Ready and Action  

Posted by: Charity Gordon


A recent post was to "Picture it" Picturing where you want to be on your walk to healthful living. The thing that was and is screaming for change is the clutter all around in my home. This is where I want to take action. I am starting one room at a time. What is screaming for your attention right now? Did you picture it as to how you would like things to be? Right down the steps you need to take to get there then focus and take action. Don't think about everything else that needs your attention, just stay focused in one area.

So far I got a room cleaned. I am now painting the walls.Next I will get curtains and hang up things on the wall. This is my toddlers room. We also took down his crib and will soon have a toddler bed for him.

Consider posting your steps on your blog. What are you working on? Leave a comment with your link. Would love to here from you! Keep me posted on your progress and at the end of the month someone will win naturally handcrafted incense and incense stand. All those who participates will have a chance to win!!


Go ahead and dive in!

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Do Not Neglect the Gift that you have...  

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1 Timothy 4:7-16

7 Have nothing to do with irreverent, silly myths. Rather train yourself for godliness; 8 for while bodily training is of some value, godliness is of value in every way, as it holds promise for the present life and also for the life to come. 9 The saying is trustworthy and deserving of full acceptance. 10 For to this end we toil and strive, [5] because we have our hope set on the living God, who is the Savior of all people, especially of those who believe.
11 Command and teach these things. 12 Let no one despise you for your youth, but set the believers an example in speech, in conduct, in love, in faith, in purity. 13 Until I come, devote yourself to the public reading of Scripture, to exhortation, to teaching. 14 Do not neglect the gift you have, which was given you by prophecy when the council of elders laid their hands on you. 15 Practice these things, immerse yourself in them, [6] so that all may see your progress. 16 Keep a close watch on yourself and on the teaching. Persist in this, for by so doing you will save both yourself and your hearers.

Book of Common Prayer


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Joy Comes With the Morning  

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Psalm 30
Joy Comes with the Morning


A Psalm of David. A song at the dedication of the temple.


30:1 I will extol you, O Lord, for you have drawn me upand have not let my foes rejoice over me.2 O Lord my God, I cried to you for help,and you have healed me.3 O Lord, you have brought up my soul from Sheol;you restored me to life from among those who go down to the pit. [1]
4 Sing praises to the Lord, O you his saints,and give thanks to his holy name. [2]5 For his anger is but for a moment,and his favor is for a lifetime. [3]Weeping may tarry for the night,but joy comes with the morning.
6 As for me, I said in my prosperity,“I shall never be moved.”7 By your favor, O Lord,you made my mountain stand strong;you hid your face;I was dismayed.
8 To you, O Lord, I cry,and to the Lord I plead for mercy:9 “What profit is there in my death, [4]if I go down to the pit? [5]Will the dust praise you?Will it tell of your faithfulness?10 Hear, O Lord, and be merciful to me!O Lord, be my helper!”
11 You have turned for me my mourning into dancing;you have loosed my sackclothand clothed me with gladness,12 that my glory may sing your praise and not be silent.O Lord my God, I will give thanks to you forever!

http://www.gnpcb.org/esv/devotions/bcp/

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Work at Home Help site  

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In the spring of 2002, after making sure my two daughters, Beka and Bethany were napping, and tapping my son Caleb's bouncy seat with my foot to keep him happy, I signed up for my first "serious" work at home business. I was excited, sure of my success, open to learning and desperate to replace my teaching income so I could become a "stay at home mom".... Kelly Wissink


Today I want to mention Kelly's site. She became the stay home mom that she wanted to be and did well with here home buisness and now she too spends a lot of her time helping others grow their buisness and so much more. She gives so many free useful tools that I am so greatful for!! Well you will just need to see for your self what an awsome site she has and a wonderful person she is so check it out you will be glad you did!!



http://www.mlmworkathomemom.com/



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Picture It  

Posted by: Charity Gordon


For many of us healthful living seems to far to reach. A healthy,home, body, soul, or all of the above can seem imposible to obtain. You get behind on housework you look at the mess all around and think how could I ever get caught up. Your weight may not be where you would like it but you have been this way so long "how could you really make the change you need to make" you ask yourself. We wonder how we can find enough time to feed our souls with Gods Holy scripture, to pray, to gether with other believers. Things can seem so far to reach that we can't see it anymore.






Where is it that you struggle most? Lets picture in our minds where we would like to be. For me I would like to see a clean and well kept home. When I look around and see the mess it appears to be an impossible task a mountain I could not possibly climb! Ok lets close our eyes and picture it, clean home or how about starting with one room we can move on to next once we get there. Ok for me when I picture a clean home I too picture a nice decourated home. Maybe a fresh coat of paint, new curtains, maybe move things around. Ok now get a piece of paper and write down this picture and remember when doing this our ultimate goal is healthful living. If your picturing your self at a certain weight don't get to caught up on weight(there are people all shapes and sizes who's health is threatened!!) remember the true purpose and that is the healthful life and living. It is to live the life God purposed us to live.






After you picture it and write it down, then write how you are going to get there. Step by Step getting closer and closer to your goal.




Thank you for joining me today please to come back to the next post "Ready and Action"






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WINNER  

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Names were gathered yesterday for the drawing. Any who linked back to my blog, mentioned my blog or commented was included. My 8 year old daughter helped me. We wrote the names down on little pieces of paper and folded them up and mixed them up. My daughter Tiffany drew a name opened it up and read Angela.


The Winner is Angela Zimmerman!!!!


Angela you will be recieving this beautiful cross wall hanging very soon!!!


Also since I am wanting to mention some of my favorite blogs a least once a week. I am mentioning Angela's blog
One Bright Hour http://onebrighthour.wordpress.com/ read her post
Watching the World Through Glass Pans
"Our world is changing; no one can doubt that. Our view of the world has become smaller; no one will argue that. And these views open us to something very frightening, disturbing and sobering. My hand reaches for the blinds. My first instinct is to pull the curtain, lock the window and retreat to my vain and selfish desires. How easy it is to passionately strive for worldly things and at the same time block out the world while doing it. We rush toward Wall Street while the child starves. We have pulled the curtain on love. We forget from Whom we come; for Whom we exist." By Angela Zimmerman
please go to http://onebrighthour.wordpress.com/ read and be inspired to open the curtains of love!!
Congradulations Angela on being my first winner hear at Healthful Steps!!!
Thank you all for stopping by and please do come again.

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HE Reigns  

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Blogg Share  

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OK so hears my plan, every Tuesday I will share blog or blogs that I find Healthful. Different blogs that are healthful in different ways.

Today I would like to share a few blogs. This is a homeschooling family that Love the Lord. A mother and her girls blogs, what beautiful hearts!! So much to find healthful with these ladies, from homemaking, homesteading, spiritual helps, family and more.

So please do visit Mother of eight (or I should say 9 with the little growing within her womb)Jacque Dixon at Walkin Therein http://jacquedixon.com/ you will find a picture of the whole family here and taste a bit of what there day brings and what is stirring in her heart.

Then there is her daughter Miss Rachel at A City On A Hill http://dixonhomestead.com/rachel/ another beautiful blog with a beautiful heart

Still another wonderful daughter Miss Jocelyn at A Pondering Heart http://aponderingheart.com/blog/?p=2208

the beauty doesn't stop there is Amanda at http://superangelsblog.com/

You will also see more great blogs and such from them like http://feelinfeminine.com/ and more. Also be sure to check out http://gleaningtheharvest.com/ in respect of James 1:21

Thank you so much for stopping by and I hope you are able to find time to meet this family from the writings of their hands.

w/Loving-Kindness

Charity




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Fear  

Posted by: Charity Gordon

I think fear grips most of us. Some of us have overcome some of our fears but with some fears still lingering on that we didn't even relize were there. I am relizing it is time to face fear! What is it that I fear? Having 2 children with type 1 diabetes as well as other autoimune diseases, I can say fear has slapped me in the face on just the health and well being of my children alone. Though the fear doesn't stop there for me, I am afraid of failure as a parent, wife, sister, neighbor, and child of God. Even though I know falling isn't failing. I am afraid to stand up for my faith at times 'cause I want everyone to like me, "people pleasier" Many times I am afraid to take a leap of faith and just trust God.

This is why I am so glad to here about the book Fearless by Max Lucado to find out how you can get a copy go to http://michaelhyatt.com/2009/08/book-notes-fearless.html I am racing to get mine!! :)

Thank you for stopping by and I pray that you have a fearless day :)

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A dose of Jesus a day keeps our health @ bay  

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An apple a day keeps the doctor away or not. We must rely on the good physician our Lord and savior Jesus Christ for wisdom and strength to eat the good apples. What are the good apples and why are they so important for our bodies. We must first have that desire, nothing like pain to get you there.




Not without knocking me on my knees first being humble before God and then the desire for better health. The pain began as I saw my son sickness get worse rather than better. A stomach virus that wouldn't go away is how it all began. I've been through this before with the kids feeling bad for a little while, throw up a few times then all better, but this is not the way it went this time. He stopped throwing up but didn't get better. After just four days of being sick he was so weak he could not walk. Off to the doctor we went, I carried my 3rd grader into the doctors office. As soon as the visit was over we found it wasn't over. The doctor said to take my son to children's hospital right away!






To make a long story short he was hospitalized. They ran all kinds of tests on him. The pain set in as I watched my child sitting in the hospital bed not knowing what was wrong the what ifs the helplessness, the Dear God No! After about six days he was released from the hospital with one test still pending. After being home we had to rush him to the ER 3 separate times, due to throwing up and weakness. More pain, more what ifs, more Dear God No!! By the third ER trip the one pending test came back and while he was in the ER they ran more test to find out he had Addison's Disease. From an autoimmune disorder where his own immune system attack his adrenal glads causing him to not produce enough adrenalin.





He would have to be on medicine for the rest of his life they said. And anytime he would get sick he would need to take a stress dose (extra dose) to keep from it becoming another emergency situation. I was a little health conscious then but just a little. I defiantly found myself seeking God all the more, cause that's what we do right call on God when things are bad.




A few years went by we found that my son had hashimoto's and then not long after that he went in for regular endocrine checkup and did his usual blood work I ask them to check him for diabetes because of his excessive thirst, complaints of dry mouth and needing to go to the rest room a lot. Sure enough his blood glucose was 800 and something. He was hospitalized yet again we had to learn a new way of eating and how to give shots and how much insulin to give. More pain and more adjusting to a new way of life.




God got us through yet again. We had to be carbohydrate conscious, count those carbs to know how much insulin to give. Now eating "healthy" was even more on my agenda. After reading many books I realized eating healthy really meant getting as close to natural foods as possible. And of course bringing as much fruits and veggies in as possible.



Just as I was getting use to our way of life we were hit again this time my baby became ill. My 15 month son on Thanksgiving day was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes. I was sure after this I was falling into depression as I had many bouts of tears. One minute I was like OK we can do this another minute I would be in tears I can't do this.


It didn't take too long for the joy to come back and my eagerness to eat healthy the more I learned the more I realized how I needed to get back to God. That He was my strength in all this, He was my greatest and most true source of health. It is with my Savior Jesus Christ who can give me guidance on this road of Healthful living it is he who will pick me up when I fall and yes I will fall. A dose of Jesus a day keeps our health at bay even if we lay sick in a hospital bed because with him we find peace and eternal life. Though this should not keep us from doing everything we can to be good stewards of our bodies seeking wisdom and guidance along the way. Asking in prayer that we may take action on that which we learn. May we put our full trust in our Lord Jesus and take a step of faith each day and every day towards healthful living. He is the tree of life it is from Him all good things were made. May we take a bite of the apples that come from Him. With a dose of Jesus we can gain the strength to walk away from the bad apples. Everyday is a journey may we walk together with him and bring forth that which is learned. May we walk towards whole health, body,spirit and mind. Jesus is the Way!








Thank you so much for stopping by I hope you will join me on the journey of Healthful living. I am learning as I go with my eyes on Jesus. Little steps and big steps, stumbled steps and all. Please come and visit me each day and I pray that each time you stop by you will be encouraged to take a bite out of the good apples straight from the hand of God.

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