MC update:
Day 3 was great... I actually started to consume some solid foods today, but only fresh and organic. I may so a fresh raw foods diet for a while, and this is really exciting to me for a number of reasons!
1. The health benefits are endless. A raw food diet is packed with minerals, amino acids, and nutrients galore.
2. The energy will also be endless
3. My skin and hair will glow with health
4. Easy to prepare, delicious simple dishes.
5. Hormonal stability
6. Enjoy mental clarity, from a guilt-free and healthful diet
Some downfalls
accountability, I know this is an amazing and healthy diet, but not everyone does... I am hoping and praying for support and comradery when I need it! I want to go strong, and be known in my community as a health expert with a lifestyle that will make everyone drool! (literally :)
I am also really interested in starting a little but of a side business just to help make ends meet. I was thinking legwarmers... but I have yet to do it. Do you think I can do it? I need someone to hold my hand... lol!
Mentally: strong and guiltfree, able to make my way through the mental sludge and think with more ease
Physically: more energy today for sure!
Spiritually: Confident and secure in Jesus' love, where no counterfeit can even hold a candle up to His!
:)
Wednesday, December 29, 2010
Monday, December 27, 2010
Master Cleanse-Day 1
Today was officially my first day of this years Master Cleanse adventure. What I love about the MC is that it's unpredictable! I have no idea what to expect with THIS cleanse, because each one is uniquely different, designed to fit my personal needs for THIS special season in my life.
Day 1 Overview
Spiritually: Looking for approval and permission from God. Found myself in a desperate spiritual state of internal wrestling between my current state and where I want to me. Conclusion; Jesus + Me- Things= Satisfaction but...
Me+ Things- Jesus= A very sad sad Lindsay. The blog right before this has evidence of my hearts wrestling, if you care to read...
Mentally: feeling alert borderline overactive. Maybe I has too much honey ;)
Physically: Parallels to my mental... plus waves of wanting to chew on something. I am so excited to give my body a rest, and allow it to restore and revitalize itself the way God intended it to be.
Other things: Another thing I am thankful for concerning the MC is boredom. This way, I am forced to meditate, and really face the issues I can so easily bypass when I'm eating. Now I have all the time in the world to confront these issues, look at them, deal with them, and move on. What a cleansing experience in itself.
Some goals for this special cleansing time
1. To give my digestive system the much needed rest it deserves. You've been good to me DS, have a nice vacation, see ya around the 10th!!
2. Apply the time my ideas need to become realities. IE start making the dance DVD a closer reality that will make me some extra money.
3. Developing TRUST in Christ to walk me through this life the way He planned for me.
4. Allowing myself to release toxic emotions, ideas, relationships, thoughts and food from my body, to therefore, create a healthy environment for God's huge plan to flow effortlessly through me. I want to be a clean, empty vessel.
5. To enjoy the heightened sensitivities I will have towards sights, sounds and situations. I am thankful and excited to this. Plus, increased energy.
Plus, there is so much more that could happen that I can't even begin to imagine!! I will try to blog daily, so I can keep track of all the cool things happening, and you can too!
Here is how you can help; Prayer. Pray for my ability to trust God for greater things. A kind of trust that brings Him, the magnificent GLORY due to His Name!
My finances would prosper.
Nursing school would be fertile ground for the gospel, miracles and signs of Gods intense LOVE for His children.
That the next day will be better than the last!
Shalom love
Day 1 Overview
Spiritually: Looking for approval and permission from God. Found myself in a desperate spiritual state of internal wrestling between my current state and where I want to me. Conclusion; Jesus + Me- Things= Satisfaction but...
Me+ Things- Jesus= A very sad sad Lindsay. The blog right before this has evidence of my hearts wrestling, if you care to read...
Mentally: feeling alert borderline overactive. Maybe I has too much honey ;)
Physically: Parallels to my mental... plus waves of wanting to chew on something. I am so excited to give my body a rest, and allow it to restore and revitalize itself the way God intended it to be.
Other things: Another thing I am thankful for concerning the MC is boredom. This way, I am forced to meditate, and really face the issues I can so easily bypass when I'm eating. Now I have all the time in the world to confront these issues, look at them, deal with them, and move on. What a cleansing experience in itself.
Some goals for this special cleansing time
1. To give my digestive system the much needed rest it deserves. You've been good to me DS, have a nice vacation, see ya around the 10th!!
2. Apply the time my ideas need to become realities. IE start making the dance DVD a closer reality that will make me some extra money.
3. Developing TRUST in Christ to walk me through this life the way He planned for me.
4. Allowing myself to release toxic emotions, ideas, relationships, thoughts and food from my body, to therefore, create a healthy environment for God's huge plan to flow effortlessly through me. I want to be a clean, empty vessel.
5. To enjoy the heightened sensitivities I will have towards sights, sounds and situations. I am thankful and excited to this. Plus, increased energy.
Plus, there is so much more that could happen that I can't even begin to imagine!! I will try to blog daily, so I can keep track of all the cool things happening, and you can too!
Here is how you can help; Prayer. Pray for my ability to trust God for greater things. A kind of trust that brings Him, the magnificent GLORY due to His Name!
My finances would prosper.
Nursing school would be fertile ground for the gospel, miracles and signs of Gods intense LOVE for His children.
That the next day will be better than the last!
Shalom love
can a camel gallop through the eye of a needle?
Will you take the offer of life Jesus has extended to you? Jesus has extended life to me, by telling me not to hold on to the things of this world. So, my question, as I internally investigate my relationship with GOD... am I holding onto the riches and possessions of this world? how can I test myself to make sureI am not holding on to this life too tightly?
Life with Jesus is so much more reckless than the life I would have chosen for myself. Jesus, I am longing to fully experience life by your side. Life with you leading the way. Walking next to you, experience all you do, and leaning solely on you for all my wants and needs. Please Jesus, would you look at me, and have mercy on me? I don't just like you, I want to be like you. As I give everything up to know you, you will change me to be like you. I need an experience (a reminder) that you want to take me on a journey with you... please please please... CHANGE ME! I WANT YOU JESUS!
Confession: I open up my hands to you, and I let go of all my desires, all my possessions, all my passions, all of me... and I want to forget about myself and just watch YOU. I don't know why your approval means so much to me, I also don't understand why life with nothing but you is MORE attractive than life with stuff without you. Life has taught me one thing, that "things" have no ability to satisfy me in the long term. It's only your approval that makes me feel accepted, whole and loved. I would rather this than all the kingdoms of the earth have to offer. What should I do Lord, to live by Your side always? You are the ONE I would sell everything for, in order to gain your friendship. Is that what you want from me? Draw me into your tender embrace again. Make me more like you.
To Enter God's Kingdom
13-15One day children were brought to Jesus in the hope that he would lay hands on them and pray over them. The disciples shooed them off. But Jesus intervened: "Let the children alone, don't prevent them from coming to me. God's kingdom is made up of people like these." After laying hands on them, he left.
16Another day, a man stopped Jesus and asked, "Teacher, what good thing must I do to get eternal life?"
17Jesus said, "Why do you question me about what's good? God is the One who is good. If you want to enter the life of God, just do what he tells you."
18-19The man asked, "What in particular?"
Jesus said, "Don't murder, don't commit adultery, don't steal, don't lie, honor your father and mother, and love your neighbor as you do yourself."
20The young man said, "I've done all that. What's left?"
21"If you want to give it all you've got," Jesus replied, "go sell your possessions; give everything to the poor. All your wealth will then be in heaven. Then come follow me."
22That was the last thing the young man expected to hear. And so, crest-fallen, he walked away. He was holding on tight to a lot of things, and he couldn't bear to let go.
23-24As he watched him go, Jesus told his disciples, "Do you have any idea how difficult it is for the rich to enter God's kingdom? Let me tell you, it's easier to gallop a camel through a needle's eye than for the rich to enter God's kingdom."
25The disciples were staggered. "Then who has any chance at all?"
26Jesus looked hard at them and said, "No chance at all if you think you can pull it off yourself. Every chance in the world if you trust God to do it."
27Then Peter chimed in, "We left everything and followed you. What do we get out of it?"
28-30Jesus replied, "Yes, you have followed me. In the re-creation of the world, when the Son of Man will rule gloriously, you who have followed me will also rule, starting with the twelve tribes of Israel. And not only you, but anyone who sacrifices home, family, fields—whatever—because of me will get it all back a hundred times over, not to mention the considerable bonus of eternal life. This is the Great Reversal: many of the first ending up last, and the last first."
Life with Jesus is so much more reckless than the life I would have chosen for myself. Jesus, I am longing to fully experience life by your side. Life with you leading the way. Walking next to you, experience all you do, and leaning solely on you for all my wants and needs. Please Jesus, would you look at me, and have mercy on me? I don't just like you, I want to be like you. As I give everything up to know you, you will change me to be like you. I need an experience (a reminder) that you want to take me on a journey with you... please please please... CHANGE ME! I WANT YOU JESUS!
Confession: I open up my hands to you, and I let go of all my desires, all my possessions, all my passions, all of me... and I want to forget about myself and just watch YOU. I don't know why your approval means so much to me, I also don't understand why life with nothing but you is MORE attractive than life with stuff without you. Life has taught me one thing, that "things" have no ability to satisfy me in the long term. It's only your approval that makes me feel accepted, whole and loved. I would rather this than all the kingdoms of the earth have to offer. What should I do Lord, to live by Your side always? You are the ONE I would sell everything for, in order to gain your friendship. Is that what you want from me? Draw me into your tender embrace again. Make me more like you.
To Enter God's Kingdom
13-15One day children were brought to Jesus in the hope that he would lay hands on them and pray over them. The disciples shooed them off. But Jesus intervened: "Let the children alone, don't prevent them from coming to me. God's kingdom is made up of people like these." After laying hands on them, he left.
16Another day, a man stopped Jesus and asked, "Teacher, what good thing must I do to get eternal life?"
17Jesus said, "Why do you question me about what's good? God is the One who is good. If you want to enter the life of God, just do what he tells you."
18-19The man asked, "What in particular?"
Jesus said, "Don't murder, don't commit adultery, don't steal, don't lie, honor your father and mother, and love your neighbor as you do yourself."
20The young man said, "I've done all that. What's left?"
21"If you want to give it all you've got," Jesus replied, "go sell your possessions; give everything to the poor. All your wealth will then be in heaven. Then come follow me."
22That was the last thing the young man expected to hear. And so, crest-fallen, he walked away. He was holding on tight to a lot of things, and he couldn't bear to let go.
23-24As he watched him go, Jesus told his disciples, "Do you have any idea how difficult it is for the rich to enter God's kingdom? Let me tell you, it's easier to gallop a camel through a needle's eye than for the rich to enter God's kingdom."
25The disciples were staggered. "Then who has any chance at all?"
26Jesus looked hard at them and said, "No chance at all if you think you can pull it off yourself. Every chance in the world if you trust God to do it."
27Then Peter chimed in, "We left everything and followed you. What do we get out of it?"
28-30Jesus replied, "Yes, you have followed me. In the re-creation of the world, when the Son of Man will rule gloriously, you who have followed me will also rule, starting with the twelve tribes of Israel. And not only you, but anyone who sacrifices home, family, fields—whatever—because of me will get it all back a hundred times over, not to mention the considerable bonus of eternal life. This is the Great Reversal: many of the first ending up last, and the last first."
Saturday, December 18, 2010
It's the simple things...
I studied simple things like my finger and toes and marveled at their dexterity and the functions they served. I became very observant of all my bodily systems, respiratory, circulatory, cardiac, digestive and I was awestruck at the efficiency of our human organs. How could I ever have taken them so for granted? How could anyone? It was like being a multi-millionaire and not realizing that you were rich. I thought about less tangible things like sleep cycles, dreams, and animal hibernation and was filled with a newfound reverence for all living things.
Excerpt from God on a Harley by Joan Brady.
Excerpt from God on a Harley by Joan Brady.
Thursday, December 16, 2010
The Triune Man
The Triune Man
Listening to Gui teach on the Triune Man gave me a few things to ponder. First, explore the depths of a shameless and naked life before God. Next, ponder the wonders of marriage and the intentions of God’s heart for it. Lastly, consider the mind, body, and spirit connection and how each make up a whole. The degree in which we understand the reasoning behind God’s actions, is the same degree in which we will be able to relate and to love ourselves and those around us. Ignorance may be bliss, but knowledge is power!
Shameless and naked, are two beautifully scandalous words, with such feeing potential. Let me explain. When picturing Adam and Eve in the garden, walking shameless and naked before God, they shared perfect communion and communication with the themselves and the Father. Shame comes as a result of committing an offense, right? But God’s original intent for His creation was to never even know what it was like to make an offense. In other words, shame was never even a word in their vocabulary! There is confirmation in my Spirit-man when I hear that I was never meant to experience shame. However, because of the bible, I understand that the fall made us vulnerable to a life covered in shame. Glory to God, the truth that makes my heart sing, is knowing Jesus came to restore us back to our natural habitats, even though it will be a process, only fully perfected in heaven. However, because of Jesus, I can experience shameless living here and now, and enjoy the communication and communion Adam and Eve felt in the garden, even if it is only in doses.
Next, I would like to take you with me to ponder the wonders of marriage, and how God will use it to shape us more into His image. Recently, I heard that God is both male and female, and that when God looks at a married couple He sees only one being. This train of thought goes along with what Gui taught, that “marriage is God’s medicine for triune restoration of male and female.” It is just wondrous to think that God uses the act of sexual intercourse within marriage, to create a level of intimacy in which 2 people are joined to seamlessly together, that you can’t tell them apart anymore, ie babies! Gui sums up what becoming one looks like, it’s “a level of intimacy where shame is out of the picture, a connection of the soul, a merging of the spirit and a unity in the flesh.” Can marriage paint a better picture of God’s loving heart for His creation to experience the oneness He feels with the Son and Holy Spirit?
Lastly, and this is my conclusion, is that each individual part; the mind, body and soul, were designed to make a whole person. Without one of these elements, a person would be incomplete. Why do we need to develop our minds? Why do we need to control of bodies? Why do we need to cultivate our Spirits? Let me leave you with this thought... do you like to see flowers? You probably have a painting of them on your wall somewhere, or maybe the real things grace one of your tables. Nonetheless, flowers are here, and we appreciate their beauty. We are like the flowers, appreciate by all who see us, but the real reason behind our growth were the elements that helped us grow; like the sun, water and soul. The mind, body and spirit all work synergistically together to create the beautiful harmony we like to call, life! Amen.
Listening to Gui teach on the Triune Man gave me a few things to ponder. First, explore the depths of a shameless and naked life before God. Next, ponder the wonders of marriage and the intentions of God’s heart for it. Lastly, consider the mind, body, and spirit connection and how each make up a whole. The degree in which we understand the reasoning behind God’s actions, is the same degree in which we will be able to relate and to love ourselves and those around us. Ignorance may be bliss, but knowledge is power!
Shameless and naked, are two beautifully scandalous words, with such feeing potential. Let me explain. When picturing Adam and Eve in the garden, walking shameless and naked before God, they shared perfect communion and communication with the themselves and the Father. Shame comes as a result of committing an offense, right? But God’s original intent for His creation was to never even know what it was like to make an offense. In other words, shame was never even a word in their vocabulary! There is confirmation in my Spirit-man when I hear that I was never meant to experience shame. However, because of the bible, I understand that the fall made us vulnerable to a life covered in shame. Glory to God, the truth that makes my heart sing, is knowing Jesus came to restore us back to our natural habitats, even though it will be a process, only fully perfected in heaven. However, because of Jesus, I can experience shameless living here and now, and enjoy the communication and communion Adam and Eve felt in the garden, even if it is only in doses.
Next, I would like to take you with me to ponder the wonders of marriage, and how God will use it to shape us more into His image. Recently, I heard that God is both male and female, and that when God looks at a married couple He sees only one being. This train of thought goes along with what Gui taught, that “marriage is God’s medicine for triune restoration of male and female.” It is just wondrous to think that God uses the act of sexual intercourse within marriage, to create a level of intimacy in which 2 people are joined to seamlessly together, that you can’t tell them apart anymore, ie babies! Gui sums up what becoming one looks like, it’s “a level of intimacy where shame is out of the picture, a connection of the soul, a merging of the spirit and a unity in the flesh.” Can marriage paint a better picture of God’s loving heart for His creation to experience the oneness He feels with the Son and Holy Spirit?
Lastly, and this is my conclusion, is that each individual part; the mind, body and soul, were designed to make a whole person. Without one of these elements, a person would be incomplete. Why do we need to develop our minds? Why do we need to control of bodies? Why do we need to cultivate our Spirits? Let me leave you with this thought... do you like to see flowers? You probably have a painting of them on your wall somewhere, or maybe the real things grace one of your tables. Nonetheless, flowers are here, and we appreciate their beauty. We are like the flowers, appreciate by all who see us, but the real reason behind our growth were the elements that helped us grow; like the sun, water and soul. The mind, body and spirit all work synergistically together to create the beautiful harmony we like to call, life! Amen.
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