George Michael’s catchy tune popped into my head today and I couldn’t shake it! Lol
Even though in his song he’s not specifically talking about a religious faith, it’s faith nonetheless. And something we all need.
It takes faith if we ever intend to reach higher, achieve bigger dreams and make any sort of leap or change in our lives. Just the faith that things can change, or that we can change or that circumstances can change, all take faith. The belief, without the accompanying evidence, that something will happen.
I want to encourage you today to take a quick self examination–What obstacles are in your path or circumstances that are not what you would like them to be, that you’re needing to have more faith that not only will you make it through, but that you will actually improve and grow because of them?
If it’s hard to imagine a beneficial outcome, you know you’ve gotta up the faith factor.
It is your faith in the unseen that God is looking for and encouraging you to have.
He’s got your back. He sees your current obstacles, but also your future on the other side.
>> Final thought: Do you trust He will see you through? How strong are your faith-muscles today?
Your sister in Christ,
~Dr. Melody
P.S. Want more encouragement or inspiration to grow in your faith-walk with God? Head on over to the Fit+Faith blog and I’ve got a whole section for your reading pleasure.
Have a beautiful day. If you have any prayer requests you’d like prayer for, just comment on this blog post and we can chat. It would be my honor to pray for you.
It’s time to stop filtering yourself. (And when I say you, I also mean me–I’m almost always talking to myself first before I ever give advice to others. No double standards here!)
Case in point: I’ve been writing blogs, recipes, health tips and managing my public and private Facebook and other social media for Fit+Faith for almost a year now, but I have been afraid to be full out…
I’ve still been holding back. Afraid it will be too much. Too bold. Too cliche etc.
And now I’m done. I’m over it. I’ve got a message God has placed in my heart and a fire in my belly to implore people to succeed and live their BEST LIFE, so I’m not holding back ANY MORE!
If that means I lose some people along the way who don’t want to be inspired, encouraged, motivated or held accountable to live their best life, then so be it.
MY job is to love myself and to love people–every day. That’s it. It’s so simple. Why have I been hiding it?
And how can I do that if I keep it inside? If I don’t use my gifts of encouragement and empathy and if I don’t share my knowledge of health and the body that I spent over $100k and 21 years of my life accruing?? What was it all for?
So I can have a nice degree on the wall and a pat on the back as I write my student loan check???
Heck no!!
So there you have it. No holds barred. You were created to be unique, beautiful and amazing and God has a perfect plan uniquely designed for you and your gifts and talents. So how are you dimming it down? How are you NOT letting it shine? How are you letting fear and social stigmas dim your light? God created you to be BRIGHT!
Let’s decide that from here on out, nothing else matters except that we’re being true to who God created us to be–in every facet of our life and in every way we can.
>> Final Thought: What would you be doing differently if you decided that enough was enough for you as well? And decided to freely live in the grace and beauty of your true self?
He’s been waiting. 😉
Your sister in Christ,
~Dr. Melody
P.S. As of today, June 11, 2016, I will be doing my part to be true to myself–and that means true to daily encouraging and inspiring you to live your best life and have your best health. I will continue my mid-week Wednesday tips where I specifically share one tip each on Fitness, Faith and Food, but these daily encouragement emails will be led by God’s direction and inspiration.
Let’s see what He’s got in store….
It’s true. I can’t deny it. No matter what I do or how I look at it, the facts remain the same.
I am an all-or-nothing type of girl.
If I get an inkling of an idea, something catches my eye or sparks my interest, you’d better get out of the way because I’m going in FULL-FORCE.
And this applies for ANYTHING: throwing a party, diving into a new hobby, starting a business (I’ve started at least 4 new business ventures…lol)
So it stands to reason that this new endeavor is NO DIFFERENT. I honestly can’t help myself. When I commit to doing or creating something, I go full out. Whether it’s for myself, for my family or a friend, 50 people or 500 people–the result is the same.
All I have. Everything I can do. Taking out all the stops.
And that’s what I’ve done here.
I had an idea of a fun program to lose weight and feel great by 4th of July. Of course I could have moved forward to create it because I knew it would be great and you would love it, but I asked others if it sounded interesting, and if they had suggestions on the types of things they’d like to see, and the response was overwhelming!
So then it REALLY got my gears turning and fire revved up to make it happen and make it AWESOME!
And here it is: The 61 Day Summer Slim Down.
We kick off this Sunday, May 1st, so if you’re interested, learn more and get signed up now (for an insanely minimal joining fee) so you’ve got a few days to start looking over all of the awesome resources and content I’ve been putting together for you, and actually I’ve still got more planned to add, but I didn’t want to make you wait any longer to jump in and start getting ready for the kick-off!
Together we’ve still got the best of Summer ahead of us and we’ll be rocking that new party-dress come 4th of July!
~Dr. Melody
P.S. I forgot to mention I’ve got a special bonus reserved for the FIRST 3 who jump on board…;)
