Singlenss

Since I have given my life to Jesus, I have learned so much about myself, my Father, and the world around me. If someone had told me my freshman year that I would be following Jesus surrounded by incredible women who lead me back to Him and pray for me constantly, I would have laughed and walked away. I cannot believe the way the Lord walks into our lives and changes us forever.

One thing that I have always struggled with is wondering where I belong, mainly with other people, more specifically who will I marry? I chose to look at myself in the eyes of what others were saying. I did not choose to look and see what my Father was saying about me and who I really am. I have never had a romantic relationship and I am 21 years old, many women my age have had multiple relationships. I would sit and compare myself to those women and just become overwhelming saddened by the fact that I hadn't experienced that yet. This was no place to be and a dishonor to myself, the women around me, and God. If you sit in that for too long you begin to listen to the enemy and when someone comes along and shows you attention, you follow it and eventually get hurt. I truly believe that relationships are beautiful and should be surrounding the Lord, with in the middle of it all.

Loving Jesus

I went on a date this morning, no there wasn't anyone else physically with me. I am not sharing new of a significant other. Instead I went on a date with Jesus. I sat down this morning after yoga, I had a conversation with Him. I prayed, I read, and I journaled all about my new found love for Him. I found some piece of joy within myself that was not there before. I learned a few things that were surprising.

Giving yourself love

In light of recent events in my life, I have neglected my blog. (I was originally trying to post once a week and then build up to 3 or 4 times a week.) I have been taking time to work through things and work on making sure that I am doing well. This can be hard, for someone like me who would rather listen to and be there for my friends and sisters than help myself. Over the past two years, though, I have learned that it is important to love yourself and give yourself that time so that you can better support and help others but also so that you are healthy and happy!
I wanted to share some tips on how I work on myself and create a pro-self care environment. I am not perfect, I am working on this myself. Some days I do not want to stop and make sure that I am okay and healthy, it is always a work in progress! A lot of my tips involve yoga and my essential oils, you can purchase and learn more about them through my website!