisters, were called to be free. But do not use your freedom to indulge the flesh rather, serve one another humbly in love.  For the entire law is fulfilled in keeping this one command: “Love your neighbor as yourself.”

We can save one another through love. Love the mess out of someone.

Nevertheless

Have you ever felt overwhelmed with life and asked God why you were going through? Have you ever felt like you didn't have the strength to do what God was telling you to do? 

Sometimes God will send us down paths we don't expect and want Him too. The path from our view, looks full of mountains and curves that we will have to get around. We may not always fully understand why God has us on the path He has us on, but it makes since to Him. The path may cause us  to question God. It's abnormal to  say "why God?"  or "Lord when is this going to end?" 

God sent us a great example of how to get through those trying times when we are like, if there is any other way. Jesus knew the road He had to take to become Lord. He questioned God in Luke 22:42 before they were going to take Him to be crucified. "saying, 'Father, if you are willing, remove this cup from me. Nevertheless, not my will, but yours be done.' "

Even though it's something WE don't want to do, we have to trust God's will for our life. God has spoken and we must do what He says. He has a purpose for everything we go through. We may not see the purpose but God does. 

I can think of many examples; one of my favorite's is in the movie The original: Karate Kid, the teacher had the student painting fences and waxing cars. At first the student was extremely excited about the lessons but then he started to get tired and not understand the purpose. He got impatient and asked the teacher why am I doing this? I'm ready to do karate. The movement he was doing while waxing the cars and painting fences was actually preparing him for the karate moves. The hard work he was doing had purpose but the student didn't know but the teacher did. When the student saw how useful the moves were in a fight, he trusted the teacher. The teacher had the student's best interest in mind the whole time, even though he didn't understand. The student should have said, nevertheless.

While we may not understand God all the time, know that God has your best interest in mind. It's best to follow His will because unlike us, He can see the end of the road, over the mountains, around the curves and through the woods. When God tells us to do something we really don't want to do, do it anyhow. After every storm He provides a great ending. Instead of being disobedient to God and try to do things your own way, take a deep breath then say nevertheless.

Be Thankful

The light bulb has finally cut on which is why I am able to write this blog. The things I understand and have been delivered from are what I can teach about to help others understand. This blog is about being thankful.
Giving thanks to God is a preventive measures to keep the enemy from stealing your faith. It kills doubt and unbelief because your heart changes as the praise flows out of your mouth. For example, a person may be fed up with their car. The car could be a decent car but the paint is chipping and it has a lot of miles on it. The person is constantly complaining and ungrateful about the car. They are always talking about how they want a new car but can not afford one and then they start wishing they had a better job because of all the bills that have to paid. The worry get worse so much that this person starts to get depressed and wishing they had a completely different life all together. Then they start making decisions about how they feel and not by what God said. Their focus is not on God but on their situation.
What if the person just continuously praised God for that car? The person was so thankful and so appreciative that the car never got a spot, bird poop or dead bug. They new God blessed them with that car and their situation could be a lot worse. They also know that if God blessed them with this car He can bless them with another one. Since this person is not depressed or ashamed about his car he let his boss ride with him to lunch one day to a company event. The boss complimented the person for the up keep of the car for the type of car it is. The boss told the person about a position opening up to where he would receive a new car that the company would pay half the car note on. The person applied and got the position. Now the thankful person got a promotion and is paying for a new car at half the price. Wow!
When we show God we are grateful the doors of heaven open up. Giving thanks is not just about singing to a praise song and that is it. It is a lifestyle! A good example is giving your best friend a pair of earrings and she is all excited. Now this is your best friend so you two hang out at least once a week. A month goes by and she has not worn them so you ask her about them. She says one broke because she took them off and laid them on the couch where someone sat on them. On the couch? Your heart is broken because those earrings were expensive. You say O.K. but in the back of your mind you are thinking I forgive you but I will never buy you expensive earrings again. Why? because the person did not show you she valued and appreciated them. If the friend had worn the earrings and taken good care of them then the other friend would have blessed her with some more. Wow!
In conclusion, being grateful in everything leads to excellence and prosperity in every area. Ungratefulness leads to misery, worry, confusion and depression. Being grateful leads you to the promised land flowing with milk and honey. Ungratefulness leaves you doing circles in the wilderness for 40 years.

Nutrition Facts

Many times we go to restaurants, especially fast food places, and order without knowing all of the nutrition facts. We just want to eat. Sometimes it doesn't matter but we crave what sounds good and looks good. However, this is not always good for us. 

If we keep satisfying those cravings on a daily basis, before we know it we've gained weight and an unhealthy body. Then we have to work hard to get rid of it. The weight gain could have been prevented if we knew the nutrition facts to help us make better choices.

The enemy does us the same way with making choices in life. We go for what looks good and sounds good but it's not necessarily good for us. If we choose our relationships this way we end up being with someone who isn't good for us and have gained all these spirits that we have to work hard to get rid of. It can also be just us not spending enough time with God. We get so caught up with life with the hustle and bustle that we neglect our relationship with Him. We end up getting filled up with the wrong thoughts, emotions and spirits that God didn't intend for us to have. The things that the enemy fills us up with will have us feeling empty, but that feeling is a lie. Jesus gave us is Holy Spirit when He went up to sit on His throne. His Spirit is full of power, joy, love and peace, we should be feeling those ALL the time. If you don't feel peace and joy in your life then it's time for a spiritual diet.

We have to be mindful that the devil is real and he wants to destroy our relationship with God. We can't let him hide himself like the nutrition facts at fast food restaurants any more. We have to put on the full armor of God and be able to stand firm when he tries to distract us from our relationship with God.

The Answer To Prayers

This is a short blog but important.

Lately I have been forgetting one or two items at the store, being stubborn and not making a list. I have a family of eight and when I have seven people tell me what seems like a million things needed, I tend to forget something. Every time I do I say we need to write this down. 

I was tired and just wanted to lay down but I felt like God was telling me to spend time with Him. I was obedient and spent time with God. God was downloading a Word to me so I wanted to write it down. I remembered my mom gave me a journal for my birthday a couple of months ago. I located the journal and it was a package that included two, not one, but two magnetic shopping list for the refrigerator. All this time I already had what I needed and didn't know it. I found it when I was obedient to Him and spent time with Him.

When we spend time with Him, He will reveal things to us. A lot of times it's the answer we have been looking for. He is waiting on us to seek Him first and everything else will be added. 

 

Pack Light



Trying to get anywhere fast carrying something heavy is hard work. Exercising in jeans is too heavy and uncomfortable which is why workout clothes are made lighter. A person can run faster and longer in lighter clothing.

People tend to carry heavy things emotionally, from relationship to relationship. They keep piling on the baggage instead of making their load lighter to make their run at life easier. 

The baggage isn't always from intimate relationships but can be scars from childhood that never got healed. People carry around hurt instead of letting it go and that hurt is a burden. It's a burden because it prevents them from trusting anyone. 

Anything that reminds the hurt person of the trauma or the person who hurt them will get removed from their lives even though they didn't mean any harm. 

An example is a person who grew up being severely teased in school, by siblings and other persons all the time. As an adult, dating someone who innocently teases the hurt person about something "cute" becomes a huge insult because of the emotional baggage they carry about being bullied. They can't enjoy a playful conversation because of the hurt. 

Another example is a person whose first heartbreak was because the person cheated. Now with every relationship the person must know everything from blood type to previous addresses for security. The hurt person has emotional baggage that they have to let go of in order to move on to a happy relationship. The hurt person will take out all of their pain from the past on the person who is trying to help them. 

The solution: Get rooted in forgiveness and love. Now, that doesn't mean you have to become best friends with the person who hurt you. It means that when reminders come up, that hurt doesn't have the power to put you in a bad mood or cause you to mistreat the people who truly love you.  Let it go and learn from your pain. I don't mean learn to do it or not to do it to someone else. Learn about yourself from what happened. I know it's easier said then done but it can be done. You can do ALL things through Christ.

Power, Love and Sound Mind

There is so much going on right now with police taking innocent lives. Know that man isn't the enemy. The reason the killings are happening is because of fear and hate. God is not the father of fear or hate, the devil is and his mission on earth is to destroy. Why does the devil want to destroy black people, especially the men? Why does the devil want us to live in fear?

Anyone who believes and confesses Jesus is God's son, died on the cross and rose on the third day and makes Him Lord over your life will be saved. It doesn't matter what the color of the skin. However, there is something about black people the devil really hates. We have a strong willed personality that dates all the back to before slavery. We have a strong work ethic that keeps us going. We know there is power in unity. We are visionaries and we are not afraid to create something with it. For example, look at the music, the hairstyles, the athletes, the authors, even look at our children's names. 

There is a hash tag going around that says, #staywoke or #stayawake. Yes, we need to wake up. Everyone is saying what can we do in the community to make a change? My answer is, the church.

The church in the black community is dying. The church is losing it's influence to keep people there, especially our men. The church is like a pep rally to get us hyped for the game of life. It should give us motivation to want to know God more and live the life that He has called us to live. When the churches get right in the black community, there will be more power. It will be the right kind of power that will keep everyone respecting the black community instead of being in fear of it. It will be the kind of power that will keep the black community from being in fear of everyone else. The power I'm talking about is love, God's power.

God had given us power, love and a sound mind. 

We can not let the devil steal these things from us. 

We must continue to have visions and be creative. 

We must continue to love every one of all races. 

We must continue to trust God, use wisdom and live in peace. 

This is who God has called us(black people) to be.

Don't Take The Short Cut

In relationships, you get to know each other as time goes by. Some people spend so much time together they can predict what each other is going to say. They give each other good advice about the future. They promise each other things for the future.
Our relationship with God is the same way. When your relationship with God grows by spending time in prayer and reading His word, He tells us things about our future. Sometimes we may not always know if it is the near future or if it is years from now. Majority of the time God tells a promise before the process to receive the promise begins. He does this so we will stay focused during the process.
It's just like driving to go get a valuable jewel. You know what is at the end of the trip but it is a journey to get there. Using GPS will take you straight to the jewel. Sometimes GPS will give the long route, this is discouraging when we we are in a hurry to get the promise. There are side roads on the map that is a great short cut but for some reason they are not showing up on the GPS. Taking the short cut without it on the map is risky. The road could be closed, a dead end or have a lot of curves. There is a reason why the GPS doesn't show the road.
When God shows you your future, don't take a short cut but stay the course. Taking a short cut in life can put you in bad relationships, bad jobs, bad debt. It can make the journey take longer than it's supposed to.
Let's go back to the short cut. When getting lost while driving you always have to turn around and go back, which makes the trip take longer. The same thing happens in life with the choices we make. Choosing a bad relationship takes time to get over and heal, especially if there are kids involved.

This is why it is so important to have a relationship with God because He will lead and guide you in every direction.

Does God Hear Me?

There were times in my life when I wondered did God hear me. It felt like the trial I was going through was never going to end. Instead of consistently crying out to God, I would try to fix my circumstances myself.

Fixing my own circumstances during these times was when I made the worst decisions.  Now, I'm not saying sit around and do nothing but don't make a rash decision on your emotions thinking God doesn't hear you. It will cost you.

An example of my rash decision making was after my first marriage ended. I was already dealing with insecurities and not being sure of my life. I couldn't be who God called me to be in that marriage and I was depressed because of it. I would yell and throw things in frustration, which was me trying to fix it my self. I didn't know who I was completely and I didn't know how to find out.
All of my decision making was based on his love for me instead of His love. Therefore when he told he didn't love me anymore it crushed me and instead of seeking out God for His love. I thought my life was over so I decided to take my own life. I had a prescription for a strong antihistamine for my, then, allergies. I don't remember how many I took, I know the bottle was empty.
I sat on the couch and waited to die.

I ended up passing out and hearing God's voice. He told me my life wasn't over and He had great plans for me. He heard my prayers. Then He told me to get up and call for help. That is what I did.
I got rushed to the emergency room and the nurse told I was lucky to not have stroked out. They cleaned out my system and I was fine the next day.

I know that it wasn't luck, but God saving my life and hearing my prayers. He healed me from my insecurities. He has healed me from my allergies. He healed me from that suicide attempt.
God hears your prayers. He's got you, even when it doesn't look like He does. Keep calling on Him and He will answer you.

Thinking While Thinking

I saw this #quote in @joycemeyer Joyce Meyer's #book Battle Of The Mind and loved it. 

Sometimes we have to examine our thoughts. For example, why am I worrying about money when God said He would supply all my needs. Another example is thinking bad thoughts about a person, whom you would normally have good thought about. Where are these thoughts coming from? Examine your thoughts to know where your thoughts are coming from. Then get rid of the thoughts that do not line up correctly with the Word of God. 

 

Think about what your thinking about.

Ladies Loving Nashville Event

This weekend I had the amazing privilege of going to an event called Fight For Her put on by Ladies Loving Nashville. L.L.N is a group of first ladies of six large churches in Nashville to come together and serve in the community. They come together to do fundraisers and volunteer events for women that need help.

This event was the yearly conference where Lisa Bevere, a speaker and best selling author, was the guest speaker. The first night was a move of God where amazing praise and worship took place along with being unified with other believers. Lisa talked about being able to speak the truth so that others can be saved. We can't be ashamed to tell about Jesus when He delivers us out of darkness. 

I received deliverance from some pains  I have been feeling in my shoulders. I have been having issues with my muscles, not from working out but from a spirit of heaviness. I received healing that night. I had been believing for healing and God did it! 

The second day of the event was more praise and worship. Lisa spoke about the attacks on our life is a time to fight, not a time to quit. It's a time to see what we're made of. The attacks on our life don't happen because we did something wrong in our past but because we have a bright future and the enemy (the devil) wants to destroy it. This is why it is important to keep fighting. 

The ladies of Ladies Loving Nashville provided food and other physical needs for homeless women. They sent buses to a housing facility to pick them up. Several ladies received Jesus as their Lord and Savior. It was an awesome thing to witness. As I'm typing this I'm getting chills. We take so much for granted, included our relationship with Jesus. Don't take your relationship with Jesus for granted and not show appreciation for Him. We show God appreciation by spreading His love. This is what this Fight For Her event was all about, spreading the love of God to help one another. 

Why Do Men Leave?

This sounds good and everything but I hope men realize what they are signing up for when they say this. 

It takes unconditional God-fearing 1 Corinthians 13 to love someone with flaws and all. 

Look at what happened to Adam and Eve. Adam was perfect, had everything going for him but he wanted company. Eve messed up. She had a flaw. Adam joined her then blamed her instead of taking responsibility. Adam got in trouble because he listened to his wife and didn't take responsibility. He should have corrected her instead of listening to her and she should have submitted. 

Men have to take responsibility for the assignment of being a husband. It takes work to be married and the man is the head of the home. The woman has to learn to submit and listen. Sometimes when the woman doesn't submit or the couple doesn't see eye to eye and can be tough on the man. 

Yes, men are strong and can handle more emotional hurt then women but they need respect. If a man doesn't feel respected then it's hard for them to love. The man has to reach down and learn to love unconditionally, just how Jesus loves the church is how a husband should love his wife. However, a woman has to not be a nagging wife. Proverbs 21:19 says, "Better to live in a wilderness than with a nagging and hot-tempered wife." Wow! It's so annoying to have a wife that is always bossy, bad tempered or just nagging. It doesn't show the husband respect or submission; and it pushes the husband away. 

However, the husband has to and can get to the root of the wife's behavior. The wife might have some baggage that she is carrying around that she hasn't let go of yet and she is taking it out on her husband. The wife isn't doing this on purpose but subconsciously. If a husband isn't strong in who he is then this will push him away instead of him loving the mess out of her. How does he love the mess out of her? By washing her with the Word. God's word is filled with This is why it is important to be equally yoked and to understand the order of the family. 

In conclusion, men must be careful to say they will love a woman, flaws and all. The flaws may not be just physical but could be emotional. The man has to be strong spiritually to love a woman flaws and all.

Mug Love: My Testimony

This mug is my favorite. I've had it for more than 30 years. I got it when I was in pre-school. It was given to me by my teacher who was an older white woman. 

My family was going through a lot at that time and I became emotionally withdrawn. My Mom prayed and prayed for me so God blessed me with an awesome teacher who saw something in me. I don't remember the words she spoke over my life but my mom saw me slowly come back to a joyful child. 

Even though I don't remember the teacher's words, this mug sums up that she believed in me and she didn't care about the color of my skin. The Jesus in her loved me back to life. 

Tonight as I was drinking tea out of this mug I was thinking, 'what if her heart was filled with hate instead of love because of my skin color?' I wouldn't be enjoying tea out of this mug and I think my life would be completely different in a bad way. 

All it took was one touch of TRUE LOVE for this teacher to change my life. I'm grateful to God she didn't let hate fill her heart but love. 

Spreading love and not hate causes more change. 

www.onetouchoflove.com

Soul Provider

Many women choose men based on the type of job that he has but end up unfulfilled in the relationship. 

Many women are in bad relationships because they depend in their man for money. 

If the man doesn't feed your soul then don't choose him to be your life long mate. He should be a soul provider. 

What is a soul provider?

-A man who uplifts his woman and supports her. 

-He doesn't have a harsh way of correction but a gentle way. 

-He loves her unconditionally. 

-He sees her as his mirror, meaning the flaws he sees in her are the same flaws he should fix in himself. 

-When he sees those flaws they work on them together. 

- Last but definitely not least, he ministers the Word of God to her.

The Bible says, Ephesians 5:25-28 "Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her to make her holy, cleansing her by the washingwith water through the word, and to present her to himself as a radiant church, without stain or wrinkle or any other blemish, but holy and blameless. In this same way, husbands ought to love their wives as their own bodies. He who loves his wife loves himself." 

This husband is a soul provider. A man like this does exist in the world. 

God Is In Control

Every morning give God control of your life. He is God and He can do exceedingly above all that we can think or imagine, so let Him take control. (Ephesians 3:20-21)

Our Father we give you control of our life. We thank you for your forgiveness and love. We know you can do more than we can. You have our best interest in mind and we thank you for that. 

In Jesus name. Amen. 

The "O" Word

Everyone knows there is power in prayer. I love praying and talking to God. There is power in another form of communication not just prayer but obedience.

The "O" word. The word no one is talking about but God showed me something. Everyone talks about prayer, prayer, prayer moves God but obedience moves Him even more.
Let's look at it from a parent's perspective. I talk to my kids all the time. They ask me for whatever they want because they know this is the only they can get what they ask for. However, if my kids have been disobedient recently then I'm hesitant to give them what they ask for. If my kids have been keeping their room clean, doing chores and making good grades, then I'm not as hesitant to grant their request.

God is the same way with us. We ask Him all day long for something but if we aren't being obedient to His word then God is not going to be quick to move. There are many scriptures in the Bible that say this. For example, Proverbs 7:2 "Keep my commandments and live, And keep my teaching and law as the apple of your eye."  This is just one of many that says keep my commands. Now remember God is a gracious God but it doesn't mean we take advantage of His grace.
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aking advantage of God's grace is like us having car insurance. We don't go around pretending our vehicle is a bumper car just because we have insurance. Why? because it is inconvenient to go through the process of getting the car fixed. We should consider God's grace the same way. It's inconvenient when we disobey and have to go through a process to get back on track.

Another favorite scripture Psalm 37:4, sums it up.  "Delight yourself in the Lord and He will give you the desires of your heart."  Many people do not realize what delight means. Don't worry, I used to be one of them. Delight doesn't mean just pray, praise and worship but it means to obey. The definition of delight is to please greatly or pleasure. What is the best way for us to be a pleasure to God?

Remember our children, when I tell my kids something and they do it without talking back, I'm so excited. God is the same way. The best way to delight in God is to obey Him.
This is why it is so important to write the vision. The vision we have is God speaking to us. Write them down and it will give you something to study. Read the word and listen to God's voice as you read. He will speak to you concerning your life.

Don't just be a talker but be a listener. We have the faith to pray. It's time we have the faith to obey.

Do You Know?

When going against an opposing team that has a rep of being awesome, my kids don't get intimated. They fight harder to win the game, why? Because they know who they are. They don't walk around defeated before the game because if they do it before the game it is going to show in how they play. If they are already defeated in their minds then more likely they are going to be defeated in the game.

Satan wants us to have the same reaction about God. The enemy knows the Word of God therefore he knows what the Word says who we are in Jesus. He knows we are more than conquerors. He knows know weapon formed against us shall prosper. The question is do you know?

Do you know? We have the victory in Jesus. When we receive Jesus as our Lord over our life, we receive the victory over Satan. The enemy wants us to forget that when we are tested with the trials and pleasures of this life. He wants us to forget so that we will lose faith in God so that we will go out and sin. Sin separates us from God and draws us closer to the enemy.

I don't know about you but I don't want to be closer to the enemy then I am to God. When the trials of life try to tempt me to sin, when the pleasures of this life tempt me to sin, I remember who I am in the Word. This is why it is so important to read the Word of God.

The Word of God is a mirror to show us what we need to fix and how good we look. A lot of people don't like looking in the mirror to see something wrong, which is why they don't look. But fixing what is wrong allows you to be closer to God.

Look in the mirror, to see you. Read the Word. Spend time in prayer. Do all these things so that the enemy will not be able to pull you out of the place God has for you.

Yes & Amen

When God gives us a vision, goal and purpose it doesn't always mean it's going to happen immediately. Sometimes that vision may take years to come to past. 

In the Bible, there are many examples of this. The Isrealites took 40 years in the wilderness; Abraham had to wait for Isaac to born; David was a child when appointed to be King but it happen until he was an adult. Even Jesus was the promised Messiah from birth but didn't start walking in it until He became an adult. What do all these have in common? God had to them through a process to prepare them for the promises. If God had given these great men His promises prematurely they probably would have failed and the Bible would read a lot different. 

Be encouraged. Let God finish making you into the person He needs you to be. When He is finished, He will start pouring out the promises He showed you. Remember His promises are "yes and amen". No matter how long it takes, He will not deny you.

Faith It Till You Make It. And Don't Go Back To It

I was wrestling with writing this but God won! I don't want to discourage anyone from faithing it until they make it because this statement is true. We are to have faith in God, keep pressing in to Him until He answers us.

What happens after we make it? I always use my kids for an example, they teach me a lot about how our relationship with God is supposed to be. I noticed that after Thanksgiving when I start decorating for Christmas my kids' behavior changes a little bit. They start doing more chores around the house without me asking. There are no attitudes, everyone is so happy.
Christmas morning comes and everyone is all excited to open presents. "This is the best Christmas ever!" my kids say. They love all of their presents and play with them all the time. They are still behaving well.

After a couple of weeks into January maybe February we go back to the same, who is going to do the dishes. They start dragging their feet to do chores. It's discouraging and makes us (my husband and I) feel used. We don't take the gifts back but it's a thought. But when they do something to get in trouble they get those things taken a way for a time period.

We shouldn't do God the same way. We pray, believe and change our behavior for God to do a thing and when He comes through, it is not a green light to go back to doing the same things as before. It is the green light for us to be completely thankful to God and follow Him. Then tell others of what God has done.

In Luke 5 Jesus helped Peter, Simon, James, John and other fishermen. They were struggling with their fish, matter of fact they were done for the night. But Jesus came and told them to move then try it one more time. I'm pretty sure they mumbled a little but did it anyway. When they were obedient, they made it! They received so much that the boats started to sink. The men didn't stay there and go back for more. They left everything and followed Jesus.

When Jesus comes to your rescue, honor Him. Don't go back to your sin, addiction or broken heart. God has healed and delivered you, so walk in it. Tell others and live a life that represents God.

Resistance Training

The hardest part about fitness is the beginning, especially starting resistance training, which is exercising the muscles by using an opposing force. Resistance training is something that many of us avoid. The avoidance happens because we know that after the training, and sometimes during, there is going to be pain. Sometimes we are so focused on the pain that we forget that the result is going to be better than we were before.

Since the only thing we are focused on is the pain, we mumble and grumble through it. Sometimes we don't make it through, but give up then go binge eat. The result of giving up and binge eating is miserable. You fell so heavy and blah.

If a person pushes themselves through resistance training, the end result is great. It is painful but it feels like you can conquer the world because of the natural energy level God has blessed us with.


We ALL go through resistance training in life. However, the difference in all of us is the after. Did we make it through? How did we make it through? Did we push through and stay sore? Or did we make it easy on our selves by leaving a step out? Did we give up and go back?
The result I chose is to push through it because I know I'm going to be stronger after.

Some resistance training I went through was being a single mother of two toddlers
without a job for two months. That was one of the most painful times in my life. I didn't give up, I kept tithing on whatever I received from others. I kept praying and reading my Bible. I didn't go rob a store, become a drug dealer or a stripper. I did think about those things though because I was that desperate. However, I held on to God's word. I stayed connected to my church. I sought help and God provided. My children and I did not go without anything for those two months I went without a job. In those two months is when God spoke to me and showed me some awesome things about my future. He showed me how much strength I have and that I really can do all things through Him who gives me strength. He showed me how much He loves me. I delighted in Him and He came through for me. Because I went through resistance training, I became a better woman, a better mother, I became wiser and I found my purpose.

I encourage you, that whatever resistance training your in to stick it out because you will come out stronger. It might be painful now but you will be better after.