The 6 D's of Faith~A God Given Dream

I'm not sure who wrote this, but it is quite amazing! My Sales Director shared it with me a couple of months ago. After reading this again, I know that I am just at the "delay" portion of this cycle.

6 D's of Faith

1. Dream Itself
-Eph 3:20
-This dream seems almost impossible!

Dedicate yourself to the dream
Resever time alone with God
Evaluate your abilities and gifts
Associate with other Godly dreamers! (Like in Mary Kay!)
Make your dream public!

2. Decision
-Your letting things go
-when you choose to go for it!
- Heb. 11:6

3. Delay
-don't freak out! Your getting closer!

4. Difficulties
-major set backs

5. Dead End
-You are sooooooo flippin' close!!!!
-you mut make the desicion if you are going to hit the wall one more time or stop

6. Deliverance- 2Cor. 1:10

"And he did rescue us from mortal danger, and he will rescue us again. We have placed our confidence in him, and he will continue to rescue us."

So I challenge you today! What is your God Given dream?

*Directorship*

Oh My Goodness! I am so excited! This has been nudging at me for so many months now! I finally am ready to take the plunge at becoming a Sales Director in Mary Kay! Oh exciting!
Here is the line up....

1. Jan.-Feb. 29th finish being a Ruby Star Consultant for the Quarter & impact 4 more lives with this amazing company and Two Power Starts! Really, really work on keeping my life balanced with my priorities in line! Spend more time with God and focus on eating healthy! This month and half will be all about lining up my team to succeed by themselves in Month 1!

2. March 1-Submit for Directorship/ Month 1 of DIQ (while getting married-I'll be gone for a week for my honeymoon.)

3. April 1-30- 2nd/Lash Month of DIQ

4. May 1- Debut as a NEW Mary Kay Sales Director

Love & Marriage

Below I have listed the top 10 reasons why it's fun to get married!

10. It's an entire day about y'all as a couple! There is very few times a year that couples are celebrated.
9. You get to look amazing! If your dress is super expensive or discounted you still will look like a princess and get to marry your prince. :)
8. You always have a Valentine and New Year's Kiss. :)
7. You always have support from the other person. (Even f it takes a good fight to get there.)
6. You get a Second family! I have a great family, but if you don't like yours than when you get married you get to have a second shot at it! haha :)
5. You get double presents at Christmas and birthday time!
4. Your future spouse will push you to do NEW things that you have never done before, and it brings you closer together. :)
3. You really get to see God at work in your relationship. You also see that your marriage will be completely different than your friends or relatives.
2. You get to cook & gt to the grocery store together!
1. You know have somebody to DREAM with you! :-)

Independent

The last week has had so many changes. I have starting moving a lot of my decorations to Drew's apartment so I don't have to move all of it at once. My friend Julie was with me moving my stuff, and we both just stared at the walls. We were a little freaked out. I haven't been out of that room in 10 years. All of the different moments we had growing up together were flashing before our eyes. I have all of my Mary Kay business supplies with me and a plant in my room. To my right is my wedding dress and a box bellow it full of wedding supplies. I started having a freak out moment! I just wanted to throw up! It's not that I don't want to marry Drew it's the fact that I'm going to have to become Independent for the first time.

The United States is dominated by this thought of being Independent. We never have one thought of leaning on somebody else or asking for help. There has to be a nice middle to everything. We don't want to be mooching off of other people, but we don't want to be so Independent that we don't let God ever step in.

I believe that in order to become Independent you must also at the same time become Dependent. God wants his children to be smart with their money, but he also wants to give them blessings too. God also wants us to lean on Him when out of the box days happen.

Proverbs 3:5-7

Trust in the LORD with all your heart; do not depend on your own understanding. Seek his will in all you do, and he will show you which path to take. Don't be impressed with your own wisdom. Instead, fear the LORD and turn away from evil.

Provers 3:9-10

Honor the LORD with your wealth and with the best part of everything you produce. Then he will fill your barns with grain, and your vats will overflow with good wine.

Endurance

When I think of endurance, I think of the many brutal workouts that I have done in the past 6 months with crossfit. Your endurance is tested when you are at a the breaking point of either quitting or pushing through the pain and finishing your workout. One of my favorite shows is, The Biggest Loser, when they first come on to the ranch they have no idea how hard it will be. Most of them have never pushed their bodies to a breaking point.

It is just now in the past couple of months that I have realized that endurance is part of my every day life not just in the gym or in dance. God gives you endurance when you are at the breaking point. I have started to figure out what is my God given races. What are the races that God truly wants you to finish?

An obvious more literal race is when I do workouts or conditioning for dance. I know that God is having me learn how to take care of my body. Another race he has me on is my business. My business is a breaking point. I am right now in the fire of wanting to quit, but I know that his blessing is so close! He is giving me endurance through my close Mary Kay friends. I have a stronger team then I ever have, but my muscles still are in pain. Another race I'm on is with short term missions. Since, I am getting married I am trying to figure out how those two loves go together. My heart loves missions. The last God given race that I'm on is with Drew. Any body that has known us through our entire relationship has seen the growth that we both have made. We are now starting to honor each other and love each other through our differences. On New Year's Eve @ midnight we both looked at each other (after kissin' of course!) and agreed that we have finally come to a place in our relationship that is good, really good.

Since those races are "God Given" He is giving me the endurance that I need to finish them!

What are your God given races?

"So let us run the race that is before us and never give up. We should remove from our lives anything that would get in the way. And we should remove the sin that so easily catches us. Let us look only to Jesus." Hebrews 12:1b, 2a

Courage

Courage- I just love that word. Many years ago when I was probably in 7th grade. I began to have serious problems with my breathing, my heart felt like it was going to beat out of my chest. I went to a Wednesday night service and the pastor said, "Is there anyone here that is having a problem with shallow breathing and it is scaring you? You think that there is something seriously wrong medically, but it's anxiety." I hesitated for several minutes because I didn't want to be the weird girl going up to the front, but I realized that if I didn't find enough courage to go up there then I might not ever be healed of this. I went up to the front and it was an instant miracle. I could feel my body literally changing inside.

Courage is something you have to have when you are terrified. Courage can cure people that our living with depression and anxiety. There is moments everyday that God truly wants to heal you. God always wants to heal you, but sometimes he wants to heal something inside first. A lot of times the thing inside of you that he wants to heal is something that you have covered up for many years.

I love this verse, "Search me, O God, and know my heart; test me and know my anxious thoughts." Psalm 139: 23

A New Year-a New Awakening

Happy New Year!
I have decided to start a blog in hopes of documenting all of the different ups and downs I will face in the next year! I have always enjoyed writing, but I am super bad at gramar. :) Hands down this will be my biggest year to date. I'm super nervous, excited, and kind of feel like throwing up. :) I will first become a wife on March 10, then graduate from Tech in June, and then become a full time Mary Kay lady! Weeeeeeeeee!

When I get married- that will be the first time I will be living without my parents. In order to save money I have lived with them through school. Drew has moved out of his parents house several times, so it is no big deal to him. My plan is to think of it like a really long vacation haha.

I think the scariest thing is not knowing if I will be able to travel as much. I want God to use me just as much being married! Drew loves Europe too, which is so great :) I think out of any place in the world I could see myself living--is Europe.