“If you don’t make time for your wellness, you will be forced to make time for your illness.” Meme

There is some really good news where health is concerned. Small changes in our daily habits can add up to big changes in our overall well being. Start where you are, start today, and make small adjustments in what you eat, when you go to bed, how much you walk, and what attitudes you nurture. Give a little time and get a whole lot back. Give time each day to meditation, to prayer, to stretching, and time outdoors. Health abides in small choices.  

“Wealth gathered little by little makes it grow.” Prov.13.11 Conversations Within” ts 10/24/2020

“You must love in such a way that the person you love feels free.” Thich Nhat Hanh

Freedom is the very nature of any loving relationship. Any submission that exists in such a relationship is voluntary. There is no forced compliance in a Christian relationship.This is true in a marriage, and certainly true where God is concerned. This is not to say that there are no consequences. There are good and bad consequences in every choice we make. Certainly every good choice promotes more freedom, not less.  

“Husbands love your wives.” Eph.5 Conversations Within” ts 10/23/2020

Make sure that pleasure adds to your joy, instead of stealing from it.

Often little thieves steal joy from our lives. God given pleasures if not taken properly from His hand, can wind up taking from, rather than adding to the life He intends for us. Our physical and spiritual health can suffer in excess. Too much pleasure, too much work, too much play can result in too little where our joy is concerned.

“In your presence is fullness of joy and at your right hand are pleasures forevermore.” Ps.16 Conversations Within” ts 10/22/2020

“Comparison is the thief of joy.” Theodore Roosevelt

 Our joy is often stolen from us because we are blind to our own blessing. Looking and longing for another’s life can keep us from appreciating our own. Lord help me never be envious of others, but to accept and appreciate the table you have set before me. Blessed is the one who knows they are blessed.  

“You shall not covet.” Ex.20 Conversations Within” ts 10/21/2020

“It is the big choices we make that set our direction. It is the smallest choices we make that get us to the destination.” Shad Helmstetter

 What value is there if I give God a big “yes” and refuse Him with a bunch of little “nos.” Life is surely in the details. Many of us would say that we want God’s will for our lives, but then choose to ignore it in the small choices we make everyday. A good example of doing this can be witnessed in what comes out of our mouth. Words are so telling. 

“For out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaks.” Jesus Conversations Within” ts 10/20/2020