smALL Things!

The past few weeks and days have been super busy, but that's the Savage Life! This week the Monroe County Fair is going on, the Governor of the Commonwealth of Kentucky is visiting Tompkinsville today, and my Weight the Reality Series program started yesterday. Needless to say life is full speed ahead, so here is a quick update on the Savage Girl... 

• I've tracked my DAILY food and physical activity since my last posting using my WW app on my mobile device! 
• I've made a point to MOVE more and DIG deeper. So far this week I've moved 60+ minutes each day since the last posting and I've spent the majority of that time letting His word talk to me while I've been moving at the gym. I'm a couple of weeks behind on my daily bible reading because I've been super busy and my daily devotional email reminder stopped coming (sad), BUT I think I'm about caught back up to where I should be if I was still within the plan to read the Bible in a year. According to my Kindle app I'm 50% through the Bible now! My goal is to read it cover to cover this year... Tomorrow I'm going to try to get back in my daily DIG routine of letting His word talk to me before my feet hit the ground. If only I could get motivated to get up early and MOVE before work. I'm still working on this one, but for now my MOVEment comes after work!  
• I've not ate anything after 8:00 p.m. since the last posting! I'm a sucker for late night snacks, so this has been hard! 
• 35 people signed up for the WTRS program I'm conducting, 30 showed up the first night...and collectively lost 35.6 pounds since they registered last week! 
• The only 3 beverages I've consumed in the last few days have been water, coffee, and green tea. I cut out carbonated beverages (my Diet Coke addiction) something like 6 months ago! I read somewhere that green tea helps with weight loss, diabetes control, heart disease prevention and much more, so maybe my consumption will help ward off my extra baggage and prevent diabetes & heart disease from entering my life.
• I'm currently caught up with my daily work record keeping...thanks to a co-worker's advice on a new book idea to record my statisticals prior to my end of the month reports.

Everyone should celebrate ALL the smALL successes in life no matter the size...right? This has been my motivation for the last 6+ months...smALL life things hence the blog!    

Anyways this is enough ramblings for one day! Now off to my day job...please pray that I can get my creative juices flowing quickly this morning because I'm going to need them! 

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My Dig Deeper

One of my goals this year was to put God first in my life. This should be on every Christian’s list of priorities and goals annually…just saying, but I’m not your judge...God is. And sometimes even I need a reality check about this and lately I’ve had several check-ups on life priorities! I feel I lack in this area some so this year I wanted to focus more on my spiritual life and dig deeper into my faith and what I believe. I’m striving to become a godly follower of Christ, daughter, sister, friend, county agent, student, and one day future wife and mother if Mr. Right arrives. So to dig deeper this year I have been trying to focus more on this part of my life. To help me stay focused I thought I needed to review and check-in on what I’ve been doing thus far into the year…and no this is not to brag...it is just a self-reality check-up for myself...and I thought my blog readers out there might enjoy the read.

1. Daily Bible Reading & Devotional—This year I decided I wanted to try reading the bible in its entirety cover to cover. At the age of 28 I’ve never done this before, so I thought it was about time that I did this! I’ve started many times, but got off the band wagon. I know that reading your bible daily is an easy way to stay close to God and have Him on your mind, so I put this on my daily to do list this year. The great thing is that the scripture verses and devotional are emailed to me each day. Thus far I’ve been successful at keeping up with this!
2. Pray More—I’m trying to talk more to God each day...in the good times and the bad. 1 Thessalonians 5:17-18 says to “Pray continually, give thanks in all circumstances; for this is God’s will for you in Christ Jesus”.
3. Attend regular worship services & bibles studies AND seek out OTHER opportunities when possible to either SERVE or BE SERVED—I'm there whenever the doors are open for services but I know that's not enough. Sometimes you need a little "extra". This weekend I got the opportunity to attend a Young Ladies Day at a local congregation here in “town”. Hannah Colley Giselbach spoke on "Mean Girls to Godly Girls" and how we are not to be overcome with evil, but overcome evil with good, Romans 12:21. This service helped to edify, uplift and rejuvenate me spiritually because of how she applied biblical girls to how we are today. It was just what I needed…at the right time in my life! I also look for ways to serve others so my eyes and ears are open of how I can be used of service. I got a lead today for something to do on Wednesday, if everything works out I'll be happy to serve someone. I’m not always the best, but I strive to be a giving person and do unto others as I would like for them to do unto me, Matthew 7:12.
4. Watch and read spiritually focused materials. The Bible mini-series on “The History Channel”—I love…I’ve been watching this on TV and it has helped bring the bible to life in motion picture like never before for me! The real bible is the inspired word of God, but this mini-series is the Hollywood take on “The Bible”. Yes, I know some things aren’t 100% accurate in the mini-series, but it’s a pretty good account of the big “highlights” in the Bible with a few mini changes. I get a magazine bi-monthly called “Christian Woman” and usually whenever it arrives I read it cover to cover…great spiritual food for the hungry. I’ve added several blogs to my rss reading list that are spiritually focused. Plus, I have been trying to read other spiritually focused books this year, check out this link to see what I’ve been reading.

 

 

So this is how I’ve been digging deeper this year. I’ve been juggling this with all my other obligations, but I feel that these simple additions to my daily routine have been wonderful! These additions have been keeping me focused on the ultimate prize…getting to heaven one day which would be the ultimate true success in life.

What spiritual focus have you set your eyes onto this year? How is your progress coming along?