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Creature of Habit

Have you ever thought about your habits and how much they set you up for success or failure? It is so hard to break a habit and especially one that is not the best for you. Something that Craig Groeschel said in a podcast that I love, “Successful people do consistently what other people do occasionally.” That statement is so powerful when you sit and think about it. Consistency is hard especially when it’s not something that you love to do. It is so much easier to take the easy way out of things, or you can make up a million different excuses to prevent you from doing what is best for you. I am very consistent in my morning routine. I am up at 5:30am working out, and I cherish this time for myself so I make sure it happens to start my day off on the right foot. I feel like I can collect my thoughts before all the kids are up and going a million miles an hour. I will have my coffee every day, try and drink enough water etc. The rest of my day changes day to day and some…

Its Your Story, Own It.

“Some of us cannot receive what God is doing in our lives because we are too married to our  expectations of what we thought God was going to do.”- Not a Hostage: Life Church Podcast This struck a cord with me yesterday as I listened to this podcast because I have been a hostage to my own expectations more than I would like to admit. How often do we let our expectations control our joy? How many times have you been in difficult circumstances and you pray that they will change? How many times have you felt the need to be liked, the need to be skinnier, the need to be a better mom, wife or friend? How many times have you looked at what your expectations of motherhood would be like and thought, “Where did I go wrong?” lol. When instead you can look in the mirror and realize that you are already enough for the only one who matters. You are made perfectly in His image not anyone else’s on this earth, and you will never be able to fill those shoes, so stop trying. Something that was hard for me was…