Mindset

  2 Timothy 1:7 For God has not given us a spirit of fear, but one of power, love, and sound judgment.       This has been my verse of the week.  It was a much needed verse for this week!  2023 has ended up to be a year of pivoting!  We have had plans change.  We have had shifts happening.  We have had new things transpire.  A new normal forming.       Self doubt crept in with those changes.  As Christians, we have the power and love to battle this with discernment.  With Sound Judgment.       What does that look like though....     When we know and believe Psalm 23 that the Lord is my shepherd, then we look to Him for guidance.  For Him to continually lead us.  And we will heed to His leading.  We pray for discernment to know His voice over all others.  We can praise Him for the mighty and good shepherd that He is.  And we will dig in and know Him ...

Ablation of the uterus For a few months now, I have been meaning to post and help someone else who is looking at ablation as a solution to issues their body is having.   Keep reading if you are just plain curious too.   If you don’t know what that is, don’t Google it!   LOL Before Christmas, I had my follow up appointment for my ablation procedure preformed a few weeks ago.   I thought I would share too much and make you a fun little list of things I learned from this experience….. Shall we get started…. -read all the pre-op instructions carefully.   In fact, read em a couple times.   Maybe even have someone else read them and explain them to you.   They matter! -even a small sip of water will have you waiting out your digestion in the waiting room.   Delaying your procedure.   Yep, that was me.   Go ahead and read item above for the reason this happened.   -They DO put you to sleep.   It was a glorious nap in which I felt NOTH...

Just a girl over here trying not to eat her feelings. Our Saturday came with a huge pivot.  Due to what we will refer to as “the cooties” invading our home, we were frozen in place this morning instead of heading off to Florida.   Plans were canceled.  Hearts were saddened.  The beach and Hogwarts would not be a part of this week. After I walked through the steps with our TA on rebooking our theme park tickets; I refocused on work, went on a walk, grabbed my Target Pick up and then ended up in front of my favorite pizza joint.   The broken girl inside of me knew what would feel good.   The broken girl that loves control and predictability wanted to find happiness and satisfaction.   The broken girl only knows food soothes.   The healed girl I have become knew what was coming.   The healed girl took charge and allowed me to eat a smaller portion of my favorite comfort food.   The healed girl wasn’t going...

 Everyday you make a choice. Will you choose to continue "as is" or reach for more? Will you let the desire within you push you to greatness or stay comfortable? Will you get lost in negative thoughts or start to believe in your own worth? I see you. I feel you. I can relate because I was there.   I was the girl that felt terrible in her own skin.  The girl who hid in the photos.  The girl who was behind the camera instead of in front of it.  The girl who couldn't stop eating.  The girl who was made fun of her weight as a child.  The girl who cried at herself in the mirror.  The girl who didn't love herself.  The girl who felt helpless against the weight of her body.   I decided in October 2020 that I was no longer going to be that girl!  I wanted more.   My desire for a greater life pushed me. I started to believe in my own worth.   I began to love myself. 2023 is coming soon.  What if you made a ...

I found this today in my Google Drive from 2019. I thought I would share my journey through Grief with you.... I am reading this book called Made for This by Jennie Allen.  She wrote “somewhere I picked up the idea that if things did not feel right or fall perfectly into place, God was not in them.  I thought obeying God should feel pretty easy and convenient…..if obeying seemed too uncomfortable, I likely would have decided that it wasn’t from God.”   I saw myself in that.  When Robyn is in control, I am looking for comfortable things.  I enter situations knowing the beginning to the end already.  I have weighed all the options and decided whether it was a good choice or a bad choice.  I have rationalized and justified every detail.  I have planned and scheduled and settled every detail.  I like being in control.  I prefer being self reliant.  I have confidence in “me”.  I have confidence in the lessons I have gained from...

I shared this verse on Facebook and it really does make me stop and think.  So much is here.  And I think so many times we read over verses like this and just go "okay", "got it", "yep".  So lets sit here for a minute cause I think there is so much to unpack! We are His workmanship. (ESV) Other translations use the following verbage:  His own master work.  His Work of Art.  God's Creation.  God's handiwork. I have heard it described as a masterpiece.  When you watch an artist or a sculptor begin a new piece, no one knows for sure what's being created.  Each brushstroke means something.  Each hand movement of clay bring change.  Each chisel of the wood reveals a new shape or design. We are His Masterpiece.   Our life might seem chaotic at times.  Or even unknowing to us.  The answers are hidden.  The journey is long.  But when our focus is on us as His Masterpiece, we don't need to see the ...