Category Archives: Health

July 21, 2015

When Beauty is Toxic

By Christina

IMG_6389The Amanita Muscaria is a mushroom that is beautiful to behold but can be very toxic. Not fatal but it can cause sickness. A lot of things in life we note as beautiful yet they can be dangerous and actually cause sickness. What about the things that we want that are beautiful but that are not for us.

I woke this morning and immediately read Proverbs 31. This is the passage on the virtuous woman. What is a virtuous [conforming to moral and ethical principles; morally excellent; upright] woman? What does she possess? What gives her virtue, an effective force, an influence or power?  Continue reading

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July 15, 2015

Aside From Anger

By Christina

AngerMGMTDealing with anger issues? Short-fused? Quick to fly off the handle? Well we all have those moments. In traffic, a heated discussion with someone, being hurt by someone you care about or just when things don’t go your way. We experience a loss of control…and then blow up! It is done, the milk has spilled! This is something we need to bring under subjection. We have to move aside from anger because all that it does is cause us danger.

We experience anger in so many avenues. Anger with others, with ourselves and sometimes even with God! Can we even overcome this? Yes we can! There is a way to move aside from anger and reach a place of consistent peace. You just need to want it. Continue reading

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July 14, 2015

Only Him

By Christina

heart2godThere is a space that really only goes for Him. No one else can see it or nothing else can fill it. I spoke with a counselor friend and shared some journal entry I wrote in comparison to what I have written for the world to see on this blog site. He said to me those are deep words. I said, “Well this is how I feel some days. This is me.”

I think perhaps I am not sharing all. Does that mean what I do share is not entirely truthful. It is. There are just some pages left in my journal that will only belong to God. That is the intimate piece. I share a lot of things…truth, experience, values, perspective and words that have inspired my life. But there are some pages that will always be hidden and only visible to the One who created me. Continue reading

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June 11, 2015

PUSH PAST PAIN

By Christina

pastpainJohn 16:33, “These things I have spoken to you, that in Me you may have peace. In the world you will have tribulation [grievous trouble; severe trial or suffering]; but be of good cheer, I have overcome the world.”

At first I hurt myself, then I kept going. 18 stations in total and I felt pain at the first one. At each station you will have 50 seconds of work and 30 seconds of rest before switching to the next. Warm up was hard. I felt like my heart was beating out of my chest.  It hurt but I kept on running behind the rest. I stood at my own pace, I didn’t try to outrun anyone. I met the trainer at the stop and he gave us all a high five as we went in to the rooms to then start the intense cardio.  Clearly I could see this was not going to be an easy session.  Continue reading

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