You are beautiful when you let God glorify your body - inside and out

"My eager expectation and hope is that i will not be ashamed about anything, but that now and always with all boldness, Christ will be highly honored in my body, whether by life or death."

Philippians 1:20 HCSB

Beauty doesn't come from trying so hard to stay lean, fit, young, etc.  No, beauty comes from God, beauty comes from God within you.  So stop trying so hard, you are only wasting your time and your mental and physical energy.  

MY FRIEND, JUST BE 

YOU!!

Firm and unshaken to the end

"For we have become fellows with Christ (the Messiah) and share in all He has for us, if only we hold our first newborn confidence and original assured expectation  [in virtue of which we are believers] firm and unshaken to the end." Hebrews 3:14 AMPC

Never lose faith, for what is God's is yours if you remain confident and faithful in Him. However, if faith is lost, so is His outpouring of blessings over your life. So, stand strong in Him, and know that every good and God-given blessing is yours, and He will pour them over you in His timing and in His way.   

Yes, for those filled with confidence and faith in the One and Only, life is real good... real good!!

Troubles are open doors of opportunities

“There I will give her vineyards and make the Valley of Achor [troubling] to be for her a door of hope and expectations.” Hosea 2:15 AMP

Although we cannot avoid the dark, troubling, times in our lives, we can decide to take a different approach as to how we face, think, and react to, them.  The Lord opened my eyes to a new way of thinking after I read this verse, and I truly believe that times of trouble are our opportunities to believe in new beginnings, new open doors, new opportunities, new hopes, new expectations, and new directions. Yes, troubling times can be looked at as new and exciting times, my friend.  So, join me in deciding to take a whole new approach to trouble – join me in approaching trouble with strength, boldness, and faith.  I believe and feel, with all of my heart, that this approach will profoundly change the quality of our life; that we won’t fear trouble anymore, and we will be able to honestly say that we are truly joyful in hope and in affliction¹

¹Romans 12:12