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I’m free. I’m in control. I choose.❤️
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👆🏼👆🏼👆🏼All things I never used to think when it came to not only what I ate & how I felt about myself, but also in every aspect of my life.
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I remember being on dates with my high school boyfriend (now hubs) and watching him order NOT a salad and saying to him “I wish I could just order that”.
His response was so simple yet so resounding... he said: “but you can..why can’t you?”🤷🏽♀️
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Some would call it discipline or strong willed - I call it chained.
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I didn’t think I had the choice to order anything BUT the salad - I didn’t have the power to decide to take a rest day instead of running 2 hours a day & taking a spin class as my “warm up”- I didn’t control my thoughts when they told me happiness was only found at a size 0.
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It ruled me. It chose for me. It controlled me. .
But now I CHOOSE.
I decide.
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Some days it’s a salad - and some days it’s fries, wine, AND ice cream 🍦
Some days it’s hiit workouts, some days it’s long walks, and tbh some days its Netflix.
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Im more content now at my size 6ish(?) - than I ever was at my size 2.👙
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Because I get to choose whether I let my thoughts control me or if I control them.
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I’m in control. I choose.
I’m FREE.👊🏼
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.... also ps: don’t be fooled - I don’t drink my coffee black. Copious amounts of cream were poured after the taking of this picture 😏 ☕️
I know the panic that sets in when you realize July is already around the corner & you still haven’t lost your “winter weight”.
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💭 You think to yourself:💭
•Maybe next year will be my year.
• Or maybe I could do a drastic cleanse?
• No.. I might as well just cover up the rest of the summer because I’ve already failed.
Hiding out from pool parties, cook outs, or anything that might show your “obvious” failure.
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But what if our goals for our “summer bod” were more about:👉🏼👉🏼👉🏼
•Doing the things we love regardless of how we feel about ourselves
• A chance to meet & love on others
•And for ONCE not remembering life’s moments by how we looked - but instead about what we did & who we were with.
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Less about how our stomach looks in a bikini, how our thighs look in jean shorts, or our arms in a dress. 👙
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The way we look is so fleeting - and honestly, ultimately not under our control.🤷🏽♀️ (#hellogenetics #helloGod)
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We’re called to take care of ourselves, yes, but after we’ve done that (which looks different on everyone) - why don’t we just SURRENDER the rest and enjoy life regardless of “bloat”, Jean size, or how you you look compared to “her”.
The truth is: your time with God is YOUR time with God.
And it surely doesn’t have to be “perfect” to count.
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You don’t need a special cozy chair, a cute journal & pen or worn out bible for it to matter.
You don’t need to be good with your words or to feel “prepared”.
It doesn’t have to be early in the morning with a cute coffee mug.
And you certainly don’t need to document it on Instagram to validate whether it happened or not.
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There’s no specific time frame, time spent, or structure that makes you “holier” or more worthy.
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Honestly, God just wants your attention & your heart - He’ll provide the healing as long as you just show up.
These are the moments that matter.
The messy, unplanned, mundane moments.
It’s not the perfect home, the higher salary, the insta likes, or the toned body.
Its eating mini donuts with the fam, not worrying about your best “summer bod.”
Messy hair & top knots with the windows down.
Late nights spent laughing.
Belting your favorite oldies songs.
Loving people hard & selflessly.
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💕Ecclesiastes 2:22-23 “What do people get for all the toil and anxious striving with which they labor under the sun? All their days their work is grief and pain; even at night their minds do not rest. This too is meaningless.”💕
Let’s talk Humble (açaí) Pie 🥧
Life as of lately has shown me that the world won’t stop turning without me.
That people don’t need me, my words, my talents or opinion to keep going.
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Which for someone who’s a major “fixer” (aka control freak), can be a hard pill to swallow.
But man, the FREEDOM I’ve felt by replacing the time I’ve wasted trying to FIX & DO it all - with spending time in God’s presence & letting Him work through me has been unmatchable 🙌🏼
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I’ve tried to only give my BEST YES lately.
I don’t have to do it all well.
Infact, I CANT do it all well.
Thank God that we don’t have to & can’t earn His blessings, His guidance & His love.
Because they’re freely & simply given to us #justbecause 💕
Except for this açaí bowl - which was definitely not free 💵 but definitely still a blessing 😏
“Trenton,
I stand here before you, God, and our loved ones, completely humbled.
Humbled that He loves me enough to sacrifice two of His most precious gifts: Jesus and you.
You are the perfect picture of His love for me.
You are loving, joyful, patient, gentle, and kind.
You reflect Jesus in all that you do.
And through His strength I will strive to love you with sincerity.
I will hate what is evil and cling to what is good.
I will be steadfastly devoted to you.
And I will honor you above myself.
I will be joyful while I hope for the future,
patient in times of affliction,
and I will forever remain faithful in prayer.
I will bless you with no expectations of being blessed in return,
I will rejoice with you when you rejoice, and I will mourn when you mourn.
Your burdens will be my burdens.
And your joys will be my joys.
Where you lead, I will follow. And where you stay, I will stay.
So together, with the Lord, we will be a threefold cord, unable to be broken.”
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2 years down, and this still rings truer than true 💕 happy 2 years lil bean
