Jonah: Grace, Mercy, & Unrelenting Love

The Lord has really been showing me things that I have missed in stories from the Bible that I thought I knew so well. Here are five things that I learned from the book of Jonah...

To The One Depressed..

I know how you feel.

You're sitting there looking for an ounce of motivation in your life.

You're probably in the same "slump" that you've experienced before.

You may wonder when you're going to get out of this slump again, or if you ever will.

You may be wondering if you'll ever get out of this "metaphorical" slump.

This literal and physical slump, too.

My heart aches for you.

I know all too well the feeling of staring at walls with no motivation.

I know all too well the feeling of being trapped - you want so badly to have that "pep" in your step again. 

To just feel normal again.

Weekly Wishes: Blogging Newbie, Gilmore Girls, and Laundry

I'm jumping on the bandwagon [does that word show my true Southern side?] with this whole "Weekly Wishes" linkup sponsored by The Nectar Collective. If you want to know more about this linkup, or if you would like to go ahead and join in on the fun yourself, check out the link here. Otherwise, to summarize the point of this fun linkup is to basically to share our goals and dreams with each other in hopes of creating an uplifting and positive community.

Okay, so let's get started!

Taylor's Truths: The Panic of Patrols

Today I dropped off the hubby at the boat...

When I started realizing that I should start this blog, I thought of this day. What I would say, how I would word things and explain it all. Simply put--I'm just not sure how. The only thing I could think to do was simply explain how I was feeling.

This is our 6th patrol in 2 years. I've tried every way possible to do things, but it all pretty much comes down to this:

Taylor's Truths: Weight Loss - The Real Story

As I sit here today, I begin to make my plans for my upcoming new "healthy lifestyle." I began thinking about meal plans, fitting in exercise into my schedule, and plotting out my weigh-in dates. I also began to realize that you typically see posts from people once they're through with their weight loss programs or diets. Once they've made significant progress in their healthy lifestyle achievements, they'll post an end result with a possible before photo. I realized, though, that no one seems to post their "beginning photo" first; no one is jumping into posting their, "This is me before I get fit" photos. I completely understand why; I personally have dreamed of being able to post that I've lost so-and-so much weight after completing so-and-so weight loss program. Weight, body image, and completing projects have always been areas I've struggled in and to be able to say, "I overcame all of them" has been a dream of mine for a long time..