She Reformed

"Enjoying life begins with the thoughts you choose to think" I remember reading this is my daily devotional one evening and thinking "wow. Is it really that simple?" Is the key to enjoying our lives dependant simply on how we look at things? It took me a long time to grasp that no matter what is going on my life I can CHOOSE to be happy. Not just pretending to be happy or simply saying aloud "I am happy today", but genuinely being happy no matter what I am facing. Truth is, this is a lot easier said than done. I knew to some extent there was power in perspective, but still I was not cautious of what thoughts I was allowing to reside in my mind. Before I got saved I was a very pessimistic individual. I would see the worst case scenario in a situation before the positive (if I could see the positive at all). It's fair to say I did not "choose" what I thought, allowing anything and everything to go through my train of thinking. As belie...

“There are two types of approval: one is from people, and the other is from God. We want people to approve of us, but if we become addicted to their approval, if we have to have it and are ready to do whatever they demand to get it, we lose our freedom. If we trust God for approval, we are freed from the addiction of approval .”    “We suffer much agony because we try to get from people what only God can give us, which is a sense of worth and value. Look to God for what you need, not to people. Look”     Hey fellow booklovers, If like me you have had a hard time dealing with insecurity and being people pleaser then this book is for you. This is a read that is straightforward and direct, and to be honest it might make some people uncomfortable. In this book, Meyer is encouraging the reader to overcome an addiction of people pleasing. The thing is that the intention to please others might be good, but the danger is that it ca...

Speak and publish fearlessly the word of God (Philippians 1:14) I have personally seen the difference speaking the word of God does to my day. Not only speaking the word out loud, but declaring it over my life. Speaking the word over the life of my family and loved ones, over situations that I cannot control. There are different ways I have learned to speak fearlessly. I would make a list of affirmations and verses and declare them on a frequent basis. Something that I found happening when I would do this is my "feelings" would get in the way. I didn't feel like what I was saying was true. This might be the case for others. For example we can be so consumed in guilt that if we were to say out loud "we are the righteousness of God made holy and blameless through Christ" we wouldn't believe it. That was a struggle for me, but I had to make a choice to uphold the word over what I feel or went through. I came to a point where I wanted to speak in line...

The title of this post might catch your eye, but is your plans and vision for the future  acting up? 2020 not being "your year"? Are things not going according to your plan? The revelation I received when I was going through this scenario was my timeline wasn't acting up but was in fact aligning with God's. I just had to get comfortable with not knowing what exactly that involves or looks like.  The truth is this: God has a plan and purpose for your life. We might not fully understand it or see it in full context, but we can be assured that if we walk in His will and follow Him then our paths will be made straight. Trusting God and His plans with our timeline however involves letting go and releasing our own ideas and vision boards over to Him to get involved in. The truth is He can make a better vision board for us than we ever could for ourselves.  Letting go of our timeline is submitting to God our schedule, our "5 year plan", our hopes and desires f...

In THE CONFIDENT MOM, Joyce Meyer helps rescue moms from insecurity by teaching them how to trust in the Father who is bigger than the problems they're facing. She digs down to the real foundation of a mother's confidence, the assurance that she is truly loved by God, and provides busy moms with daily, practical ways to receive His love. Well I have just so happened to come across a golden nugget of a book from Joyce! And it has been such a joy to read as I have embarked on this new journey into motherhood. These pages are entwined with scripture and stories to encourage us mums who face all sorts of challenges and obstacles in our every day lives. As always I love Joyce's straightforward no nonsense approach to getting a message or point from scripture across.  There is something in this book for anyone even if you have kids who are grown and living outside of homes of if your bubba is a few days old! What I personally got from this book: That as a mum I don't have to ...