Good morning...
This morning I went to the gym for the second time this week. I don't think that is such a big deal. The problem is that I plan but never go because it takes so much time away from the other things that I need to do. The thing is that I did not seem to be able to get out the door. Finally my husband dropped me from the membership that we shared. Did I care? Not really. However in April I started a new program that calls for clean eating...no processed foods...no sugar...very little carbs...actually a Paleo diet. While eating a decent amount of food I never felt stuffed and had more energy than I had had in years. Low and behold I have lost 25 pounds since I started in April. No weight loss is not a major concentration of the diet, but it happens. I have confidence that this time I will succeed, So on Wednesday I walked a half mile. My hips were a problem and they still are. But today I managed to walk a mile. I felt proud of myself. Now I will manage to get to the gym. I know I can do it.
Hope your Saturday is more than satisfactory!
God bless from
Corinne
This morning I went to the gym for the second time this week. I don't think that is such a big deal. The problem is that I plan but never go because it takes so much time away from the other things that I need to do. The thing is that I did not seem to be able to get out the door. Finally my husband dropped me from the membership that we shared. Did I care? Not really. However in April I started a new program that calls for clean eating...no processed foods...no sugar...very little carbs...actually a Paleo diet. While eating a decent amount of food I never felt stuffed and had more energy than I had had in years. Low and behold I have lost 25 pounds since I started in April. No weight loss is not a major concentration of the diet, but it happens. I have confidence that this time I will succeed, So on Wednesday I walked a half mile. My hips were a problem and they still are. But today I managed to walk a mile. I felt proud of myself. Now I will manage to get to the gym. I know I can do it.
Hope your Saturday is more than satisfactory!
God bless from
Corinne
The Devotional component in the Friday Writings of Women's Focus Ministries is titled, "ALL THINGS" and was written by Carol Steficek. Carol has written about how deep the Lords love for us is, and she also writes about the fact that God keeps His promises Carol wrote, "...look to God. Have faith in God and trust His promises. God wants to be all things to us and with Him all things are possible for us.
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Today's Devotional
"ALL THINGS"
written by
Carol Steficek
"Jesus looked at
them and said,
' With man this is impossible,
but with God all things are
possible."
Matthew 19:26
I am convinced that if we all really believed these words of Scripture that our
lives would be dramatically different. What size is our God?
We all could take to heart that we believe in an eternal, all knowing, all
powerful God who loves us with a love so deep that we cannot comprehend it.
What affects us doesn't affect God. The barriers we have to overcome
aren't insurmountable to Him. He doesn't grow tired and weary. He
doesn't sleep. He says ALL things are possible for Him.
So, do you need wisdom to make a decision, healing for your worn body, help
finding a job, strength to meet daily challenges? -- look to God.
Have faith in God and trust His promises. God wants to be all things to us
and with Him all things are possible for us.
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Quotes About Jesus
H. G. Wells
Blaise PascalJesus is the God whom we can approach without pride and before whom we can humble ourselves without despair.Douglas Adams
Friedrich Nietzsche
Mahatma GandhiA man who was completely innocent, offered himself as a sacrifice for the good of others, including his enemies, and became the ransom of the world. It was a perfect act.
I am an historian, I am not a believer, but I must confess as a historian that this penniless preacher from Nazareth is irrevocably the very center of history. Jesus Christ is easily the most dominant figure in all history.
Blaise PascalJesus is the God whom we can approach without pride and before whom we can humble ourselves without despair.Douglas Adams
2,000 years ago one man got nailed to a tree for saying how great it would be if everyone was nice to each other for a change.
Friedrich Nietzsche
The word ''Christianity'' is already a misunderstanding -- in reality there has been only one Christian, and he died on the Cross.
Mahatma GandhiA man who was completely innocent, offered himself as a sacrifice for the good of others, including his enemies, and became the ransom of the world. It was a perfect act.
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In The News
Reality stars of ‘Little People, Big World’:
Same-sex marriage ‘not something we agree with’
June 8, 2016 (LifeSiteNews) – The stars of the reality show “Little People, Big World” are coming under fire for saying “same-sex marriages” are “not something we agree with.”
Christian Jeremy Roloff and his wife, Audrey, run a blog titled “Beating 50 Percent,” dedicated to helping couples give each other 100 percent of their time and devotion.
Eventually, someone noticed their Christian-themed blog never mentioned same-sex couples.
“We are not claiming to be a resource for same-sex marriages,” Audrey Roloff wrote in a comment. “It is not something we agree with.”
However, she did “invite same-sex marriages to read our content...They wouldn't see our blog for what it is against but what it is for.”
“We are for opposite-sex marriages that are striving to give more than average to their marriages, to live out the covenant of marriage every day, and to center their marriage around Christ,” she continued.
“That being said, know that our content is not written to same-sex marriages, so to say that we don’t offer advice for that side is accurate,” she concluded.
The comment has since been deleted, but a screenshot survives.
LGBT activists also posted a screenshot of a 2012 Twitter post by Jeremy's younger sister, Molly, in which she praised Kirk Cameron's contentious interview with CNN's Piers Morgan over the issue of homosexuality.
Molly Roloff tweeted, “Go Kirk for standing up for what you believe. Expressed his belief without being hateful or condemning anyone. Very brave.”
Molly has since changed Twitter accounts.
The family has never hidden its faith. The children attended a private Christian school, and the family would say grace or pray on some episodes.
For some, it was not enough. Younger brother Jacob Roloff recently announced that, while he is not an atheist, he never practiced his family's Christian faith.
But the family never advertised its socially conservative positions, either.
LGBT blogs and entertainment websites have noted that, when mother Amy Roloff first created her website, she included a link to Focus on the Family.
They became increasingly riled as Audrey Roloff shared an article on social media about “true Christian marriage” and spoke at a women's conference with her friend Lisa Bevere, a worldwide Christian leader and wife of charismatic pastor John Bevere. They also uphold traditional Biblical teachings on sexuality.
The TLC reality series, which chronicles the life of a family afflicted with dwarfism, is in its ninth season.
Marriage has been pivotal to the show's success. The episode featuring Jeremy's marriage to Audrey earned 2.3 million viewers and broke series records.
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Today's Inspiring Graphic
When you believe in God...
When you have faith...
Anything is possible.
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Prayers are lifted up daily for
you by the Devotional Writers
and the Monthly Writing Staff
of Women's Focus Ministries.
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