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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…

Where are you looking..

“Whatever you identify as the source of your stress, determines where you seek your peace.”- Steven Furtick This quote really resonated with me as I listened to this podcast. There has been a lot going on in my life lately, and I am completely guilty for letting the stress of all these things determine where I am seeking my peace. It’s easy to blame these stressors as the thieves of your peace, but in all reality it’s my choices that are robbing me of my peace. It’s our lack of patience in trusting in our creator that the peace that He chooses to bring to us is enough, even when what He brings isn’t what we would have chosen. It doesn’t mean that you have to be enduring extremely hard and painful trials on a path to finding peace, it can be mundane life things that disrupt your peace. For me some days it’s my children, trying to tame our crazy schedules, trying to juggle my marriage while trying to be the best mom I can be, trying to maintain my friendships, or working on making…