Clean Eating Recipes

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At the beginning of the year, our family read The Daniel Plan and changed the way we view food. If you haven't had a chance to get your hands on this book, I recommend doing it soon! It is broken down into five sections, and the food section has a detox that is dairy free, gluten free, sugar free and artificial ingredient free. Eating allergy-free and "clean" for a month had so many positive benefits for our family that we are now working on adopting this lifestyle for good! Since January, we have had our share of dairy, gluten and sugar, but it really just makes us feel junky and we don't even really crave these foods anymore - except sugar. I'm a sugar-holic and I need HELP!!

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Proverbs 31 - Week 2

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I always viewed the Proverbs 31 woman as a recipe for failure, so I basically wrote her off as being "an impossible goal" to attain. But through this study, the Lord really showed me that He is not asking me to be perfect. He has instead placed a guide before me and a goal to work toward, and that this is something that is to be worked toward through the duration of a lifetime. Too many times as women we write off the Proverbs 31 woman, but knowing that ALL Scripture is God-breathed, I believe this is something that God really wants us to look at! And like I said before, perfection is not the goal! The goal is to become more and more like Christ little by little, day by day.

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Embracing My Now

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So God has done something very cool in my heart the last couple of weeks! To be real, for the longest time I viewed my family as a hindrance to the calling that God put on my life. I wanted to be on the front lines of fighting human trafficking and traveling around the world with Trice as missionaries for Jesus. With “Achiever” as my #1 strength, my bucket list and to-do list were ever growing. After having Emerson, I tried to set aside my dreams for a little while, and I thought I was doing a good job… and then I had Etta Jayne! Having a new baby again comes along with no me-time whatsoever; and having two kids means less energy and time that I have to pursue my dreams and visions. The last few months, I lay in bed at night so frustrated because I kept waiting for my BIG moment, and it seemed that my family just kept. getting. in. my. way! I know it sounds awful, but hey, I’m just being real!

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