The Word of the Year!!!

 Sorry it has taken so long for me to share what I believe is suppose to be my word for the year. Things have been so very busy around here. Today is a rainy day so instead of going to Winco like I really wanted to do today I opted to stay home and get things done here. It has been a very productive day so far. Among other things I was able to finally get my carpets cleaned this morning and I am working on laundry. So since I am working on things here at home and since my husband is currently sleeping and I just finished getting my checkbook up to date. I thought I would take advantage of a nice quiet house. 

So I hadn't really been thinking about a word for the new year and then a few things happened. A friend on facebook who has also had and went through treatment for endometrial cancer shared a meme on Facebook and tagged me. And it had to do with her wish for us to thrive. It reminded me of a lady - the one person I meant on facebook who also had the same kind of cancer as me and so I connected with her. And she blessed me. She had not caught her cancer as early as I had and so sadly she has passed a couple of years ago. But the impact she had on my life is still with me. Her motto and what she always ended her messages or comments with was "SS&T" Stay Strong and Thrive! This is quite opposite as to what a person usually does when going through cancer treatment - but here she was doing this and blessing others by helping us focus on those things as well. I have often thought of her. And I certainly did when my friend Ladonna shared the post about thriving. And there could have been something else? All I know is that I felt very led by God to choose "THRIVE" as my word for the year!! 

God is SO good. It is amazing how he orchestrates things. Be brought and amazing book to me to be reading right now: 

I have been so blessed by this book! And it didn't hit me till today how God worked this out for me to be reading this book right now and how it goes right along with my goal of thriving this year! 

My church has been doing small groups that are doing for 6 -8 weeks - for different seasons of the year for the last year or 2 now. This time I picked one where we would be doing "The 40 Day Sugar Fast" 

(photo bummed from Ebay -when I bought a copy) 

I bought the book a couple of weeks ago while preparing for this small group to begin. To be perfectly honest - I got a bit panicky and almost decided to NOT do this fast. There were so many reasons not to do it now. And as I thought about it I realized that it was just an attack trying to steal my joy. So I pressed through the anxiety and decided that yes I would do my best. 

At the same time God brought a youtube channel - that I thought I had subscribed to - to my attention.

Bread Beckers

I started watching Sue's Healthy Minutes on episode 100. And then I went back to number 1 and am going through the series and I have been learning so much! Later this week I will be sharing a video each week. You are welcome, of course to go to youtube and go back to #1 and watch. I know I wouldn't want to wait a week - I might do 2 a week. The information there is SO very important. There is so much misinformation out now days. It's great to hear truth. Please listen. It is SO very healthy for us to mill our own grains. Because once grains are milled - they being to lose some of the nutrition. Plus the flours that we buy have the bran and germ removed. Yes they may add some things to make the flour "enriched" but what we get it not what God intended for us. Our bodies need all the elements that are in the grain and most of the time it is only because things are taken out that some people think their bodies can't handle wheat. Please watch them. 

What does all of this have to do with my word for the year? Plenty! In order for me to thrive I need to be taking care of myself the way God intended me to. And that means eating healthy goods. And bread that I have milled the flour myself will be a staple in my diet 100%. Listening to these podcasts have helped me to be excited about making these good choices for myself. And it has already contributed to me thriving! 

Reading my book about God and His love for me has been just the perfect thing for me to be reading right now. It has opened my eyes to the truth of Who God is. There are many misconceptions but this book has chapter after chapter of deep spiritual truths that help open my eyes to the love and faithfulness of God!  

So this year I intend to THRIVE! I hope that you, too, will choose to thrive. Sometimes it is a choice. A choice to look at the blessings instead of trials. But there are also choices we can make that will help us on our journey to thrive! :O)