Today is the First Day of the Rest of Our Life

Today is the first day of my holiday fitness challenge group!

I struggle with putting myself as a priority when real life stress comes knocking at my door. I am overwhelmed with blessings in my life right now but with those blessings come responsibilities and with responsibilities come stress.

Stress makes me feel as if EVERYTHING has to HAPPEN RIGHT NOW!

Which in turn causes me to skip my workouts, skip my morning me time and get right to work on chores, on assignments, on just sitting in anxiety deciding what to cross off my to do list first.

Prayer and exercise are natural stress relievers…

I know this, yet every morning stress knocks and says EVERYTHING RIGHT NOW!

So today, I am using my challenge group to remind me to put stress relief first.

Once I get my blood pumping for 30 minutes in activities and exercises I can do with my 10 month old son, then I can think clearly for the rest of the day.

I challenge you to join me! Take this season of stress and start each day off right.

Let's begin each morning with God’s word and 30 minutes of exercise.

If we can do that instead of beginning our days thinking about all the things that need to be done; I promise you that we will feel better, think clearer, have more energy resulting in us being happier, more peaceful and able to fully enjoy those blessings that God overwhelms us with ♡

Dear Lord,

Help us to relieve our stress and anxiety through your word and exercise so that we do not keep stress bottled up anymore. Help clear our mind in the mornings so that we can focus on you and plan each day wisely. Wrap your loving arms around each mother, wife, woman and give us your peace and love. We come to your feet Lord, for your grace. Please continue to guide us on your perfect path for us, blessing us so that others may see your grace, peace and love through us.

Amen