As we experience the challenges, difficulties and heaviness of the world around us, we realize that we really do have a choice.
We can either choose to allow more negativity to enter our minds and hearts, and continue listening to and believing the many voices of the world. Or instead, we can choose to have a moment to take some deep breaths, be more present in this very moment, slow down a little, focus on what we can control and most importantly TRUST IN GOD, more than men or anything else in the world. ❤️
God has given us promises and tools to bring us inner peace and to truly bring rest to our souls. But the question is, do we genuinely show God that we believe Him? And how willing are we to look within ourselves and to look toward God for inner peace and rest from the burdens we may be carrying?
Mathew 11:28-30 Says;
“Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.
Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me; for I am meek and lowly in heart: and ye shall find rest into your souls.
For my yoke is easy and my burden is light.”
God wants you to come to Him. He invites YOU! And guess what? You get to CHOOSE for yourself. He tells us that we can learn of Him, we can know Him better. And by doing so, we will learn that He is a GOOD God. A God who is never blind to our tears, who knows our individual pain and all of the difficulties we’re each going through. He is never deaf to our prayers and is always right there ready to comfort us, in the way that we personally need it. So, please remember today that He Hears YOU! He sees YOU! He knows you and loves you more than you’ll ever know.
We all know that life is short and temporary. Each day really is a gift, and a new opportunity that God gives us to do better. Do we want to be constantly triggered by all that is going on in the world around us? Or do we want to gain more inner stability, peace and strength in God? He is ready to provide it to any who SEEK HIM. The more that we’re able to align ourselves to Him, the less fear we will have in the world, and the better equipped we’ll be to make choices and handle the difficult situations that may come into our lives.
With God, we can do all things. With Him, we are so muchSTRONGER, PEACEFUL, and STABLE. We all know that our world needs a little more of that. As our minds and hearts are more peaceful and stable, we can be a light in the lives of our families, loved ones, and the world around us.
So, remember, He’s got you! And, HE ALWAYS WILL. You’ve got this! Why? Because, you trust in a loving God to take care of you daily! Come unto Him and you will receive peace and rest. Focus on the light, love, peace, and all the good that you find in TODAY, and feel the difference. Where you choose to put your focus daily, really does matter. ❤️
CLASS WILL BE CANCELLED TONIGHT due to Halloween. 🎃 Hopefully we can all enjoy this evening with our friends and families and focus on strengthening our love for one another and sharing that love and peace with others in our communities as well. 🧡 I pray that we’ll all continue on our journey of doing our best and strengthening our Body, Mind and Spirit daily. Hope to see you again next week so that we may all benefit from class together. 🥰🙏🏼 Love you all and see you soon!
Sometimes we rush through our days having so many distractions, responsibilities and things to do, that we forget to slow down a little and enjoy just being in the moment.
Sadly, most of our thoughts end up stuck in the future or the past and by the time we know it, the day is gone and we’ve been focused on future or past thinking. Sometimes it feels like we’re on autopilot so much that we forget to have moments of being fully being present and engaged in each activity and each moment.
Slowing down and re-focusing our attention on the present moment takes practice. It’s not just a nice thought to have. It actually requires us to choose to practice each moment being fully here and fully present.
I believe that God allows us to have day and night for a reason. Can you imagine if we had no night? How many of us would actually stop and rest? Or would we just keep going with our to do lists? Thankfully, night time is our reminder to slow down, rest, sleep and renew our minds and our bodies. A time for us to turn off the constant chatter of our thoughts, the stress and the distractions of our day and to allow ourselves to just close our eyes, rest and recover. It’s pretty amazing and healing for all of us.
Daytime on the other hand is the reminder that God gives us of taking in that sunrise. So that we may see this new day as a new opportunity for us to choose that renewal for ourselves. Each new day we’re able to tackle new things but it is also an opportunity to set goals, express gratitude and hopefully enjoy the day ahead being present each moment at a time.
God doesn’t want us to run faster than we have strength, or to let our minds constantly dictate what we should think and do. We have the power each day and each moment to CHOOSE how to show up in this very moment. To check our thoughts and see if they’re helpful and useful for us. God wants us to choose to do those things that can bring light into our souls, peace to our minds, greater love to our hearts and health to our bodies.
He wants us to focus on taking things ONE DAY AT A TIME. The more that we’re able to enjoy the DAILY BLESSINGS, the “daily Bread” that God gives us & the daily energy and mercy that we’re able to receive from Him, the happier and more peaceful our days and lives will be.
One of the best ways to practice being present is to focus on our senses or 5,4,3,2,1. What do we see, name and notice the 5 things you see. 4 things you hear, 3 things you feel, 2 that you can smell and 1 thing to taste and focus on each sense. We practice this in class almost every week to help us bring our attention to the present. Creating opportunities to live present and to the fullest I’m this very moment.
The truth is that none of us know when our time on this earth will end. My uncle suffered a heart attack recently. & its situations like that, which put life into perspective. None of us know exactly what’s going to happen. So, trying to live each hour in the best way we can and being the most present, is the best gift we can give to ourselves. To enjoy the breath we have at the moment we have it and to find gratitude in each day and hour is a huge gift that we can give to ourselves.
So, let’s practice making a conscious effort to enjoy each day, to give service, help others and most importantly to choose how to react to our thoughts. We can allow ourselves to feel our feelings and also choose to invite peace in that very moment to flow into our mind, body and spirit. Just remember that what we focus on what really matters. Some things are temporary and not as important. But turning our attention to God and to what would be important to Him today is the best way we can live our day.
We can focus our mind on scriptures or positive affirmations when we need to lift our focus. For example saying to ourselves.
I am a daughter of God, divine light is within me and around me. I am aligned and supported by my Father in Heaven and all is well.
I am clear, focused and efficient in my work today.
I am peaceful, joyful and patient with my kids and friends.
I flow through the day with the spirit, ease and grace.
I listen for guidance and follow my inner voice.
I have all the time I need for all I need to do.
These are some of the examples of affirmations that help me. Having affirmations and scriptures that help us is so important for us to be able to take it one day at a time and really be able to enjoy the day we have TODAY. God has counseled us to take it one day at a time. So, let’s try to remember what He has counseled for us.
Mathew 6:34 Says: Take therefore no thought for the morrow: for the morrow shall take Thought for the things of itself. Sufficient unto the day is the evil thereof.
He wants us to remember to not worry about tomorrow. The things of tomorrow will work out the way they’re meant to and according to His will. He doesn’t want us to be so focused about Tomorrow, or what is ahead. instead He wants us to think about what we can do today. What challenges we have to overcome and to focus our energy on the present moment which is really the ONLY moment we can control.
So, I invite you to Trust in God and trust in His love. Trust that He will provide for you in His way and in His timing. Let go of those feelings of stress, anxiety and fear. Instead, trust in the being who created the universe and who knows the end from the beginning. The one who KNOWS YOU! LOVES YOU & has His own perfect plan for your life, for what you’re meant to go through, overcome and rejoice in…It’s all in HIS HANDS & HE LOVES YOU!!! ❤️ So, choose to live this day in Joy and feeling blessed.
Remember to take it one step at a time, one day at a time. Enjoy the blessings, the little moments and you will feel amazing in knowing that you’re enjoying your most precious DAILY blessings. Even if it’s something hard that you’re going through, try to invite God to help you and be with you in this moment. Focus on inviting peace, motivation, light, love or whatever your soul needs to get through each moment of just TODAY.
Feel the love and the blessing of having people around you who love and care for you. Count your blessings and TRUST IN YOURSELF AND IN GOD. He will bless you and take care of you. He will help you to know what to focus on one hour at a time as you seek for His divine guidance and as you allow yourself to be present. & As you do your best, let go of the rest for now…release the heavy thoughts and trust that He’ll take care of the rest and of providing for you ONE DAY AT A TIME.
So, remember to be in this very moment. Breathe, bring yourself the peace and the love of God that surrounds all living things & prioritize your hour. Just be in this very moment. Focus on today, on this hour & do your best.
Psalm 118:24 says: “This is the day which the Lord hath made; I will rejoice and be glad in it.”
Our Spiritual goal for the week is to focus on taking it ONE DAY AT A TIME. Slow down a little and rejoice. 🙂 Find joy in your day. A life with joy is a life well lived. So, let’s focus on joy. Let’s practice being present and strengthening our relationship with God TODAY. So that He may give us the daily wisdom or the “daily bread” and provision that we need to for today. That we may ask Him to help us know where to focus our energy, thoughts and actions.
Our Physical goal for the week is to move our bodies and to drink more water. Also, let’s try to eat foods rich in vitamins and nutrition. The more we’re able to help our bodies, the better we will also feel mentally and spiritually. As we care for our body our mind benefits too and when our mind benefits our spirit is more able to be receptive to God. So, it’s all connected. 💪🏼🥰
ClASS IS TONIGHT AT 7:00pm!!! I’m so excited to see each of you and for you to be able to choose to do this for yourself TODAY! ❤️ Do it from a place of Love and come to class ready to strengthen and renew yourself physically, mentally and spiritually. Last week we had an amazing meditation that left us feeling so peaceful. I hope that you can join us tonight for another amazing meditation to help us focus on the present and on living a life that is peaceful, joyful, balanced and centered on God who provides us with way more than we can do for ourselves. 💖 & if you want to skip the workout and just show up for meditation please feel free to do that. Meditation will start at 7:50pm. 🙂
Love you all & hope that you can make it and gain what you’re meant to from class and from this message. Remember to choose to do the best that you can for yourself today. Be present from one moment to the next and feel the difference. Can’t wait to see you guys there!! 🥰💖🤗
In a world full of uncertainty and challenges, developing trust in God is essential to finding peace, purpose, and direction in life. Trusting in God means having faith in His wisdom, love, and ability to guide us through every aspect of our lives. This trust requires more than just believing in His existence. It’s a confident expectation that He will fulfill His promises to us as we strive to live according to His will.
Trusting in God is not just about passive belief, but purposefully relying on His timing, wisdom, and love. It means that we turn to Him in all aspects of our lives, whether in times of joy or trial. As Proverbs 3:5-6 reminds us to: “Trust in the Lord with all thine heart and lean not unto thine own understanding. In all thy always acknowledge Him, and he shall direct thy paths.”
This passage teaches us that when we place our trust in God, we let go of the need to control everything in our lives. Instead of relying solely on our limited understanding, we turn to the Lord, trusting that He sees the bigger picture and knows what is best for us. Trusting God also requires patience, understanding that His timing may not always align with ours, but that His timing is actually always perfect.
Take a moment to think about the ways in which you are building and strengthening your trust in God. 💛
Building trust in God is a daily process that requires faith, effort, and consistency. There are things that can help us build and strengthen our trust in him. For example: We can choose to pray with real intent. I love finding a quiet place if posible in nature for me to speak to my Father in Heaven. I need that time alone to align my thoughts and my soul and to be ready to Hear Him speak to me too. Prayer is our direct line of communication with God. When we pray sincerely, seeking His guidance, when we show Him that we are willing to listen, we invite his presence into our lives.
Can you imagine God seeing His precious daughter humbly praying and asking Him for help? The God that we love and serve is a God who is filled with compassion. He rejoices when we come to Him, and He wants us to know that we are never alone. That He does hear us and He wants us to feel His love and peace as we pray. S, we can purposefully try to remember daily, that every time we pray, we invite His presence to be with us . We can trust and believe that He will make Himself manifest unto us through His spirit so that we may feel His love, His guiding peace and the light that He can provide for our daily lives. ☀️
Another important way to build trust in God, is for us to study His words. The Scriptures have so many examples and stories of how God has delivered, protected and blessed His people. As we learned from the words of God, those words also testify to us and teach us that God is always faithful to those who trust Him.
One of the things that we learn from reading the words of God, is that He has asked us to keep His commandments. He’s done this because He loves us and knows that as we choose to follow and keep His commandments this will bring blessings into our lives. To me obedient means that we’re submissive, malleable, meek and willing to be taught and shaped into who our Father in Heaven would like us to become. Obedience to God (who knows it all) is truly beautiful and rewarding. It brings a peace that will be eternal. There’s no one better in this world to obey, than to obey God. Our loving Father and creator. ❤️
Obedience to God’s commandments is one of the clearest ways for us to show our trust in Him. As we follow His guidance, and live according to his standards, we invite blessings into our lives. We may not always see the immediate fruits of our obedience, but trusting that God‘s ways are higher than ours, will lead us to eternal blessings.
As our trust in God grows, we begin to exercise better faith in our trials. Trusting God doesn’t mean that life will be free of challenges. In fact, trials are often the very means by which our trust in God is tested and strengthened. President Thomas S. Monson once said “Trust in the Lord with all your heart. He will do for you what no other power can. He will extend His arms of mercy toward you, to lift you up, and to carry you when you need His support.” When we face difficulties with faith, trusting that God has a purpose in our suffering, we can find comfort and peace, knowing that He is shaping us into who we are meant to become.
And what about what God will do for us as we trust Him?
God has made so many beautiful promises to those who trust in Him. While we may not always see the results of our faith immediately, we are assured that God will always bless us according to His will and timing. Some of these blessings can be:
💖 Having Peace Amidst Adversity:
Trusting in God, doesn’t eliminate challenges, but it does bring an inner peace that sustains us through them. The savior promised, “Peace I leave with you, my peace I give unto you: not as the world giveth, give I unto you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid.” (John 14:27). This peace comes from knowing that God is in control, even when life feels uncertain.
💖 Another blessing is; Receiving Guidance & Direction: When we trust in God, we can know for sure that He will lead us on the path that is right for us. Whether through promptings of the spirit, the council of leaders or the impressions we receive as we study the scriptures, God will direct our steps as we seek His will.
💖 God promises to give us the strength to overcome: Trusting in God gives us the strength to phase our challenges with courage and faith. As we rely on His power, we are promised that we can overcome ALL things. As Paul wrote, “I can do all things through Christ, which strengtheneth me” (Philippians 4:13)
And finally, God promises us His eternal reward. God‘s greatest promise to those who trust in Him, is eternal life. As we remain faithful and trust in His plan throughout our lives, we are promised the opportunity to return to live with Him and our families for eternity. This eternal perspective is one too the things that can help us endure the trials of life with patience and hope. 🫶🏼
It’s better to trust God than to trust anything or anyone else on this earth. Regardless of your challenges and circumstances that you may be facing today, just turn it all over to God. Trust in Him. Trusting in God is not a one-time decision but a lifelong journey of faith. It involves continually and DAILY turning our hearts and minds toward Him, especially when we face uncertainties or challenges.
As we develop this trust, we will find peace, guidance, and strength, knowing that God loves us and will fulfill His promises to us. So, today I want to encourage you and invite you to build a stronger relationship with your loving creator. Strengthen your relationship with Him through the power of prayer, remember that the enemy never wants you to pray. He never wants you to discover what you can accomplish with God. So, make it your priority to PRAY MORE! To let God know everything that is in your heart and mind and be willing to listen and ACT upon what God places in your heart. Read from His words daily, study, and obey His commandments in Joy.
This will allow us to be strong spiritually, mentally and physically ❤️ God will bless us in every aspect of our lives as we strive to follow Him and TRUST IN HIM. We can develop the deep trust that allows us to say, “Not mine, but thy will be done,”
God’s plan for us is far greater than anything we could plan for ourselves. Let’s TRUST HIM, LOVE HIM AND DO OUR BEST. ❤️
If you need to let go of stress, worries or anxieties I invite you to give yourself one hour today to come to class. I promise that you will be able to release stress and tension and you will leave feeling peaceful and renewed. I hope that you can make it tonight at 7 PM, and invite others to benefit as well. 💖
With everything going on in our world, and the different challenges that we all face, It’s easy to allow the chaos of it all to increase and cause greater emotional stress, fear and anxiety.
We see that not only is our peace constantly being attacked, but new research has also shown that our levels of addictions or the ways in which we choose to “numb”our emotions is also increasing. Have you noticed that the world as a whole is having a harder time controlling their feelings, thoughts and emotions? People can’t seem to control themselves. Sadly, we’re becoming a society that’s more disconnected, divided and addicted. Numbing our emotional stress with outside sources and completely forgetting how to stop, breathe and silence our minds and hearts.
Think about what we tend to resort to “to help us feel better,” we often times reach for food, our phones, TV, entertainment, shopping, posting on social media in search for compliments or validation, we reach for substances and many other activities that seem harmless at first. But, little by little they become the ways in which we deal with our emotions. 🙁 These types of activities tie us down until we’re basically being controlled by them. We loose our ability to genuinely regulate our inner peace, we forget to listen to ourselves, we’re afraid to feel our emotions and most importantly to ask God to help us.
When we can acknowledge the ways in which we’re becoming more dependent on outside sources to bring us inner peace, we can take a good look at those things and start to work on them or remove them from our lives. Most of the time we don’t even realize how much we’re allowing those outside things to control our emotional state. Or how we’re numbing the discomforts or the pain that we all face. The more we reach for outside things to help us feel better the more we will see that little by little we begin to dim our inner peace more and more. We become more explosive and impatient. Which affects not only ourselves, but also those around us.
Remember that the the enemy of your soul will always push for you to become dependent on outside sources. So that you may become a “slave” to those things. The enemy will even lie to you and tell you that it’s too uncomfortable to sit with your feelings. That you can’t look within yourself etc…But that’s exactly how he ties us to more material things and keeps us away from God. The enemy knows that if he can keep us distracted, unable to process our feelings and definitely doing everything in his power to prevent us from speaking or communicating with God. Then, that’s how he wins. Making us completely miserable like himself.
God, our Father in Heaven, on the other hand wants us to be able to RISE ABOVE that. To CHOOSE FOR OURSELVES to turn to Him! Our Father and our creator for the help we need. He wants us to create within ourselves that strong desire that we may know that WE ARE HIS CHILDREN. & that as such, WE HAVE ACCESS TO DIVINE POWER, LIGHT AND GREATER PEACE. He wants us to know that we don’t need to depend on anything material or of this world to bring us the peace that we seek. But to know instead, that God is the giver of our peace. He wants to remind us that He can provide that peace way more abundantly, even amidst the storms of life. So that when the difficulties come, we may be able to know in whom we trust and remain peaceful and faithful.
This week I want to motivate you and encourage you to push past the discomfort & take a deeper look within yourself. Remember that this will most likely not feel very comfortable at first, and you may be tempted to grab your phone or turn on the TV, or call a friend or whatever else you try to do to get out of fully sitting for a moment and just feeling your feelings and emotions.
The goal is to practice when you’re triggered by something, 💛 to just take a moment to close your eyes, cover your ears, breathe and feel within yourself what’s going on. Take a moment to see your feelings and thoughts clearly. If it’s possible, see them from a distance so that they’re not fully “ thoughts that are attached to you.” But then, take a moment to invite divine light into your heart and soul. Ask God to be with you. To give you His LOVE, His STRENGTH, and His PEACE. Ask Him to remove those feelings. Then allow yourself to FEEL THAT AMAZING POWER FLOWING FROM GOD INTO YOUR HEART, MIND AND SOUL. Remember that nothing in the world can compare to that feeling of knowing that something comes directly from God to you. ❤️ & If you’d like to record your feelings or write down any wisdom that God places in your heart. Then, that will be a blessing to you, as you go and act on what He tells you. The more willing you are to receiving, the more you’ll gain.
Also, take a moment if you can to acknowledge the things that you honestly know that you use to “numb” your emotional discomfort. Think about what comes up for you. Ask yourself what are some of the things that steal my peace? Think about what you do when you’re angry or stressed. Do you reach for your phone or food or something else when you’re uncomfortable or stressed out? Do those things bring you lasting peace? Or how do they leave you feeling afterwards? These are all questions that we rarely ask ourselves. But it’s important that we get to know ourselves in this life and while we’re her on this earth. That WE MAY BECOME OUR OWN BEST FRIEND. OUR OWN BEST CHEERLEADER AND OUR OWN PROTECTOR OF OUR PEACE. When we can notice and recognize what happens internally, we will be better able to PRACTICE inviting more of the good to be with us and it will become easier to reject the negativity and all that is bad for our minds, hearts and souls.
So, if like to invite you again to take a moment to practice breathing. to check on your emotions and change them for the better. Give yourself love, compassion and be proud of your ability to look inward without the need of outside sources to allow you to check in with yourself. To feel the emotions, to reach to God who is the true giver of lasting peace and allow Him to help you clear the internal chaos & RETURN TO PEACE OFTEN.💛
Set a goal for yourself this week that you will be your inner peace keeper. Try to allow the quiet moments you have to connect to that higher source of peace and love which comes from God. Ask Him to help you focus on your internal light and peace instead of what the world wants you to focus on. Find strength in your ability to practice this & notice how it will change everything for you and the way in which you view yourself and your ability to retain your peace. As you practice this skill, it will increase your inner power day by day. You’ve got this! The choice is yours.
Remember that God invites each of us to fully place our trust on HIM. He is the prince of peace, who invites our souls to receive true, long lasting and eternal peace.
John 14:27 Says: “Peace I leave with you, my peace I give unto you: not as the world giveth, give I unto you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid.”❤️
God wants us to rely on Him so that we may not be troubled or afraid. So, let’s hand our thoughts and troubles to God. whatever is troubling us today, whatever is bringing us fear or frustration….Take a moment to sit with those feelings Breathe and recognize each emotion and how it presents in your body. For example; “This is anger, I feel tightness in my chest or I feel it in my throat..etc” “I want to release this emotion and allow myself to come to peace & calm” say to yourself “I invite the peace of God to come and be with me. To heal me and to strengthen me and remind me of I’m my inner and divine light. I am love, I am peace, I am a child of God. Breathe and feel the calmness covering you.
God wants to hear from you. He will remove those emotions and replace your thoughts with what a loving God would tell you. Allowing yourself to invite His peace and love to renew you and to recharge your heart and soul is the most amazing therapy that you can give to yourself. So, trust Him. He is the king of peace, the giver of all that is good. The creator of Love and light. There’s nothing greater on this earth than being able to experience the peace that can only come from a loving God. He will strengthen you, help you and lift you every single day and hour of your life. ❤️ I pray that you’ll be able to feel His peace and allow yourself to be the KEEPER AND THE PROTECTOR OF YOUR PEACE.
This is our Spiritual goal this week is: To gain greater inner peace. 💪🏼💛 To be the KEEPER OF OUR PEACE! The PROTECTOR or our peace who doesn’t depend on material things to help us feel better. But instead that we may have the wisdom to know where true peace comes from. To lean on our ability to invite silence and inner peace to this very moment. Saying to ourselves “ I choose this hour to keep my peace centered on a God who sees me, who hears me, who loves me and who wants to help me. I am the protector of my inner peace and I choose light, love and peace to be with me surround me on this day.” ❤️
Our Physical goals is to exercise at least 2-3 times this week and to give our body more water and healthy nutrient rich foods that we need. ❤️
Hope To see you in class tonight at 7pm. Make this promise to yourself to do this for your Body, Mind and Spirit. This will allow you to release stress, strengthen yourself Physically, emotionally and spiritually. We will also practice how to be the keeper of our peace during a peaceful meditation. Hope that you can make it and feel the difference.
