Spiritually Healthy

So things here are going to be quite here on Spiritually Healthy  due to an upcoming wedding. My big brother (Joseph) is getting married and things are going to be getting even busier than already are!  I wanted to explain my future absence just in case any of you were wondering or asked me a question and I didn't respond right away. Have a GREAT Monday and see you soon with lots and lots of wedding details! Blessings, Sarah

Yoga. All I can say is that it has grown on me immensely - and I mean that in a very good way.  My journey with it started in June of last year with a 30 day  challenge with  Erin Motz .  I can't even begin to tell you how much this wonderful type of exercise has helped me in my journey to healing and health. Not only has yoga helped my balance and coordination, but I also believe that it has helped aid some of my gut issues that I've been battling for years.  Who would have thought that yoga would help aid digestion!  I sure didn't in the beginning but I fully believe it now.      So, if you've not tried it before, I encourage you to at least look it up and read about the health benefits  that it offers.   Here are a few pictures of this months challenge. Twisted Hover-Lunge - all smiles for day 1! Warrior 3 to Pistol Squat - boy oh boy was this hard! Warrior 2 Push-Up - and my cat Figaro wanti...

2 Corinthians 6:10 - As sorrowful, yet alway rejoicing; as poor, yet making many rich; as having nothing, and yet possessing all things.  Poor, rich, widowed, married, single, if you possess the One Thing you possess "all things."   This morning I was reminded by God that if I possess Him, I possess all things - even if I'm still (or forevermore) single.  I have everlasting life; I have His grace, His favor, His unending faithfulness (even though I do not deserve it!) and His promise that He'll never leave me nor forsake me.  That my dears, is  all things. Still... I'm sinner and I have hard days, but still this verse seemed to tug  at my heart.  In my prayer journal, I asked this question: "Do I live my life like I possess the Greatest Gift?" That question reminded me of a quote from a book that I've mentioned here before,  The Martyr of the Catacombs  "What you have sought for all your life is our dearest possession. Treasured up...

I know, I know; I change the look of my blog all.the.time.  Part of me just can't help it, and besides, I was meaning to change it!  :p What do you think?  I like it!   PicMonkey  has become my favorite little place to edit Spiritually Healthy. :-)  If you've not been there, check it out! The only thing I haven't quite figured out how to do is make a signature for my posts.  Do any of you know how to - or would you care to tell me how to? Thanks and enjoy! Blessings, Sarah

Books.  Reading.  Blogging.  Three of my (many) favorite things to do!  I saw  this  post by my dear blogging friend, Heidi and thoroughly enjoyed reading her answers to these extremely fun questions!  So seeing as how I love anything that has to do with books, I thought I'd give this a try. :) Side note: I wanted to post this a while a go, but I've been busier than normal...so that has had me delayed a few days. There were 2 rules: 1. The book(s) you answer with must be from your bookshelf. 2. Also, if you could include a picture of your own bookshelf, that'd be great!  If not, no worries, my dearies! The Bookshelf Tag~ Describe your bookshelf (or wherever it is you keep your books-it doesn't actually have to be a shelf!) and where you got it from: My bookshelf is really a pile of books. I mean I do have a bookshelf, but it's not set up (in the process of moving some things around).  Because it isn't right by my bed, I like...

"When I am pierced, what flows from within me? Is it pride, hate, frustration, impatience; or is it kindness, patience, long suffering, or love?"   As I prayed/wrote in my journal, this kept coming from my lips: "How do I respond to life's hardness - with grace and gratitude? Or with discontentment and pettiness?" Psalm 139:23 Search me, O God, and know my heart: try me, and know my thoughts: Psalm 139:24 And see if there be any wicked way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting. Psalm 141:2 Set a watch, O LORD, before my mouth; keep the door of m y lips.  Psalm 73:26  My flesh and my heart faileth: but God is the strength of my heart, and my portion for ever. 1 Corinthians 13:4 Charity suffereth long, and is kind; charity envieth not; charity vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up,  1 Corinthians 13:5 Doth not behave itself unseemly, seeketh not her own, is not easily provoked, thinketh no evil;  1 Corinthians 13:7  Beareth all things...