Recently while teaching my music classes, I was using a book that came with a CD. It is an adaptation of the song “If You’re Happy And You Know It” (how many of you automatically sang in your head and next came “clap your hands”? ) I love this book and so do the children. […]
I recently shared in the Hunger Within class that I am co-leading, how I identify with the blog post written by my dear friend and co-leader Deanna Lewis. You can find her blog here: http://www.thinwithin.org/mindless-eating/. I have been and will probably be again the woman in this picture. I have eaten like this in periods […]
I suffer from Self Will Run Riot. You may have never heard that phrase unless you have graced the rooms of 12 Step meetings. I don’t have outbreaks of this behavior all the time. Many days go by and I am happy as can be. And then it hits…BAM!! I am out of control and […]
I’ve been thinking about the excuses I use to keep from doing what God is calling me to do. I know that I will make the time needed to do the things I want to do, but those things that He asks me to do that feel like stepping off a cliff, and I know […]
I hope that you woke up this morning with this thought on your heart… I am fearfully and wonderfully made! We can believe it! You know what? Here’s the thing… If our God is awesome (and I bet not one of you reading this would say you don’t agree with that), if […]
We just got hit with a massive snowstorm here in Colorado! I awoke to 10 inches of snow on the ground and another 2 inches have fallen in the last 3 hours alone. It didn’t look like it was going to let up anytime soon, so I headed out to shovel our driveway and sidewalk. […]
I am the Music and Movement teacher for my church’s preschool and I love it! Believe it or not, these little children teach ME lessons almost every day! I learn the art of forgiving quickly, finding wonder and excitement in little things, seeing beauty in the simplest of things and so much more. But, I […]
Lord, You want me to do WHAT? I’m supposed to wait until I’m really hungry to eat? I’m supposed to stop when I am no longer hungry? REALLY?? BUT….. There’s a special Christmas dessert at work. I’m at a Christmas party and HAVE to eat! I have a family gathering and Aunt Betsy expects me […]
Dear Scale, I’m done with you! I’m finished! You no longer get to tell me who you think I am or how well I am doing. You do NOT define me! You are not my friend anymore. Goodbye! Sincerely, Christina This is overdue. I meant to write this weeks ago. It’s Sunday night, July 13, 2014. […]
“Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, that you may prove what is that good and acceptable and perfect will of God,” Romans 12:2 (NKJV). Romans 12:2 is one of my favorite verses in the Bible. I began truly meditating on it when I became […]