Challenge Yourself

  “Don’t let someone in the cheap seats get an expensive opinion in your life” Rachel Hollis I just got done listening to another Rise Together podcast, and oh my was it good. I love their podcasts because they challenge and inspire you. You get done listening to it and you feel pushed to become a better person. In this podcast it makes you truly think about where you are headed in the areas of your own personal growth and how your personal growth is a necessity for you, your marriage and your family. It is hard to think about what all you want to accomplish and not let your fears overcome those dreams. When we are working on our own growth some people will have an opinion and the enemy, which is Satan, will always try and tear you down. Satan will try and steal your joy. When we are working on ourselves and bettering ourselves is when our marriage flourishes. We should want what is best for ourselves and each other. We should want to challenge each other to strive for the best versions of themselves. As our girls are getting older I am…

Forgiveness

“If anyone has caused pain, he has caused it not to me, but in some measure to all of you. This punishment by the majority is enough for such a person, so that on the contrary you should forgive and encourage him instead.  Therefore, I urge you to reaffirm your love for him. For this is why I wrote, that I might test you and know whether you are obedient in everything. Anyone whom you forgive, I also forgive. Indeed, what I have forgiven, if I have forgiven anything, has been for your sake in the presence of Christ, so that we would not be outwitted by Satan.” 2 Corinthians 2: 5-11 Forgiveness for me is not something that comes easily at times. It can take years for some and for some forgiveness comes easy. For some, they never forgive. I honestly envy those people that can truly forgive quickly and move on. I am trying so hard to be like that and forgive justly and fervently as God wants us to do. There are some situations that I have been able to forgive, but there are some that have held onto with my heart, rooted down…