With that being said i must clarify that this is NOT a post to sway or sale you anything. It is not even a post about Advocare. (well kinda not) This is a post about God's timing in my life and just how great He is . There are things in life, choices that we are faced with every day. Some big and some small. Some choices are life changing some not so much. What are we going to watch on tv? What is for dinner? Should i buy a house? Is this guy/girl the one to marry? What should the name of our child be? ...i could go on and on and on. Alot of the decisions we are faced with making, we will run through our mind once and flush it out after that, and if someone asked us to go back to a specific moment in time and tell them what decisions we were making, we would have no clue. They were not life changing decisions, therefore we forget them and keep on going.
This blog is about a decision i made. It's about a moment in time that i was faced with making a decision that at the time seemed unimportant and though interesting, i said no and flushed it out. It was not until my conversation tonight that i really thought about that moment 2 and half years ago in which i was given a choice to make a decisions. In fact i would not have remembered that moment had i not have found myself 2 and a half years later faced with the same decision for a second time.
This time was strangely different. The hesitation was not there as before. I said yes. Literally as quick as the question was asked i said yes and that was that. So what was different about this time? Why yes? Why no hesitation?
As a Believer, I see life as the freedom to make choices. I am free to make choices, however day to day i have the choice to feed and listen to the Holy Spirit within me. (grant it ...i do not do this like i should and fail daily) It came to me tonight when i found myself going back and forth from 2 years ago to 4 months ago...back and forth back and forth. That is when i realized that 2 years ago a see was planted in me. It stayed buried for quiet some time but in just the right season , that seed was given water and low and behold...that seed sprouted and began to blossom and grow and is now growing daily.
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| 5 year throwback-thankful for lasting friendships |
2 and a half years later, my brother and sister in law were selling the products and in hopes of helping them reach a goal i bought a 24 day challenge from them. Then i actually looked at the program and saw that i would have to be intentional and self-disciplined and set aside my horrible eating habit of fried, greasy, sugar, fatty foods and eat more naturally. I would have to actually find out what food tasted like because i would have to retire my Ranch and honey mustard dressing that found its way on every plate of food i ever consumed...I could go on from here about my journey with Advocare but i will save that for another day and time...
With everything above being said i wanted to get to my main point. The Lord will allow people to plant seeds in your life at different times. You may say no at first, but dont be shocked if the Lord redirects those things to come back around and when they do you are prompted to say yes immediately. There is no doubt in my mind that the Lord led my friend two years ago to tell me about her Advocare and journey to plant a seed and give me validation in the products and company because of the person i knew standing behind it. There is also no doubt in my mind that he was saving that seed for just the right time in my life to water it and watch it bloom. That time was in the middle of August 2014.
Long story short (although this has turned rather long...my apologies) ...Advocare found me in one of the most challenging seasons of my life. I was fighting a battle of figuring out how to heal, cope, and live with an experience in my life that left the deepest most painful wounds upon me. (That experience can be saved for a later date...) I was at my lowest of places. I lost respect for myself and lost who i was in Christ. I stopped caring for my body and my well-being. I accepted the notion that i was broken and unfixable and that nothing in my life would ever amount to a change.
It was through my 24 day challenge that I stopped for 3 and half weeks and I focused on me. I wasn't looking at what was behind me and where i was and who i had been. I was looking at where i was going. And for the first time in 4 years...i was going somewhere. I had been fighting with God for so long on how i would ever heal and the whole time He knew what he was doing. I can honestly say Advocare has been pivotal in my life. More pivotal than anyone besides my husband knows. And it is not Advocare that changed my life. I dont discredit other health and wellness programs. i dont bash or hate if you disagree with me or don't like what i use. That is fine. All i know is the Lord allowed Advocare to be a catalyst in getting my focus on my future and what is ahead. Advocare has given me my life back and i dont say that lightly. God is good and God is my healer and director and i believe whole heartedly that He opened the door to Advocare. My friend knocked two years ago with something that was pretty awesome and i am so thankful that the Lord saw fit to leave the "package" outside the door patiently until just the right season and time for me to open it open the door and receive it .This is a whole lot of jibber jabber but hey...isn't that what a blog is for :-)...Just a thought and a reminder. Don't get discouraged. If you are led and called to do what you are doing...keep on keeping on. speak up and speak out. Just because you don't see an immediate change or decision in one's life...you never know what kind of seed your are planting for the future!
"There is no growth without change, no change without fear or loss, and no loss without pain...but without pain, you never know about growth."
