If...Then...

This new year, I have decided to do several things differently.  After learning about and briefly reading Debbie Macomber's One Perfect Word, I have decided to focus on a particular word for this year and to pray that God helps to grow me in that area of my life.  In order to find your word, Debbie says to consult journals or think about something that arises frequently in your life and thoughts...this led me to the word boundaries.

I have always known that setting healthy boundaries is essential to one's life, yet I have always struggled to do this-whether it be with eating, my family, or what I do in my spare time...I need boundaries, it has become apparent.  So I have been starting to establish them.  I plan to do this in several ways such as going to bed and getting up at a normal hour, working out 3-4 times a week, not over-eating during any meal, having a healthy distance from my family, and treating sweets, fast-food, and eating out as something special-not as routine. 

What has been interesting this past month is that as I prayed for strength to establish boundaries, God has given me a promise of prosperity for my life.  I just love this!  I love how if you do something out of obedience, then God blesses you.  This is the promise God has given me for prosperity:

"For the Lord your God is bringing you into a good land - a land with streams and pools of water, with springs flowing in the valleys and hills; a land with wheat and barley, vines and fig trees, pomegranates, olive oil and honey; a land where bread will not be scarce and you will lack nothing; a land where the rocks are iron and you can dig copper out of the hills." -Deut. 8:7-9

Now I have even more motivation to establish these boundaries in order to usher in this promise.  It is during these times that I am so thankful that God is my rescuer and provider.  If you have any questions about what the heck I'm talking about, feel free to leave me a comment.  I'd love a chance converse with some of my readers.

xoxo,

Savvy