Chad and I have decided to head to bama after he gets up this afternoon!
I have also decided to do a give away! There will be three prizes..
1 will be a jewelry box
1 will be a miscellaneous box
1 will be a random box with lots of different goodies.
Random box is big prize
Jewelry second prize
Miscellaneous third prize
What do you have to do???
Like my post on Facebook get three points.
Join my blog get three points
Comment on my blog get 2 points
That's it.....nothing too incredibly complicated. IF you try to join my blog or comment and have problems than comment on my Facebook wall and let me know. I will be happy to tell you how to do it.
Contest starts today and goes through Sunday night! Sooooooo....Get ready, Get set and GO!
love you all,
Francine
Thursday, February 7, 2013
Wednesday, February 6, 2013
Just sharing!
Good evening everyone! I hope you have a wonderful day today! I will be honest when I say I have literally not done much of anything today... I spend about half the day on the couch with my other half watching movies. I cherish those times when we get to do that together! I will stop anything I am doing to take time out to spend with that man. I cherish every second because I know tomorrow is never promised.
Tonight I have been thinking about how I sometimes seem to "give up to easy" I don't think I really know why I just always give up on myself. So I am asking God to help me to not allow that to happen anymore. I am getting a calendar and marking off 21 days for each thing I want to change... most people say it usually takes about 21 days to break a habit. I have A LOT of BAD habits to break. Just like loosing weight I am not getting any younger and if I want to live my life to it's fullest I have to start living and quit just dreaming about the day when......because the day" when" may never come UNLESS I make it.
NO it is not easy.... please know I am struggling just like you but I am also trying really hard to focus on not as much the struggle as the accomplishments. It's the only way I can do this. I have to have the right frame of mind in order for this to work. I am the only one standing in my way of making my dreams happen so it is literally NOW or NEVER!
I want you to be successful to in all that you are trying to do. I know you have it in you to accomplish whatever your goals for this year are!! I am praying for you to be all that you can be this year!
I also have another confession to make it's not really one I am proud of but I am going to make it anyway. My heart was very hurt and broken by several people in my past who claimed they were "Christians" and who have purposely deceived and hurt me. They still to this day think they have done nothing wrong but I was so hurt that I walked away from church.. People I am a church goer I always have been. I have always loved it... worshiping GOD is something I have always loved doing. For almost 2 years I have not walked in a church but I realize now that blaming GOD for what they did to me was very wrong and that I have no right to turn my back on God because of something HUMANS who are NOT perfect did. I am working on looking at church's to find a good match for chad and I and praying that the lord will open the door to where we can go and be accepted and loved. Until than I worship GOD in my home and trust that the door that needs to be opened will be when the time is right and GOD is ready for it to be.
So there you go... huge stumbling block and not something I am proud of !
So much in the past brought FEAR to my life. I never really backed down just found another way to make it work. Now I just want to accept it is what it is and move forward.. The PAST is just that in the past and the people in that part of my life need to stay there I have no room for that in the " here and now" or the future. I won't ever allow another person to pull me from God again. EVER!
Tomorrow morning I will start the day working out and I will probably pop in and let you know how it goes and I will also be applying for jobs as well because I am not happy where I am. So please keep me in prayer. There are a lot of changes being made a lot of things I have to work through but I know with GOD ALL things are possible! I have faith he WILL carry me through.
Love to you all,
Francine
Tonight I have been thinking about how I sometimes seem to "give up to easy" I don't think I really know why I just always give up on myself. So I am asking God to help me to not allow that to happen anymore. I am getting a calendar and marking off 21 days for each thing I want to change... most people say it usually takes about 21 days to break a habit. I have A LOT of BAD habits to break. Just like loosing weight I am not getting any younger and if I want to live my life to it's fullest I have to start living and quit just dreaming about the day when......because the day" when" may never come UNLESS I make it.
NO it is not easy.... please know I am struggling just like you but I am also trying really hard to focus on not as much the struggle as the accomplishments. It's the only way I can do this. I have to have the right frame of mind in order for this to work. I am the only one standing in my way of making my dreams happen so it is literally NOW or NEVER!
I want you to be successful to in all that you are trying to do. I know you have it in you to accomplish whatever your goals for this year are!! I am praying for you to be all that you can be this year!
I also have another confession to make it's not really one I am proud of but I am going to make it anyway. My heart was very hurt and broken by several people in my past who claimed they were "Christians" and who have purposely deceived and hurt me. They still to this day think they have done nothing wrong but I was so hurt that I walked away from church.. People I am a church goer I always have been. I have always loved it... worshiping GOD is something I have always loved doing. For almost 2 years I have not walked in a church but I realize now that blaming GOD for what they did to me was very wrong and that I have no right to turn my back on God because of something HUMANS who are NOT perfect did. I am working on looking at church's to find a good match for chad and I and praying that the lord will open the door to where we can go and be accepted and loved. Until than I worship GOD in my home and trust that the door that needs to be opened will be when the time is right and GOD is ready for it to be.
So there you go... huge stumbling block and not something I am proud of !
So much in the past brought FEAR to my life. I never really backed down just found another way to make it work. Now I just want to accept it is what it is and move forward.. The PAST is just that in the past and the people in that part of my life need to stay there I have no room for that in the " here and now" or the future. I won't ever allow another person to pull me from God again. EVER!
Tomorrow morning I will start the day working out and I will probably pop in and let you know how it goes and I will also be applying for jobs as well because I am not happy where I am. So please keep me in prayer. There are a lot of changes being made a lot of things I have to work through but I know with GOD ALL things are possible! I have faith he WILL carry me through.
Love to you all,
Francine
Monday, February 4, 2013
Hey y'all! I hope this finds everyone doing really good! I wanted to write about something that has just been pushing at my heart today and I am praying that IF somebody needed to read this for whatever reason that it will help them.
There are times when I get really down and come down super hard on myself and lately it has been every single day. I am not happy about it but it is what it is. I have become really really bad at comparing myself to others. This person has lost more weight than me, this person is prettier than me, smarter than me, has a better job,,, you get the picture. Today was no different from any other ...... I have to realize that I do not have to compare myself to anyone else.. I am on a journey and GOD NEVER promised that this journey would be easy OR that it would happen fast he did promise he would walk with me every step of the way IF i would do as he told me too and IF I would trust him. I am not perfect.. I have joked about this before but really I am not. So I may fail and I may even fall FLAT ON MY FACE but that's OK because GOD reaches down in his wonderful loving way and picks me up and makes things right. Where would I be without GOD to pick me up when I mess up? So while sitting here getting close to work ending God reminded me of something and it just was so strong and powerful I felt I needed to share it with all of you!
So here it goes:
When we are facing hardships, trials or things in our life that just seem to be taking forever to get resolved we need to remember to not rush them and to not try and find a faster or easier way to do it. TRUST GOD maybe there is a reason he wants you to do it the hard way,,,perhaps he wants to give you a testimony or have you be an example for someone but when we step in and remove that from him we loose all that and we ultimately tell him that we think we know better and folks let's just be honest we so don't know better.
I have been so busy hating that this process is slow and I hate the way I look that I have failed to see all the positives that could come out of this. An awesome testimony I can share with others, the ability to let GOD shine through me, education I will learn and new friendships I will gain through this journey of weight loss. Yes I will still have my days but I am working hard to not compare myself to anyone...how can I after all I am ME , Pamela Francine Howell created by GOD for HIS PURPOSE how dare I think I have the right to take what he gave me out of his hands!
I encourage you whatever battle you are fighting or whatever you are trying to change.. Put it in God's hands and trust him. I know I promise I do know it will not be easy but GOD DOES KNOW BEST!
love you all,
Francine
There are times when I get really down and come down super hard on myself and lately it has been every single day. I am not happy about it but it is what it is. I have become really really bad at comparing myself to others. This person has lost more weight than me, this person is prettier than me, smarter than me, has a better job,,, you get the picture. Today was no different from any other ...... I have to realize that I do not have to compare myself to anyone else.. I am on a journey and GOD NEVER promised that this journey would be easy OR that it would happen fast he did promise he would walk with me every step of the way IF i would do as he told me too and IF I would trust him. I am not perfect.. I have joked about this before but really I am not. So I may fail and I may even fall FLAT ON MY FACE but that's OK because GOD reaches down in his wonderful loving way and picks me up and makes things right. Where would I be without GOD to pick me up when I mess up? So while sitting here getting close to work ending God reminded me of something and it just was so strong and powerful I felt I needed to share it with all of you!
So here it goes:
When we are facing hardships, trials or things in our life that just seem to be taking forever to get resolved we need to remember to not rush them and to not try and find a faster or easier way to do it. TRUST GOD maybe there is a reason he wants you to do it the hard way,,,perhaps he wants to give you a testimony or have you be an example for someone but when we step in and remove that from him we loose all that and we ultimately tell him that we think we know better and folks let's just be honest we so don't know better.
I have been so busy hating that this process is slow and I hate the way I look that I have failed to see all the positives that could come out of this. An awesome testimony I can share with others, the ability to let GOD shine through me, education I will learn and new friendships I will gain through this journey of weight loss. Yes I will still have my days but I am working hard to not compare myself to anyone...how can I after all I am ME , Pamela Francine Howell created by GOD for HIS PURPOSE how dare I think I have the right to take what he gave me out of his hands!
I encourage you whatever battle you are fighting or whatever you are trying to change.. Put it in God's hands and trust him. I know I promise I do know it will not be easy but GOD DOES KNOW BEST!
love you all,
Francine
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