Tag: Life Makeover

purpose, seeking God

I Have Need of Quiet Time

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The woman of God spoke life over me as I shared with her the mission/purpose God had given to me to pursue.  When I was sharing with her the vision that the Lord showed me over 3 years ago when He healed me from my depression; I could see in her eyes that she could see it too!  As I began to share my testimony of where God had bought me from she began to feel the passion in my spirit for what God had called me to.

It was an amazing encounter to say the least, as we were in a hospital room with my mother recovering from back surgery.  The woman of God got up and came to me and began to pray over my life.  She spoke to me as God gave her revelation for my life and I began to cry.  As she touch my hands I felt the spirit of God transcend from her spirit to mine and I knew she was who she says she is, a woman of the most high God!

The words that she spoke were nothing new to my ear as it all was confirmation of what God had promised me years ago. Now He was using someone to let me know that it was Him who had a plan for my life.

The one thing that she said that stood out for me was; “it time for new beginnings”, a new life everything would be changed, this was the time.  So I decided that I would embrace these words and begin my journey into a “life makeover” with God.  But only a few weeks into the life makeover challenge I began to feel very week in my physical body, as well as, my spirit, and the zeal began to wane.

The Lord gently spoke to me and said; “you need quiet time with me”!  I heard God loud and clear and so I have decided to be obedient and go away from all that I am doing and seek His face.  Without Him I can’t do any of this, I can have no power in executing the things that He has shown me.  The purpose that He has given me is so much more important than me that I will not compromise its outcome for anything!

So I am going away, perhaps not physically, but emotionally and spiritually I have to go away to be with God and allow Him to make me over in the way that only He can.  I solicit your prayers during this time that I would remain faithful to my purpose and to God.  That I would come back to my purpose/mission with more clarity, more vivid directions, and more importantly more zeal for my life as God sees it!

I pray that each of you will remain faithful to your purpose and if you need quiet time with God don’t put it off do it now!

Blessings – The Butterfly Journey ~ Lisa

God, journey, purpose, vision

The Vision Will Come

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In our microwave society, we want everything yesterday.  Time is of essence and we can’t waste a minute of it.  Work harder, move faster, get it done all in one step.  That’s what I was allowing to happen to me.  God showed me my purpose and the vision for the ministry and I want to hurry to get there.

But a good friend reminded me today to enjoy the journey.  Wow, my mother told me that about 3 years ago when I first started dating my now fiance.  I listened to her for the most part, but now I find myself doing the same thing with my ministry.  Perhaps it is because I finally found out what my purpose was so late in my life that I feel I have little time to see its manifestation.

But wait a minute, I can’t get in front of God!  I don’t even want to because that my friend that will be disastrous to say the least.

I need to learn to enjoy this journey that He has me on, every aspect is wonderful and a learning experience for me.  I need to take a step back and marvel at the awesomeness that He is revealing to me.  I need to slow down, because if I don’t I feel the whole thing could just fail.  I don’t want to get weary, because I am doing things in my own strength.  I don’t want to miss an opportunity to draw closer to God.  I want to be obedient with every step of faith that I take.

So thank you Lord for using my friend to tell me to slow down and enjoy the journey, because you are faithful and the vision will come.

The Butterfly Journey ~ Lisa

coach, God, Life Coach, Next Step

The Next Step

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I was just sitting here thinking about how different my life would look if I had made different choices in life a long time ago.  But I realize that I can’t go back and change my past.  When I really think about it I really don’t want to because my past experiences have molded me into the person that I am today!

I can however, take steps to change where I am today to where I want to be in life with the help of God.  Like most people, I look over my life and get overwhelmed with where to start.  What is the next step?

As I have been studying for my certification as a Christian Life Coach, the one thing that the instructors told us was if you are going to be coaching people into their destiny, then you yourself need to have a life coach too!  Wow, that made a whole lot of sense.  So I reached out to a Life Coach that I had met over 2 years ago that had a very unique effect on me.

At that time in my life I was smack dab in the middle of a life crisis, I was in full swing of my depression.  When I met her at a workshop about Life Coaching, she asked me a simple question; “where are you in your life?”  And I burst into tears!  Needless to say at that point I really needed something or someone to help me through my mess, but the timing was not right.  But when I heard the instructors say get a life coach, she was the first person I thought about and I made strides to find her again.

I did find her and we met for lunch one day to begin the process of starting a coaching relationship.  God is never wrong and is always on time!  That meeting went so well and we connected so well spiritually that all we could say was we must make this work!

The thing that I am trying to say is don’t just sit still and not decide to take the next step in your life, even if you don’t know what that step looks like.  You can reach out to God for answers and if a Life Coach is something that you want to pursue to help you get from point A to point B, we can help!  My mother always says: “how do you eat an elephant?” One bite at a  time!

If you are ready to get started, check out our introductory Life Coaching sessions (6 weeks) for only $150 with a payment plan that can work for every budget. www.thebutterflyjourney.com  Hurry this price will only last until July 31!

The Butterfly Journey ~ Lisa

 

 

 

God, the butterfly journey, unplug, wellness

Get Unplugged

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I can honestly say that my life looks so much different from 4 years ago.  I am grateful that it is for the better and not the worse.  When I was stuck in my depressive state I had nothing to look forward to, no purpose, no dreams, just a dark hole of emptiness.

But today I am thriving, working out my life’s purpose and I have more zeal and joy with the Lord than I have ever had.  With that has come an overwhelming feeling of too much.  I long to work full-time in the ministry/business that God has revealed to me as my calling, but in reality I have to pay the bills and so I continue to work a job.  It is very taxing at times trying to balance all the things that I want to accomplish within the limited time of only 24 hours in a day!

Sometimes my days look like this: 2 hours on the road, 8 hours at work, 2 hours to check-in with family, friends, and clients, I try to get at least 5 hours of sleep (I have insomnia so that doesn’t always work), an hour to eat, an hour for daily errands and that only leaves me with 5 hours to work in my purpose!  I try to multi-task, pray while walking the dog, research while eating, posting, blogging and tweeting while on the phone with loved ones, running errands while on my lunch break and whew, I am tired!  And I don’t even have little children running around, thank God, because I probably would need to run away to an island for a week if I did! And I have no time to even pamper myself and I need it, everyone needs it once in a while.

How do I get this all in?  How do people do the amazing things they accomplish while doing life in general?  I am searching for the answers, asking God for clarity and direction.  I am leaning heavily on going unplugged for a period of time.  How much time?  I don’t know I feel that I don’t have a minute or second to waste.  But is it really a waste to take some time to reflect, relax, and refresh yourself?  Or will it give me more energy to find a creative way to get it all in and not lose my composure?

As we are talking about physical wellness during our life makeover,  I think it is a good idea to think about our emotional and mental wellness as well.  We can be super fit physically and emotionally a mess and that is not good.

I want a huge commitment from you to balance your life and manage it with the direction of God.  Make the important things count and never take anything for granted.  Prioritize the things in your life that matter most and if the dishes aren’t washed tonight so what, kiss your husband and spend time with your kids.  Do the things that make an eternal impact.  I am learning!

So I am praying about going unplugged and I will let you know when I do, but in the meantime, think about your own life and see if you need to unplug for a period of time so that you can focus on the things that really matter.

The Butterfly Journey ~ Lisa

change, health, motivated

Move!

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This is an area that I have struggled with most of my life, my weight/health.  I enjoy the benefits of looking good and being healthy just like most people, but I struggle with staying with a healthy regimen.

I use my busy schedule as an excuse, (ok I admit it) to not exercise when I know that it will help me reap the benefits that I long for.  So why can’t I get motivated to move?  I really have no excuses and I am able-bodied and able to walk and have some endurance so I just need to get out there and move.  I know the results will be great and I will feel so much better once I get started, it’s the getting started part.

But since I have decided that I would makeover my life, this part I can’t skip over.  It wouldn’t make much sense to have a made-over life and then be sick.  Ok, ok I get it!

I hope that we can do this together, help motivate each other to move more and eat less and see what results we get at the end of this 6-month challenge!  For me I want to not only be at a healthy weight, but I want to be medication free.  What do you want?

Let’s do this!  Day 6 Action Step – Begin an exercise regimen that you can handle.  Find a buddy to keep you motivated.  Just start today and build up to where you want to be.  We can do this, let’s go!

The Butterfly Journey ~ Lisa

Challenges, change, debt

Facing Debt

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On our journey to a life makeover, today’s action step was about debt.  Ugh!  Well it’s something that we all face in some facet throughout our lifetime.  Hopefully, yours has been a positive experience, personally mine has not.

Some issues are due to my own fault of not being a good steward over the finances that God entrusted me with.  Until I got to that level of thinking and looking at my situation, I could never be free to face it and dissolve it once and for all.

I have too much to do for God to be burden down with debt and all that goes along with it.  So as a part of my life makeover I have decided to face it head on!  Here we go!

Day 3 action step is to create a spreadsheet or chart that lists all your outstanding debt including the name of the creditor, their address, phone number and the amount you owe.  It may seem like a daunting task and it was for me, but once I completed it I felt liberated.  And guess what it wasn’t as bad as I had imagined.  Now I will put the steps together to whittle them all down to nothing and finally be free!  By the end of this 6-month life makeover I will owe no one but to love them a mandate from God!

I found a wonderful tool that is biblically based with financial tools to get you from point A to point B.  If you need assistance check out www.crownmoneymap.com.

In order to be successful with this part of our lives we are going to have to have a new mindset on how we look at and deal with money.

I don’t know about you, but I am ready to be free from debt and being able to be a blessing to others financially instead of living paycheck to paycheck.  Are you ready?  Well get going then it’s all in your hands.

The Butterfly Journey ~ Lisa