made for more

so i decided to do this crazy thing with my sister and cut out all gluten, all dairy, and all sugar real and artificial. because i fully know i can't do any of that by my little ol' measly self, i bought the book made to crave by lysa terkeurst and have been reading a chapter a day. it's the best thing//book i ever did//ever bought. God wants us to take care of our temples. i was absolutely blown away by how many bible verses talk about food. SERIOUSLY WOW. gluttony is real and real BAD. God wants us to crave HIM and crave HIM alone. lysa has shown me that it is ok to bring anything to God even if its begging for strength to make a change to your diet. before i always felt like it was a vain thing to bring before him. but he wants it, he wants every single part of you.

currently i am on day 9 and even though weight loss is a bonus, i did this to feel better physically. my stomach was always hurting and burning and feeling full. the dr had prescribed me a plethora of "stomach" medications and quite frankly i was sick of taking them and didn't want to have to rely on them just to feel okay for the rest of my life. a change, even though its been painful was necessary.

i feel like i have to be honest here too. the first 6 days were rough. i felt so tired and slightly upper irritable addiction to junky food is real. but i pushed through and i feel overall so much better.

my plan is to eventually slowly add foods back into my diet to try and narrow down what foods make me feel bad. i'm excited. to see how this all play out. and by God's help and grace i will stick it out and find out what my "triggers" are.

if you haven't read made to crave. get it and read it asap. it will change your life. i promise.
we we're made for MORE!
more than our cravings. more than upset stomachs. more than a mediocre relationship with God.
M O R E.

delight in every moment

in november i had some blood work done because i was feeling so tired and out of sorts all the time. it was discovered that my vitamin D was "morbidly low" <--the dr.'s words, and that my vitamin B was also fairly low. I'm not complaining by any means, I'm glad that that is all it was that had me feeling down.  i was put on a therapeutic dose of D and a daily regimen of vitamin B6 and folic acid. 

i recently read that we americans are so afraid of getting skin cancer that most of the country is Vitamin D deficient (most skin cancers are curable if detected early) and that one of the main causes for breast cancer is Vitamin D deficiency. 

YIKES and NO THANKS!

people get your D!

over the last few weeks i have been making an effort to go out on my back patio to drink my coffee, read my devotions and to soak up some "SON". with the time change over the weekend, by the time i make it out there the sun is in the most amazing location. the way it filters into my yard is glorious. of course i had to take a picture and look up a bible verse to go with my sunshine and i found a pretty dang good one. 

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Sunshine is sweet; it is good to see the light of day. 

People ought to enjoy every day of their lives, no matter how long they live. 

Ecclesiastes 11:7-8 (NCV)

i always love to look verses up in the message too.

 this is the title: 

  Before the Years Take Their Toll

Oh, how sweet the light of day,
And how wonderful to live in the sunshine!
Even if you don't live along time, don't take a single day for granted.
Take delight in each light-filled hour,
Remembering that there will also come dark days 
And most of what comes your way is smoke.
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such a good reminder to be present and delight in every moment. 

blessings today and always
xxO