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God is So Amazing!

The protagonist of my book didn’t live a bad life.  Her life was pretty good when you measure it against other people.  She was actually a very strong believer and follower of God.  So why did she become so depressed?  Even if you have never suffered depression you will be able to relate on some level to this woman’s journey.  Even though this book was especially written for hurting women, I can see that it will reach and help a lot of people.  I can’t wait for you to read it!  It will change your life.

God is so amazing!  As He is giving me the words for this story, I find myself crying at the imagery and feeling the pain that she must have  felt, I feel them too.  This book is healing me as I write it!  I am scared and excited all at the same time to know the magnitude this book’s effect will have on the world!  Because I know God Himself is the writer and I am just the vessel.  The Holy Spirit resides in the pages and will meet you right were you are.  This is a must read!

Nothing that God does ceases to amaze me!  He is a wonderful God and loves us so much.  This book is a true testament to His amazing grace and love.  I am too human to even understand the depth of His love for me.

How long has it been since you just thanked God for being Him?   If He never did another great thing for you or I, He is still a great God!

Share with me your experience of God’s great love.

The Butterfly Journey – Lisa

 

 

 

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The Book

I never intended to write a book, even though I love reading, I never had the desire to write.  But the Lord gave me a book to share with the world and I am so excited about this journey that I am on!

I am currently writing my first book and here is a little back story of how I came to write. . .

One night after talking to the Lord and pondering over my life, God had me start to write.  I wrote for hours and as the words poured out of me onto the paper, I felt a huge heaviness lift off of me.  As I wrote each word, it healed me more and more.  I cried and I laughed as the story unfolded before my eyes.

The story is about a woman who went through a bout of depression.  But it’s not your standard text-book depression; it was a life changing event.  Through her journey she learns valuable lessons about all the areas in her life that led her to her depression.  It is an amazing story of hope, healing, and destiny.

I pray that you will decide to read this book and give a copy to a woman in your life.  I am expecting great and mighty things to happen in the lives of the people who read it.  God does all things well and this is His book to all hurting women of the world!

The book will be available at the end of 2011.  Stay posted so you can get a small glimpse of what is in the book and get ready to transform your life from ordinary to extraordinary!

The Butterfly Journey – Lisa

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Revelation

Yesterday I was overwhelmed.  Today I am less overwhelmed.  Tomorrow I hope to be more balanced.

You know by now that one of my favorite sayings is; go to the source of my creation – God.  That is exactly what I did when I was feeling overwhelmed with all that I wanted to accomplished.  God gave me revelation almost instantly, as I opened my email and there was a newsletter entitled “Overwhelmed?”  Needless to say I jumped right on it and read every word.

The newsletter said to manage your big projects, one item at a time.  God also told me to focus.  He said know your vision and your destiny so focus on that; if anything comes to take you off course let it go.

That’s why companies have vision and mission statements.  It helps them stay on the course of who and what they said they want to be.  It is their roadmap to an expected end.  Others things might be great and exciting but they are detours that will take you away from your destination.

This revelation made everything clear for me.  Now I know to line up everything else to my destiny and if it doesn’t take me closer to it, than it is taking me away from it and that is not an option!

Stay the course!

The Butterfly Journey – Lisa

 

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Overwhelmed!

If you have been following any of my blogs lately you will see that I am working on a total life makeover.  I am working on everything from, my spiritual health, my mental, physical and emotional well-being, and my career.  It sounds like a lot and it is.  It is an extreme makeover, no time to work on just one thing.

It is time now to become all that God sent me here to be so why not do it all?  Well now I feel overwhelmed.  I feel frustrated and almost defeated in my efforts.  I know myself and when I feel this way something or maybe everything will come to a screeching halt.  I throw in the towel because it seems too much to tackle.  But this time I will change my outlook.  I am not going to throw in the towel, but I am going to lean and depend on God.

I already know I can’t do any of this in my own strength so why would I even try?  I am stopping right where I am and asking God to direct me to exactly what I need to spend my energy on.  If it is everything in small doses then that is what I will do, or if He tells me to work on one thing at a time then I will do that too.  But most importantly, I will seek Him for direction.

It helps when you have people surrounding you that  understand you.  Some people need that gentle word of encouragement; some of us need the drill Sargeant type to push us to our maximum; others just need an ear along with some empathy.

So don’t get discouraged when things get overwhelming for you, don’t throw in the towel and settle for ordinary.  Seek God for the answers and strength that you need and push through to extraordinary.

Be encouraged and continue to move forward, God will guide you!  And that’s a word for myself.

The Butterfly Journey – Lisa

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It’s Your Time!

Pastor Joel Osteen has a great book out called It’s Your Time.  It was so inspiring that I bought 10 copies and gave to friends and family.  Hopefully, it gave them new energy to seek out their true purpose in life.

The reason it was so inspiring is more about the timing in which I read it more than the words that he says.  Because most of what is written was nothing new that I had not heard over the years in my life.  But it was something about the timing of when I read the book that stirred something inside of me.  It ignited a fire within me that was laying dormant for years.  But God said; “it’s your time”!

I believe that God is saying it is our time for the “true” church to rise up and help the hurting people of the world.  People all around us, even in our families are suffering with life and don’t know where to turn, but we have the answer. . .God.  But how will they ever know if you and I continue to be complacent in our walk of faith? In our life’s purpose?

I believe that it is YOUR time.  It’s time to move out from the mundane life and into a life of purpose.  If you are anything like me, I got tired of the same old life, I knew God had something greater for me.  But until I sought after it, I continued to walk around broke, busted, and disgusted with myself.

Every since God showed me who I am, my worth in Him, and the job that He wanted me to accomplish, I feel so FREE!  I feel purposeful and passionate.  I feel like I am really living!

Do you know your true purpose?  Better yet, do you want to know?  Do you want to feel like your life matters and that you can make an impact on the world around you?  If you answered “yes” to the last couple of questions,  then let’s talk.

It’s your time!

The Butterfly Journey – Lisa

 

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Calling All Women

God has a special place in His heart for women.  We are His special gems!  In this season, I believe He is calling all women of all ages and all stages in their lives to seek Him.

An ordinary life is designed to keep us busy, tired, and complacent.  I am challenging all of my sisters to start living to their full potential.  Don’t know what that looks like, well that is why I am here.  God has commissioned me to be your guide, your partner in discovering what your extraordinary life looks like.

God’s wisdom and love, has given me the tools, the compassion, and my own experiences to help you find your way in life.  I want to coach you, cheer you on, and lift you up to the Lord as you progress in finding out who you really are.

It doesn’t matter who you are or where you’ve been, God is calling you in this season to be more than you ever imagined.

God and I are waiting for you.  Contact us today! lisa@thebutterflyjourney.net.

The Butterfly Journey – Lisa

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Destiny

I have talked a lot about purpose, destiny, and living out your true life.  The reason this is so heavy on my heart is that I have finally begun to live my best life.  God showed me exactly why I was created, the purpose of my existence.  Until then I didn’t know what real living was.  I am so excited to share this feeling with whom ever I meet.

It is such a wonderful feeling to get up in the morning and know your purpose.  To know exactly what you were put on this earth to do.  To make a difference in the world, whether it is in the small circle where you live or if it is a larger territory of the world.  It is worth it.

It took me a long time to reach this place of completeness, a place of purpose, but I am so glad that I am finally here.  And  I want to share it with everyone I talk to.  My desire is to stir up enthusiasm in every person that I meet and help them reach their full potential in life.  There is no greater satisfaction for me.  This is my purpose.  This is my destiny.

I thank God everyday for allowing me to live my life to the fullest.  He has taken my life  from ordinary to extraordinary and I am having the time of my life!

Will you allow me to help you reach your full potential and live a life of purpose?  Contact me at lisa@thebutterflyjourney.net.

The Butterfly Journey – Lisa

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Why Are We Hurting?

As I began to write my current book about my encounter with depression, I found out that a lot of women, especially Christian women, were suffering from some sort of hurt.  A deep wound of some sort and it astonished me.

But why are we hurting, when we have the victory in Jesus?  Why are we walking around with a smile on our faces and inside we are broke, busted, and disgusted?  I believe it begins with going back to the basics of who we are and what we believe.

Do you remember the child-like faith you had when you first became a Christian?  How you depended on God for everything?  We have gotten so systematic in our worship that we stray away from asking God to enter into our lives.  We can’t walk this road of life without Him and yet in still we try to and fail and end up depressed like I did.

My book takes you through my place of depression, the self-discovery of how I ended up there, and the healing that God gave me.  I was grateful for just being healed and then God did one other thing, showed me the true purpose of my life.

Living out my true destiny has been the best thing I have ever experienced!  I feel like I am truly living now!  Get back to the basics of your journey with God and see what He will do for you.

The Butterfly Journey – Lisa

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Getting Focused

Staying focused is one thing, but getting focused is another.  When I realized that I wanted (needed) a change in my life, I didn’t know where to start.

So I decided why not write a life plan for every area of my life.  It is designed like a business plan which includes a mission and vision statement.

The plan will allow you to laser in on the changes or goals at hand.  It should be a fluid document as sometimes you change in your thought process or you are still finding out exactly what your life should look like.  That is fine, this is your life plan, so no one can say that it’s wrong or right but you.  Essentially the plan should give you a definite plan of action.

I use my plan to make decisions about my life.  If a task or project falls within the goals that I am trying to accomplish then it may be something for me to consider.  For example I want to build my marketing business, so when the commission that I am a part of asked for someone to step up to chair the Marketing/PR committee, I didn’t even hesitate.  This experience will not only help the group reach it’s goals, but it will give me exposure to the very thing that I want to develop in.

You have to start with a plan, a roadmap of where you are and where you want to be and all the steps in between that will get you there.

Life with a purpose is more enjoyable to live.

The Butterfly Journey – Lisa

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Trust

Trust is a huge part of any relationship.  Essentially you can’t have a solid relationship with anyone without it.

As we live our lives we experience different situations in different relationships and those experiences become our measure of trust.  You hear people say all the time I have trust issues.  It means they have put together all of the experiences they have had and base their level of trusting others to the past relationships.

It is a dangerous position to be in because if you always judge each new relationship with the past you will never give an opportunity to someone who may actually be trustworthy.  This type of viewpoint will invade your future relationships and not allow you to fully experience a new level of trust.

I know that I can trust God, His record is flawless when it comes to trust.  He is faithful through and through.

Cultivate a new level of trust in new relationships and base your view by what you actual experience and not on your past.

The Butterfly Journey – Lisa