To My Children On Mother’s Day

I stand amazed! I love you both more than you will ever truly know. This Mother’s Day I want you both to know how honored I am to be your mother. You both are gifts to me beyond my wildest dreams. I could have never imagined the journey God would take us on together.

Years back during a time when I could have possibly been pregnant – my husband and I sat down with both kids to explain why mommy was on bedrest. My children have always been aware that I have pretty significant health challenges – but upon understanding the situation and the need to keep the baby “safe” until we knew for sure, my son looked at his older sister and exclaimed loudly, “I should be nicer to you!” She asked curiously, “Why?” Being only about 6 years old, he didn’t miss a beat and replied with enthusiasm, “Because you are a MIRACLE!”

Truth is all children are – but being told I couldn’t and shouldn’t even try to have children – I’m so blessed with both of my miracles!

MV —–

You bring me pure joy and peace.

From the time I carried you, you brought me peace in times of strife. You’ve comforted me without knowing it. You’ve seen my heart with innocence and acceptance beyond your years. The depths of your heart are a mystery to unlock – and the moments you let me into those spaces are such a gift I will always treasure. You teach me lessons about life, love, acceptance that no one else could. You see things so simply when I tend to over complicate.

You give me courage. Being your mother has not been for the faint of heart – and you have challenged my faith in my God and brought me to the sheer brink of not only surrendering my children to God but in KNOWING and trusting that He is your Father – and that my children were and always will be His children first and last; and that I am but a mere moment in time in your life. You have terrified me and exhilirated me all in one breath many times over.I love your passion for life, for adventure, for danger. I’ve learned to love your love of sharks and diving. I look forward to many more adventures with you in life.

I love your chattiness (yes even when it seems to drive me crazy.) I love your talent for art. I treasure all the art you have done for me. I love watching you swim and wrestle. I love that you want to try new things.  I love your random knowledge of stuff I could never contemplate. You forever have me hooked on lost shipwrecks and treasures!!!

I want you to know that I love you, believe in you, and support you in all that you do.  You are growing into yourself – into the man God created you to be – and I see that it is not always easy. You have loved and sacrificed in ways that most children would not have the compassion or understanding to do so. I am so proud of you for your generous and loving spirit. I (secretly till now) love that you still call me momma. I hope we never outgrow our friendship. Iknow first hand relationships with moms and sons can be tricky – but I vow to love you through each transition of life – and to love like a daughter the woman who will someday capture your heart.  I love your determination – your willingness to work hard; your ethics and professionalism. I love your love for the Lord and I pray you continue to grow in Him, in strength, faith, wisdom.

Thank you for challenging me to be the mom you need me to be!

I love your smile, your laugh. You have absolutely the best laugh! You make my heart sing!

Live. Laugh. Love – my son….life is just beginning for you.

Jeremiah 29:11

Love always,

Momma.

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Wowzer baby girl! Where did the time go?

You teach me about beauty and seeing myself as God created me. So often you tell me but I don’t see it. I see you. Then I see us together – and it amazes me. I think “if only I could look like her.” Yeah, I know…well you look like me, so shush…you know the rest.

I prayed for a child with wisdom. God answered that. I wasn’t at times quite prepared for the challenge a child 3 going on 27 would be. You’ve nearly always been almost 3 steps ahead of me. Its been an honor to walk beside you and to give you wings to chase your dreams. You have taught me about embracing who God created us to be – with poise, beauty, confidence, grace, and humility.

I love that you see people for who they are and accept them for where they are at. I love that you are down to earth without losing your confidence or your identity.

You totally crack me up! The random stuff that occurs to your brain just boggles my mind.

I love how we finish each others thoughts and sentences. I love that we can pick up where we left off.

Thank you for accepting me for who I am.

I love that you always cheer for the underdog.

Thank you for honoring me  even when I’m not around, even though you don’t have to, and allowing me to trust you when everyone else doubted and feared. You have lived your life with honor and integrity that I knew you had.

Thank you Jesus, that I get to live the life of the big city girl that I am, through the passion and talent He has given you. You will forever give me a reason to get dressed up like a princess. I am your biggest fan (and at times your hardest critic) but I am ALWAYS proud of you!

Thank you most of all for teaching me that truly, the only thing in life to fear is spiders.

The best piece of advice I was ever given about raising a daughter was that I was going to be raising my next best friend. You are. Always will be.

Proverbs 3:5-6

Love always,

Momma.

S and A -

I love you both as my own. I love that you call me mom. I’m so blessed God brought you into my life and then reconnected us. I miss you both and hope to see you both again. You are both loved. I’m so proud of who you are both becoming and the direction you are headed with your life. You both always have a place to call home. A place to come home. Thank you for letting me be a part of your life. Thank you for letting me love you.

You each make me the most blessed momma this Mother’s Day and every day of my life! I’ll love you forever, I’ll like you for always, as long as I’m living my babies you’ll be.

A Parent’s Prayer By Tricia Goyer

Sharing this beautiful prayer, written by Tricia Goyer. My heart has prayed some of these exact words for my children.

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     Lord, I pray today for all the parents out there who have such wonderful dreams for their children. When we have a child join our home there is so much joy and expectation! I pray that you will transform our dreams into YOUR dreams. I pray that you will give us your heart for our kids. You are the One who created them. You know their calling and purpose.

     Forgive me, Lord, for all the times I’ve tried to mold my kids into the image I have for them in my  mind. Forgive me for focusing more on what other parents are doing–and trying to follow–rather than I what You have a design for me and my family.

     Thank you for my child’s strong-willed nature. Help me to mold that so my child will be set on following You with purpose and passion.

      Thank you for my child’s strengths–show me how to mold my child to be a servant of a great God.

      Thank you for my child’s weaknesses. Guide me to train and teach with purpose. And may those weaknesses be areas where You will be strong.

     May you strengthen me and the parents today who will chose to set aside our worries and weariness and instead focus on Your heart.

Embracing my Value

“Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness, that most frightens us. We ask ourselves, who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented, and fabulous? Actually, who are you not to be? You are a child of God. Your playing small doesn’t serve the world. There’s nothing enlightened about shrinking so that other people won’t feel insecure around you. We are all meant to shine, as children do. We are born to make manifest the glory of God that is within us. It’s not just in some of us, it’s in everyone. And as we let our own light shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same. As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others.” –Marianne Williamson

*Jacob was a cheater

*Peter had a temper

*David had an affair

*Noah got drunk

*Jonah ran from God

*Paul was a murderer

*Gideon was insecure

*Miriam was a gossip

*Martha was a worrier

*Thomas was a doubter

*Sara was impatient

*Elijah was moody

*Moses stuttered

*Abraham was old

*and Lazarus was dead.

God doesn’t call the qualified, He qualifies the CALLED!

Wow, can I relate to the list of inadequecies listed above.  My dad helped me realize at a young age that I truly fear success almost more than I fear failure. Failure is something I do well. Course, dad always told me if I was gonna mess up then I might as well mess up big and make it worth my while. Still sorta makes me laugh. The bottom line is, I can embrace my failures much more easily than I can my success, or rather my ability to succeed. Even though I KNOW without a shadow of a doubt that I AM enough, me, who I am, apart from anyone else, I still face days where encounters with others can stop me from truly embracing my potential.

I need to remind myself that it is in MY weaknesses that HIS strength is made perfect, and that HE is continually working ALL things for HIS good. When I get out of the way, I don’t have to worry or compare myself to anyone. I am right where I am supposed to be at each moment in time. All my life experiences, my knowledge, my education, my wisdom is to accomplish what He has put in front of me today. I can always learn more, I can always as for help, but I do not need to put myself down, compare myself to others, or allow others to think less of me, or treat me less than I am – because I AM enough – right here, right now.

In Him, I can be confident of the work He needs to accomplish in me, through me, around me. I do not need to fear. He shall give me the answers as I need them, as I seek Him.

I may not be qualified to the world; even if I am “qualified” I may not be the “top gun”  but God has prepared me and qualified me for right now. I vow today to stop apologizing for being me. I vow to stop comparing myself to others. I vow to stop belittling myself. I vow to love myself. I vow to trust in the knowledge and experience God has given me. I vow to stop hiding behind my doubts. I vow today to embrace myself as HE has. I am a called and qualified child of God!

Friendship ~Business Owners and Friends as Clients~

I’m finding it necessary to write this blog post for a number of reasons, both personally and professionally. My hope is that it will bring understanding and clarity – while also removing possible hurt and misunderstanding between friends. Friends who are friends of business owners. Friends of those who own a business and promote it through social networking. Friends.

The bottom line is friendship. Business is never worth ruining a friendship – but when one friend suddenly owns a business friends who can benefit from it in one way or another suddenly come out of the woodwork.

Dear friends, you are NOT being picked on here. I promise. As a friend of business owners, and a current  business owner, and wife of former business owner, I have a few thoughts to share on both sides of the coin.

Getting a business off the ground is HARD work. Harder than it is even possible to explain in words to those who have never done it. My children have spent so many countless hours waiting on mom and/or dad to get done with just “one more thing.” No one is asking for sympathy here. As business owners, we’ve made our choice to go down the path we have gone or are going – this is just a factual statement. I can hear all owners sighing in exhaustion and agreeing.

Success in business is sometimes messy and takes years. Literally. Its hardly ever a straight shot up to the top. The first years are spent just building stock and supply, which means accumulating debt at a sometimes ungodly pace to which one can barely keep their head above water, their suppliers accounts current, and their families fed and children clothed. Vacation? 401K? A DAY off? Its almost a joke. Christmas and birthday presents – maybe if a trip to Pizza Hut can be deducted as a business lunch.

Once there is a tiny hint that bills are covered and kids are fed, the next goal is building and expanding. Which takes more money out. Employees need to be added. Its not all money, money, money. Its common from the outside to have the perception that “oh, you’re the owner, how lucky are you to be rollin in the dough.” Not many owners are going to tell you they are still barely makin it even after 3-5 years in business. That information doesn’t belong in the middle of your friendship. Owners bear the burden silently and among their inner circle only – usually other business owners.

Lucky business owners will prosper. Eventually. Some quicker than others. Some, it will depend on the type of business they are in. Cash based practices will tend to do better than contact based businesses. The difference? You, the consumer, go to the grocery store and pay before you walk out the door for your goods or services. Contract: you call the plumber, he comes, fixes your shower, had to install parts, he bills you. He’s lucky if you’re the honest and ethical consumer who is, yourself, not in debt, and does in fact pay your bill before your 30 day grace period is up. He can then pay his employee (which might be himself, but maybe not), he can pay his supplier for the parts he installed in your house, etc. Having been married to a former business owner in the contract-based world, I can tell you how often the unethical customers outnumber the ethical ones. My husband was forced to close his business in a very painful way because of situations like this.

Friends: Where do you fit in the business relationship?

More times than not, we LOVE that our buddy, bff, pal, is someone we know that can give us a deal. And too often, he’s eagerly ready. Especially if he’s new in business – because he is trying to get his business off the ground and feed his family.

What? How dare I say “too often” – shouldn’t he WANT to help me? I’m his bff afterall.

Friend, can I pose a few things for you to ponder?

a. Do you work?

b. How many hours do you work a week?

c. How often are you paid?

d. Are you guaranteed that paycheck every payday?

e. Do you have a SET hourly wage or salary?

The business owner has none of the guarantee you do. If a customer doesn’t call for work, doesn’t come into the place of business, doesn’t make purchases – your friend, the business owner has no guarantee of that 40 hr a week pay check. He/she may not get the hourly wage or weekly salary they NEED to pay their bills at the end of the pay period. Simultaneously, there are still on-going business overhead even if there’s no income coming in. Rent. Utilities. Employees pay. Phone bill. Internet. Gas for the car.

If your business owner friend gives you a deal he takes a cut once again from his own needs.

Maybe he can truly afford to do this. Maybe he can’t.

Maybe you’ve never thought of it from his/her perspective though when you’ve not gotten the deal you thought you should have.

Bottom line is – it is the owners decision when and how much they can afford to discount services. Friend, family, or any other customer. Personally, having been on the business owning side, I can say understanding this as a close friend and being willing to pay the asking price to a friend-owner (normal full-price regular rate) with a cheerful attitude would be so welcomed! Your owner friend will remember your cheerful heart and willingness when they truly CAN afford to help you out down the road when they ARE successful.

Who determines the professional relationship?

The business owner.

I personally get this ALOT.

I network alot. I reach out to people. I visit. I share advice, I share insight, I share professional knowledge and experience. Speaking from personal experience, I’ve created my own lack of friend/professional boundaries. Its something I’m working on – I’m learning as I go.

A normal conversation with me (nutritional consultant) might go something like this (I am NOT picking on any client, friend, or family here — there’s enough of you that might think you see yourself here – that’s because I’ve allowed it):

Friend/Client: “Hey I take this vitamin, but I’m having problems with xyz”

Me: “Have you tried abc?”

Friend/Client: “No. Should I?”

Me: “Yes. Also do you do defghijklmnop?”

****Note – I have just entered into professional consulting with that last piece of advice. It is no longer common knowledge, the friend or client will now being asking a series of questions. Then this happens…..almost every time.

Me: “We can do a full consult if you’d like. Just let me know.”

Friend/Client: “No that’s ok, I don’t have the money.”

Ok. I’m not mad – but I want to point out a few things to the friend.

a. Using the grocery store analogy, would you actually GO to the grocery store, fill your cart, go to check out and proceed to ask the cashier to bag your groceries and ask if they can wait till next pay day for you to pay? Would you attempt to go to the gas station and fill up your tank and try to make arrangements to pay for it the next time you come back? No. It wouldn’t even occur to you. Why? Because these services must be paid at the time of service.

Why then, would you ask a friend to give you something of value to both you and them – for free or reduced? Value?

Yes, if you are seeking something from them, service, or goods – and that is their primary way of income – then it has value to them, certainly – but if you are seeking something from them, then does it not have value to you as well? Why take away from the needs of your friend and business owner. Re-think the value from both sides.

The other situation that is common in determining if the relationship is a professional or personal one is literally accountability. Your friend, the business owner may require a professional relationship because of value and accountability. If it has value to both of you, then it’s less likely cause undue hurt and misunderstanding. Its a hard fact to face that money is a way we place value on a service or good, but it is the truth. If it is valuable or important enough to you, you won’t mind putting some money out for it. A good example in my own business is that I give alot of advice and guidance. Given for free, my client will be less likely to act on it – honestly. If they have had to personally invest in that advice, it has VALUE to them and they become more serious about embracing it and applying it to their life.

A Word to Business Owners:

I’m not just about picking on our friends….there’s some food for thought we as owners need to think about too.

1. We set the tone for our own success or failure. As much as we love to help those we love and our friends, none of us can live on nothing. In our society we function on a 40 hour a week pay – with budgeting in our lives an attached hourly wage, weekly, bi-weekly, or monthly salary. As business owners starting out  its hard to remember that we alone are responsible for CREATING 40 hours every week of billable time. Time management is key – so is billing…..

2. Billing – as much as we want to we cannot cut everyone a deal. Place a value on your time and services — a fair one — and do not apologize to everyone around you for doing so. XYZ plumbing down the road from you, who is your direct competition and who has been in business for 17 years is not apologizing for his rates, and 6 months ago, before you were open, your friends were calling them to do their work – and they didn’t ask them for a discount. Do NOT feel guilty about needing income.

3. Giving, donating, discounting – Taking into consideration the above points – WHEN you are able – then do give back – to friends, family, your community – as you can. No pressure, no guilt. My one piece of advice on this (from experience is)

Ripple Effect: Take care of those from your inner circle first and work your way out. Like a pebble thrown in to a pond. If you start too broad, you may miss those around you in need while chasing after the larger picture. You can always expand out – but don’t forget those closest to you. Family, employees, then close friends, then the community or community groups. Realize the reality that unless you’ve truly hit the jackpot you still can’t literally help everybody. Do what you can and embrace the good which that does.

4. When you truly see a need then do whatever you can to meet it. Someone who can’t afford groceries. Someone in need of gas to get to work. A family with extenuating medical bills, a recent death in the family, whatever it is – have compassion…as much as you possibly can. Trust that God will provide for you, as you provide for your client.

Our Worst Enemy

As a born-again Christian, the immediate response to “Who is your worst enemy?” is probably satan. I’m not here to argue the truth behind the ever on-going battle for good and evil in our lives, but recently in my talking and coaching with others, an alternative answer is taking forefront of the people and situations I’ve come across.

“Who is MY own worst enemy?” Me. “Who is your own worst enemy?” You.

We are so close to the situation most of the time to see the truth of it. I can only say it now because I’ve lived through it more than one time. In my times of hurt and desperation, I would have never believed it. I could not see the forest for the trees. I just felt swallowed up whole, spinning in circles, and lost. When I look back, I can see the truth. I was often times in my own way of sucess, goals, desires, and peace.

There was a few times in life, I’ve been destitute. Alone. At least by some standards. I spent time in a foster home. I’ve been alone without family support. I’ve lived in poverty. I’ve faced losing everything. Family. Home. Financial security. I’ve been in more debt than one can comfortably survive. I’ve wondered how I was going to feed my children, pay rent, etc. I’ve lived with debiliting health issues.  I’ve litterally been without an address at one point in my life.

In those times, if someone had told me there was hope – early on – before I met Jesus I would have wanted to slap someone. Thank God I met Jesus early on. In those moments He has been the only thing I hold on for; at least until my children were born. Still, even with something to hold on for, in desperate times, in our humanness, we can sink to a level where nothing REALLY feels like its worth holding on for.

But there is HOPE. So hang on. What comes next though, is a CHALLENGE. I will be the next person you want to slap if you’re in a place where you’re still wondering, but keep reading.

Not everyone is facing absolute destitution, but we all have one thing in common when it comes to moving forward with whatever it is we face in life. Excuses. We all have “excuses” in common?” Yes. Ok, maybe not the same excuses. Excuses vary. Some may truly have more validity than others – but we ALL feel OURS are valid at the time we say them and for the reasons we say them and feel them.

What separates us is a little secret that we must ALL discover for ourselves. Here it is, the HOPE.

What are YOU going to do with your excuses?

You have choices. Options. Power.

Think not?

“Wether you think you can, or think you can’t, you are right.” (Henry Ford)

If  you’ve already made up your mind that you can’t, then until you change your belief system you won’t. But own that it is YOU that is in the way (at least as a possiblity.) Can’t and won’t are two entirely different set of working theories. If it boils down to “won’t,” then OWN your responsiblity that you ARE your own worst enemy.

It might be an addicition, it might be poverty, debt, a health crisis – but somewhere, someone probably has an answer, a solution, a path. God has PROMISED to make a way. He didn’t promise it would be easy, but He did promise a way.

Often times “ways” come in choices set before us. Be mindful of what you choose. Your choices can  give you power to take the next step, to make the next choice. Little by little the path clears, the sun shines. But nothing begins to change unless WE take the responsiblity to make it. Unless we change our belief system that WE can.

Be. Do. Have.

Be the person we want to be.

This means beginning to DO the things we need to do.

To one day HAVE the things we want.

Financial security. Health. Peace. Weight loss. Free from addictions. Whatever it is that you want, need, desires. Whoever it is that you were created to be. It is possible. And it is possible to start that journey today. Lay down your excuses. Take the first step.

One last thought. Be careful not to let pride get in your way. Sometimes we need to ask for help. Sometimes its more than we might be comfortable with. Be sure you’re not, not asking because you feel like a burden to someone. God puts people in our path who need to be there when we need them. Sometimes we miss the forest for the trees, and the help we need is right there in front of us, but we are too prideful to admit we need help. If not wanting to ask for help because you feel bad, imposing, burdensome, embarrassed or any other reason is what is stopping you from moving forward then YOU are STILL in your own way. No one has been asked, so no on has had the oppportunity to even say no, let alone say yes. It never hurts to ask. Keep asking. And Keep asking God for help. Ask Him to send you the people in your path who can and are able to help you. He has promised to never fail you. He loves you. He created you for a purpose – to give you a hope and a future.

“”Men are not prisoners of Fate, but only prisoners of their own minds.” (Franklin Roosevelt).  Maybe this is a good time to step back and ask yourself, “what is holding you back?”

If  you are looking for a coach to help you get started on your journey.  I’d love to visit with you. Please feel free to email me at: angela a dockter harris @ yahoo . com (remove all the spaces).  Website: www.created2b.com

Dead Man Walking

I’m physically on a journey. Healing. Its been a long one. I’ve had ups and downs. Probably more than most. Honestly, I eat healthier than most – at least in the last 13 years of my life. Each step of going deeper into health I take another step towards healing. The last year has seen its share of downs more so than ups. Its been years since I’ve had “a bad spell” so to speak. In recent days though, I see hope. Physically. Energetically. Mentally. I began to ponder this, today. Coming back, to hope, reveals to us how depleted/deprived we were – even if we never realized it. As I was putting on my makeup and conversing with the voices in my head (I do that frequently, ask my daughter) I jokingly thought, “if abuse is truly a crime, we ALL should be behind bars” and forced to eat a buffet of health until we understand and realize the crimes we are committing on a daily basis against our bodies. Our minds. Our energy. This is SURELY not how God intended for any of us to live, and most of us have felt so depleted for so long that we don’t know what TRUE health is. Then I realized another parallel to the “jail” metaphor. If we understood what true health is the potential our body holds, we’d then understand that actually, we are already living behind bars. Bars we self impose. The jail we live in is one of tired and run down conditions. We’d gasp in horror if walked into the living conditions of a stereotypical “slumlord.” However, its exactly what our body is. We are the hosts of our detriment. No energy. No focus. Lack of motivation. Inability to sleep. Running 20 hours out of the day to this meeting or that activity. Either skipping meals or running through a drive-thru to slam down food that will actually only make things worse.

God is very clear on the choice we have, to choose death or to choose life. Do we ponder what this means as far as our health? Do we choose LIVE, Living, LIFE-GIVING foods that He created for us? Do we rest as He commanded?

Its a proven fact that LIFE is sustained by the putting in of healthy things or by removing of toxic things, and death comes by toxins going in and lack of healthy things not going in. We have become to lax and accepting of death in our society. I’m not talking about actual loss and suffering, but the slow killing of ourselves and loved ones by the day in/ day out LIFEstyle choices we make. Disease, illness, “diagnosis” is too common place – and growing at unbelievable rates every year.

Its time we ask ourselves how much longer we want to be dead men/women walking? Its time to reclaim our physical health and choose LIFE! Its a gift we’ve been given. So much of what we do with it, IS our choice. We’ve been commanded which way to choose. Anything less – is less than the potential and abundance He promised for us! May we pause and think about “life abundant” from a new perspective. We are fearfully and wonderfully made, with and for a purpose.

What do you choose this day? Death? Life?

When Did My Faith Become So Small and My Excuses so Big?

I believe in total healing. Physical, mental, emotional, spiritual. I have for years. I’ve practically shouted it from the hilltops. Yet I’ve come to a point in my own journey of physical healing where I realize how much doubt I’ve actually been carrying around. I look around me and see how much too many of us do on a daily basis.

I do more than average as far as nutrition, natural, alternative health. I apply a good amount to my own life. Yet, in the little corners tucked away, there is a knowledge within me that I could be doing more. I’ve had my share of reasons I don’t. But I’m over it.

I relate to all my friends, clients, and loved ones and their reasons they can’t or won’t go deeper into their commitments towards health, nutrition, alternative health care. I’ve walked most of them myself at one point or another. Money, incovenience, social pressures, marital strife, personal commitment. My journey in to health and healing is far enough advanced that I tend to average out ahead of the game – even with my compromises of three steps forward one step back – but I’m not sure how long I can keep going that way as I see more recently people in my life embattled in complacency of taking the “middle of the road” approach. Each day that passes I am more convicted that we go about our lives in the world accepting of our profoundly sick society. I see first hand that we are too complacent to live in a compromised state of health – willing to cut our losses and live with side effects. When did it become okay to think, “well it could be worse?” or “This is as good as it gets.”  Why don’t we ask, better yet, why don’t we DO whatever it takes, what it takes to be better, to find HEALING?

I DO believe in total healing – and deep inside of me I know the commitment level that will take on my part. On some level, its a burden. The work it’s going to take has seemed undaunting before now. However, if I have to step it up a level to prove what I already know to be true, then I must – because people around me are sick, dying, tired, exhausted, or living in chronic pain. Needlessly. I know this. No doubt in my mind. God has been moving me towards physical healing this year – and just today – I finally see how small I’ve made my God to be. I live with an “incurable,” “irreversible,” illness. I was born with it. It’s not enough for me to simply believe He can cure me if He wants. I have to accept responsiblity to do my part – no matter the inconvenience or commitment level I must make – financially, emotionally, socially – to ready my body for that healing. Its time to lay aside all excuses.

Friends, our nation is profoundly sick. We rank #1 in emergency health care. We rank #73 in HEALTH and WELLness. We are a sick and dying nation because of LIFESTYLE diseases. Its time we each evaluate what in our lives has so much power over us that it has taken control of our life and dimished our health. What can be more important that living the life God designed us to have?

My God is so big! He can heal me. I believe He will. I see Him doing so each day.  It’s past time for me to lay aside my disbelief, excuses, and complacency.