My fridge is FULL of fruit & veggies! Ok, well, some of it's in bowls on my counter, but i have berries again for my smoothies, & it feels like such a luxury, the first fresh organic strawberries my store has had this year, & i could actually afford a big tub of frozen organic wild blueberries again! & i have lemons, melons, & tons of bananas & avocados! (can you freeze avocados?)
I've been making the most incredible smoothies lately, with a little tahini (high source of calcium) & yesterday, i took the leftover applesauce i had & used it as the base of a smoothie, (you shoulda tried it when you popped by, Shannon!) & I've been craving carrot juice (it must be cuz i just got & read the Hallelujah Acres Newsletter, fulla comments about & pictures of carrot juice!) so i hope to make that today as well!
I'm still only 95% raw, but am doing better that i was! (I'm only down 2 pounds from last time...*sigh*...) I want to get going on a week or so of green smoothies, but want to make them fresh each time, & won't have time this week, but plan on starting on Friday, April 13th...(nope, I'm not superstitious!) & until then, I'm aiming for 100% again by Monday!
I'm still hurting, not walking well, but pushing myself to be on my feet more often,
& longer each time. {Wish i could afford to order the bean! Soon, i hope!} Shannon brought back my physio ball, so I'll start doing my stretches & ab work again, that should help with the back pain~
I'm missing Hannah like crazy, more every day! but i know this time apart is needed, for numerous reasons, so I'm just going to make the most of it, & going with what needs to be accomplished before she returns!
I've been meditating on this verse lately,"I can do ALL things through Christ, who strengthens me..." & asking myself if my life has truly reflected that i know & believe & TRUST the truth of this promise...
...& I'm seeing clearly how self-effort has amounted to little, in the long run, but when i turn to Him with every burden, every struggle, need, area of weakness, & concern, & allow myself to truly be dependant on Him, (not self!) & allow Him to live through me, the results are profoundly different!
I've been such a procrastinator, & haven't even attempted many things the last few years, because of my limitations...I no longer want to allow the things that have hindered me to slow me down, in any way! But I know it's only through His guidance, strength, wisdom, help that I'll experience true, life-changing victory...not just with my weight & health, but in every area of my life...
And i know that means i need to stop doing things in my own strength, & allow Him, as He offers & promises, to be my strength...
...the world applauds independence....& yes, it's been how I've survived all i got through in my life...but i know I'm not here to merely survive, but to thrive! & for me, as His disciple, i know that requires dependence on Him, & total surrender to His Lordship, to come to the place where every aspect of my life will be completely lined up with His will!
{I've known this for many years, yet only now am seeing how far i still am from living from that place 24/7....i so easily revert to my old ways...}
As we walk on, in faith, i know from experience that He joyfully, eagerly opens the doors He's led us to...but if we sit, stagnate, & don't press on, due to whatever we've allowed to hinder us, the doors remain too far away to walk through...even when we can see them in the distance, calling to us, beckoning us on...
...I'm ready for the next door to open, & ready to walk through!
Lead on, Lord!
I've been making the most incredible smoothies lately, with a little tahini (high source of calcium) & yesterday, i took the leftover applesauce i had & used it as the base of a smoothie, (you shoulda tried it when you popped by, Shannon!) & I've been craving carrot juice (it must be cuz i just got & read the Hallelujah Acres Newsletter, fulla comments about & pictures of carrot juice!) so i hope to make that today as well!
I'm still only 95% raw, but am doing better that i was! (I'm only down 2 pounds from last time...*sigh*...) I want to get going on a week or so of green smoothies, but want to make them fresh each time, & won't have time this week, but plan on starting on Friday, April 13th...(nope, I'm not superstitious!) & until then, I'm aiming for 100% again by Monday!
I'm still hurting, not walking well, but pushing myself to be on my feet more often,
& longer each time. {Wish i could afford to order the bean! Soon, i hope!} Shannon brought back my physio ball, so I'll start doing my stretches & ab work again, that should help with the back pain~
I'm missing Hannah like crazy, more every day! but i know this time apart is needed, for numerous reasons, so I'm just going to make the most of it, & going with what needs to be accomplished before she returns!
I've been meditating on this verse lately,"I can do ALL things through Christ, who strengthens me..." & asking myself if my life has truly reflected that i know & believe & TRUST the truth of this promise...
...& I'm seeing clearly how self-effort has amounted to little, in the long run, but when i turn to Him with every burden, every struggle, need, area of weakness, & concern, & allow myself to truly be dependant on Him, (not self!) & allow Him to live through me, the results are profoundly different!
I've been such a procrastinator, & haven't even attempted many things the last few years, because of my limitations...I no longer want to allow the things that have hindered me to slow me down, in any way! But I know it's only through His guidance, strength, wisdom, help that I'll experience true, life-changing victory...not just with my weight & health, but in every area of my life...
And i know that means i need to stop doing things in my own strength, & allow Him, as He offers & promises, to be my strength...
...the world applauds independence....& yes, it's been how I've survived all i got through in my life...but i know I'm not here to merely survive, but to thrive! & for me, as His disciple, i know that requires dependence on Him, & total surrender to His Lordship, to come to the place where every aspect of my life will be completely lined up with His will!
{I've known this for many years, yet only now am seeing how far i still am from living from that place 24/7....i so easily revert to my old ways...}
As we walk on, in faith, i know from experience that He joyfully, eagerly opens the doors He's led us to...but if we sit, stagnate, & don't press on, due to whatever we've allowed to hinder us, the doors remain too far away to walk through...even when we can see them in the distance, calling to us, beckoning us on...
...I'm ready for the next door to open, & ready to walk through!
Lead on, Lord!
2 comments:
Staying raw is so much easier with a kitchen full of fresh raw food. I’m so happy for you and the progress that you’re making. Best wishes.
VW
Thanks, Valerie! Feeling better by the day, in many ways, just wish my legs weren't hurting so much, so i could push myself to exercise more, i know that'll help get the scale moving again!
~A~
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