9 Days In....How YOU Doin'?
Happy New Year!! (can I still say that even though, we're already 9 days in to the new year? haha)
Well we’re 9 days in and guess what? I’ve been sick ALL week. Not how I wanted to start the new year, that’s for sure! I was motivated to hit the ground running. I signed up for “Weight Loss God’s Way” with Revelation Wellness and was motivated to start. Then boom. I get sick. It’s like God is telling me, “start slow. Be kind to your body and start with ME FIRST. Work out what’s going on inside and seek me. The rest will come.” So although I haven’t been exercising, I have been reading the daily devotionals and reflecting. I have made some breakthroughs in just 4 days.
Even though I signed up for this program, I don't set resolutions or ever start new year’s fitness goals. I just don't. Everyone wants to be healthy and do better, so why create a new year's resolution around getting fit or healthier? We all want to do better at SOMETHING. Or a few things! But when you make a new year's resolution, there's this pressure to get started right away, to get it organized, planned, and to get it all right, from DAY ONE. (At least this is how I feel).
I think it's better to make a list of things you would like to see happen this year - set some new intentions. In the last couple of years or so, I have started to have a "word" (or words) to help guide and motivate me throughout the year. I pray about it and ask God to speak to me - to bring me my word. And then I choose to focus on that word throughout the year.
This year I actually have three words: Kindness, Freedom, Sacrifice.
First, Kindness came to me from the Lord as a reminder to be kind to myself. To my body. To accept my body and keep fighting to love it as He created it. And to be kind to others. If I can't be kind and accepting of myself, how can I be with others?
Secondly, I want Freedom. I'm seeking Freedom - from what is holding me back from loving my body, from letting go of all limited beliefs and lies, and from what is holding me back from being who HE created me to be. I declare that I will find Freedom! I know this, because where the "spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom" (2 Corinthians 3:17) and he has given me the power within. I have the holy spirit within me, and I will continue to pull from that spirit. I will get Free. And in turn, set others free. This is my mission with Faith2Fitt.
Lastly, Sacrifice. I need to sacrifice this year to attain some other freedoms from things of this world. There are some financial goals I want to meet and in order to get there, I will need to make sacrifices.
So, I wrote these words on my vision board to remind me of my intentions. And to keep me movitaved on the days I want to give up. I pray you can find freedom from what is holding you back from living the life God created for you. If you have never prayed for a "word" for your year, I encourage you to do that. It's not too late. We still have 357 days left of 2020! (Thank you, leap year!).
I also created a list of spiritual goas for the year - but that's for another post! Now, don't start thinking I have it all together and have things figured out. Ha! Nope. I just happened to be journaling and made a list. I'll see how it goes. So, I say to you, "see how it goes". The most important thing is finding your peace. And that is found in the silence with God. It is found when we are fully present with the ones we love. When we say, 'the heck with my to-do list', I'm going to the movies with so and so. When we don't do things out of obligation, but out of love for ourselves and others. Life is too short. Be present. Find your peace and keep it.