You are Not what you eat

This past Saturday I spent all day in an auditorium side by side with some of the greatest women I know at a conference called BREAKTHROUGH: Peace with Food, Peace with your Body!

My friend Cherie Burton, hosted the event and invited several other women to share their insight on our relationship with food and the stewardship we have over our bodies!  I loved it!  There was so much good information shared and even more than that, TRUTH was being taught!

I had many ah-ha moments, but the greatest message I walked away with was how much my Father in Heaven loves me!  He wants my to use my body to it's fullest potential, to love it, cherish it and treat it kindly.

I have been going over my notes, trying to soak it all in and process everything I learned.  I love being taught, but I have a bad habit of loving information and then not applying it in my life.  I have made several small changes during the past few months and little by little I am starting to see a new me emerging.  It's not so much of a physical change yet, but inner changes for sure!

If you are interested in what was taught at this conference, go check out Cherie's website Sacred Stations, she will have it available to listen to soon!  She is offering a free download of her newest book right now as well!

*Photo of Cherie Burton taken from Sacred Stations

Remember Who You Are

Be Loyal to the Royal within You

~Harold B. Lee

*artwork from here

Waking up!

Something most of us have in common is our tendency to feel lost. It is so easy to feel like the new girl in aerobics class who doesn't know all of the moves yet, and whose enthusiasm slowly fades as she flails around, arms and legs kicking and punching two beats behind the rest of the class. The truth is this life makes all of us feel out of our comfort zones and quite often out of control, but feeling lost is only part of what we have in common.

I was raised being told that I was a child of God, that we all are. I know that. I know it for sure, and for the past 32 years that knowledge has lead me and supported me, and yet even with that knowledge I have struggled. I have doubted myself. I have been hurt, abused, heart broken, frustrated and angry. I've been lost. But, through everything I have had a desire to trust myself, and to trust God. I have wanted to be my best for myself and for everyone. I have tried to make good choices. I have tried to be true to myself.

I needed something to wake me up though. It happened the day I became a mother. When that mommy badge was placed on my chest in the form of a warm, wiggly baby girl, an electrical charge was released through my body and soul and I was brought to life.....a new life.....my real life. The line between heaven and earth was blurred and my crown of divinity sat shiny and heavy upon my head. I felt it. I knew that I, we, you, me.....all of us are meant to live for so much more. We are a part of something so big and mind blowingly beautiful that our tiny mortal minds can't comprehend it without heavenly help.

The sleeping beauty inside began to toss and turn. Every ounce of strength lifting my heavy eyes upward and outward. I wanted to wake up! I wanted to be aware and remember who I am. I wanted to rise to my full, divine potential and keep the promises I made to the God who created me.

The discovery of truth is always fraught with opposition. It is the way of progression. So my journey has not been, and will not be easy. But if we want to know who we really are, at some point we must all wake up!

*photo taken from here.