Do you want to be made well?
First of all, I was too excited to wait to post a blog. Second of all, there may be typos or sentences that don’t make sense. Third of all, if you know me, you know how impatient I am when I’m excited. Fourth of all, enjoy reading 🙂
The idea for this blog was birthed out of a season of dreams, discovery, and prayer. Ever since I was a young teenage girl struggling with pimples, body image, and crushes on boys, I struggled with weight and eating. There were seasons I ate too little, and there were seasons I ate too much. Yet, as the years went on, I came to discover that my weight, eating habits, fitness level, spiritual and emotional well- being were more correlated than I thought. I realized that more often than not, how I ate, moved and thought was an overflow of what was happening on the inside or around me. It was the summer of June 2013, I had this realization and felt the nudge of God asking me, “Do you want to be made well?” And finally, after years of trying to fight this war on my own, I said “Yes, I want to be made well.” I had no idea what was before me. I had no idea I would go on to lose a lot of weight, become a runner, eat real and unprocessed food, join Crossfit, do a pull-up, or even be someone people come to on health and food choices! No idea that God has greater plans for me than I could ever imagine.
However, since I made the commitment to pursue being made well over two years ago, I have worked to establish holistic health in every area of my life – spiritually, physically, mentally, socially, and emotionally. And along the way I have fallen, thrived, accomplished the impossible, and discovered the freedom and wonder in letting Jesus making me well. Thus, this blog came out of a dream to lead others on this journey towards understanding true health and learning together how to live that out. My heart is to share my story, experiences, experiments, failures, victories, recipes, health manifestos, role models and more. Sometimes blogs will be serious, completely silly, educational, or downright a place for me to vent. Nonetheless, I want you to come along this journey with me. Ask me questions, shoot me ideas, and give me feedback! I can’t wait for it.
BUT before you do and before you start this journey with me, I will leave you with one question to ponder, wrestle with, and answer. It’s the very same question I had to wrestle with before beginning this health journey and it’s the very question you need to answer for yourself:
“Do you want to be made well?”
