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Spiritual Vitamins

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What are you doing to stay spiritually fit?

Most of us take a multivitamin daily to make sure our bodies are getting enough nutrition.  Heck, I take about 7 different supplements every day in hopes to remain alive and healthy.  The funny thing is as I’m writing this post; I woke up with a cold today!  So now what I plan to do is load up on plenty of Vitamin C to see if I can kick this thing.

The question I really want us to ponder is what type of spiritual vitamins are you taking daily?  Here are a few things I have readily available to me just incase I find myself feeling a little spiritually sick.

  • Prayer (personally & with others)
  • Worship music
  • Journaling
  • Bible study
  • Fellowship with others
  • Scripture memorization/meditation
  • Spending time in nature

All of these “spiritual vitamins” are excellent, however if I wait until I’m spiritually under the weather to take them, they end up not being quit as effective as if I’d been taking them every day.  It’s kind of like me running to the cabinet today to stock up on Vitamin C.  It might shorten the length of my sickness, however it is already too late because I have a cold to deal with no matter what.

As a Christian Life Coach, I love to encourage and challenge my readers with a few questions.  Take a moment today and answer the following questions.

1.   What daily spiritual vitamins are you taking?

2.   Are you taking them consistently?

3.   How can you keep yourself accountable to take them daily?

Please leave a comment below, I love hearing from you!

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God Is Here

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Have you ever had one of those moments where you knew without a shadow of a doubt, God was right there with you in that very instant?  Well, just this week I had an experience just like that.

The other day as I was walking up to my front porch after taking my dogs for a run, I looked down and as I glanced out of the corner of my eye, I saw the tiniest baby bird that barely had any feathers helplessly searching for its home.  By it’s appearance, I could not believe this little creature was still alive.  I just stood there thinking what in the world am I supposed to do?  I franticly searched for a nest throughout the trees and bushes in my yard, but nothing could be found.

I was slightly aggravated because I did not have time to deal with this. In my frustration, I made several phone calls and the last person I talked with recommended that I sit still for an HOUR and watch to see if the momma and papa bird would come and feed it.  She said the parents would not abandon the bird, and this way when I see them flying back and forth from their nest, I can simply place the bird back where it belongs.

Honestly, I got a little ticked off because I did not have an hour on my schedule to spare bird watching!  I was antsy by the inconvenience, however something in me could not leave this tiny helpless creature all alone.  So I sat across the yard and tolerantly waited and watched.  Nothing was happening as I kept checking my watch every other minute.  To release some of my frustration I got up and took a jog around the block and then sat back down again and waited.  I ended up doing this song and dance for about an hour. Finally, as I sat patiently and quietly in the beauty of God’s creation tears swelled up inside of me as I felt the presence of the Lord sitting right there with me. The words from Matthew 28:20 flooded my soul,

“And surely I am with you always, to the very end of the age.”

In that moment I became aware that even in the midst of my busy life, God is always right here with me waiting.

I’m happy to say that God did reveal to me a near by birds nest that I was able to place this little creature in.  I do not know what the out come will be for this little bird, however I do know that God spoke to me in a profound way that day, to make time to slow down and experience his presence.

I want to encourage you to take a moment and sit with God today.  I would love to hear your experience.  Comment today and your name will go into the drawing for a ticket to Linda’s upcoming Virtual Mini-Retreat Discovering God’s Will for your life!  

Honored to coach women around the globe at www.lindakuhar.com!

Lay Down My Pride

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Can I be brutally honest with you?  I’ve decided I really do not like Mother’s Day.  Every single flipping year, I fall into the same trap!  In the back of my mind I set unrealistic expectations from the ones I love and create a fantasy of how the day will unfold. I honestly start the day with a thankful attitude of how grateful I am that God has allowed me one more year with my family.  However, as the day progresses I start tallying up everything they did not “do for me” whether it be just the right words of endearment, princess treatment, an array of gifts….

So this year, I once again had the mother of the year-unglued eruption.  I ended up yelling at my husband with my prima donna rights demanding everything that I deserve for all the hard work I do 365 days a year.  And then the very second I shut my mouth I immediately felt that sick empty feeling in the pit of my stomach.  I knew I had once again fallen into that ugly place called pride.  It didn’t take long before I realized what a fool I’d been on yet another Mother’s Day.

How in the world could I fall prey to the devil’s schemes of pride after all the endless love, care, support and encouragement my husband has provided for me throughout our 18 years of marriage?  I mean this is the man that not only stood by my bed side while I was in a coma cheering me on not to give up, ran a household, went to work and cared for our heartbroken daughter while she cried asking him, “Is mommy going to die?”   Honestly, I cannot imagine the load my husband carried just throughout my cancer journey alone, much less the 15 years prior to that ordeal.

So after all that, I had a choice to make. Sit and wallow in guilt and condemnation for my ridiculous behavior or lay down my pride and apologize.  With God’s nudging I chose the latter.  The funny thing is while apologizing to my husband I came to the conclusion what the real problem was all along; I was feeling insecure which led me to put unrealistic expectations on my family.  I realized through this humbling Mother’s Day that I was expecting others to satisfy and fill parts of me that Only God, our Savior can do.  God is the One and Only that can truly satisfy our souls. 

I would like to ask you today, are you putting unrealistic expectations on others to fill parts of you the only God can?  I would love to hear from you, just to know I’m not alone in this 🙂 Leave a comment on the link below.

My Cry to the Lord

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This is my personal cry (prayer) to the Lord today as I reflect on Psalm 107:19  “Then they cried to the Lord in their trouble, and he saved them from their distress.”  

Holy Father,

I believe You are the ultimate healer of my soul and I claim in Jesus’ name that your Spirit will fall on me today and awaken my soul to your infinite passionate love for me!  I confess in my flesh I struggle, try and aim to please, but in Your Spirit I’m freed from the agony of performing and perfectionism.  Empty me as I confess the lies I’ve believed for oh so long.

Today is the day I’m taking a stand and refusing to look back.  I’m hearing Your voice say, “I do matter and I am someone”.  I choose to believe Your truth, Your voice today.  I can do all things in this life because of Your powerful strength that flows through each breath I take.  I am nothing without You, but I AM everything with You!

I would like to dedicate this prayer to my precious daughter that the Lord has entrusted me with.  May every word of this prayer remain true for each one of us today.

If you have a prayer request, please leave a comment on the link below.  I would like to take time to pray for all my readers today.  God bless you!

Grateful to coach women around the world at www.lindakuhar.com.