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One Person, Two Places

It's been a while which is how most of my posts will probably always start.. but who am I kidding. This is more of a therapy for me, but to you who is reading and joining me in my life journey, Thank you. I appreciate you. I am one person who often longs to be in two places often at the same time. I moved to Las Vegas in June of 2014 from a small town in Louisiana. Crawfish is my favorite, southern hospitality is my goal, and I know my accent is pretty much non existent. Hah! I always had somewhat of a wandering heart that longed to travel more and move to another place so when I did move it was no surprise at all. Well that, and my soon to be husband was still in school so it just made the most sense. I would say for the first time ever I am truly excited and content living within the United States. The struggle was real for a while to not hate everything about western culture and specifically the western church, but that's a whole other topic for a different day. I love ...
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A Call to Love

A call to real love.  To love like Jesus.  Whole.  Pure.  Peace-giving.  A kind of love that is unmerited.   For Jesus this is His very nature, and yet we are asked to reflect the exact same.  “I give you a new command: Love one another. Just as I have loved you, you must also love one another. By this all people will know that you are My disciples, if you have love for one another.” John 13:34-35   We are to love like Jesus.  To embody His grace , compassion , and kindness .  To have eyes that see others as God himself crafted them.  Real love takes an abundance of patience and sacrifice .  To love like Jesus is to strip away every selfish part of us and clothe ourself with more of Him.   To love like Jesus is to l ove without judgement and without our own agenda.   And as we love like Jesus and embody His character we will be hope bringers and peace givers to each person arou...
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My Health Journey

As I type this post I am pedaling on the stationary bike at the gym. I've put off writing about this part of my journey for quite some time now, but it's time to push forward literally and physically. Before pregnancy I was at my heaviest weight of 220 lbs. I knew that I wanted to be healthier and be a better version of myself. Talking about food and food issues is HARD! Losing weight is even harder. Being consistent in a good life plan for this part of life is extremely challenging. I lost about 25 lbs. before getting pregnant. I didn't think I would get pregnant so quickly so I thought I would have more time to get to an ideal weight. I didn't, and I gained even more weight pregnant and got up to 250 lbs. I have no regrets, and I'm sure if I did it all again I would be in the same place. I had a very healthy pregnancy and baby boy whom I love and cherish dearly.  I am learning over and over again to have grace and confidence in myself in whole new ways. One o...
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The Good Samaritan

The Good Samaritan: Luke 10:25-42 If I had to guess I would say majority if not all of mankind holds the desire to be a good person. In the parable of The Good Samaritan Jesus says the two greatest commandments. First, to love the Lord your God with all your heart, mind, soul, & strength. Second, to love your neighbor as yourself. Meditating on these verses it has me asking myself if I am not loving the Lord my God with all my heart, soul, mind, & strength then can I truly be loving my neighbor as myself? And if I feel that I truly am loving the Lord my God with all my heart, mind, soul & strength then am I blinded by my own judgement to recognize who my neighbors are? The lawyer in this parable is basically asking God, “who exactly do I need to love to get what I want and still be considered a good person?” Our neighbors extend much farther than just proximity and convenience. Like the Samaritan, Jesus is an example of truly loving your neighbor. The Samaritan...
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Amazing Grace

I wrote the following post a couple years back with scriptures outlining the song, This is Amazing Grace, by Phil Wickham with bible scriptures. I came across it last week, and it is just what I needed to be reminded of. I fall short. I mess up. I doubt the goodness of God. I get frustrated with myself. The list can go on and on, and then I try to fix it all myself. If I just pray more. If I just read my bible more. If I just do (fill in the blank) of whatever you think you need to do to earn God's grace or forgiveness. I just need to be honest with myself and with my God. He is there. He listens. He already knows. He forgives not because of anything I do, but because of who He truly is & the sacrifice He took on for me. This my friends is the true depth of amazing grace. "This Is Amazing Grace" By: Phil Wickham Who breaks the power of sin and darkness "For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of our God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord....
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Self Care

As an introvert I love having time to myself. It has been somewhat challenging the past few months to really hone in on my personal self care. Why is it that ourselves are all too often the last we love and take care of? My dear friends, let us not waste another second! Let's love and care for ourselves whole hearted just as we love and care for our husbands, children, family, friends and everyone else and everything else in between. Even if it's just 5-10 minutes here and there throughout your day really take advantage of it all! Here are some of the ways I am practicing to care for myself. *Spending time with God* This is my personal first and most needed self care throughout all of my days. God is my peace, my strength, my comfort, my everything. The days I don't spend time in the Bible or praying to Him I feel beyond frazzled and out of place. My quiet times look much different now with a 2 month old. The Bible app on my phone is my new best friend. They have a wid...
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Welcome to Motherhood

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It's been a while since I have posted, but a friend encouraged me with the reminder to write. To write in the moment as I am experiencing the feelings and emotions because there is no greater time to document, to encourage, to remember, and to feel every part of the beginning of motherhood than right now as I dwell in every moment of it. This post is honest, vulnerable, and full of unmeasured grace. The beginning of motherhood has been hard. Not that I thought it would be easy in any way. I'm honestly not even sure I had huge dreams of what it would be like. I just knew I wanted to be a mom. I wanted to grow our family. So here I am. Just a few days shy of two months of being a mom to a tiny human outside of my body. Oh my amazing body. Oh to have grace for my body and all that it has and continues to endure. I thought it was really great to not have a period for 9 months, but really during that time I totally believe Auntie Flow is truly plotting her vicious comeback, and ...
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