Christfit CLT

04/08/2020

The calm before the storm...Silent Wednesday.

Our Holy Week is almost to its most radical and historical days, but first today.

The bible reveals nothing about what Jesus did today and consequently today is historically called Silent Wednesday.

We know the disciples were busy! Busily prepping for Passover feast. The last supper. And the garden of Gethsemane gathering. They were busy! But Jesus was quiet and we see no record of his day recorded.

Obviously, Jesus knows that his accuser and betrayer have met, and can you even imagine what anxiety that would cause us in our human state?? He knew of this and that his fate was set in motion, yet he was never anxious. He also knows his time is drawing near that he will no longer live as a human with his loved ones. And let’s ponder that a moment...how terribly sad we would be. Knowing we had 24-30 hours left with our beloveds. So, today Jesus was with his family and friends.

It was full of Quality time....And What the bible omits is where we can draw our lesson. The lack of recording speaks so loudly.

Jesus' quality time with his closest ones is undocumented. And unrecorded. The authors were possibly so overwhelmed and enthralled with him that they recorded nothing as there may have been too much... Heart swells are hard to document aren't they?

Soaking him in. Soaking them in. And completely giving of himself. Totally. That is quality time at its truest form. The days leading to Easter should be as such...quality. Close. Reflective. Deep. Surrounded by your hearts. On this earth. What greater gift could Jesus have given than his undivided personal uninterrupted time.

My heart is overwhelmed...for the reason we celebrate Easter was God's heart, his enormous love for us. His Love on Display. To draw us into a heart swell for Him. And those he puts into our lives. Today we MUST surround ourselves with the love and freely pour out the love that we have for those we love. Just as Jesus did this day. Follow his lead and love those in your life as there is no tomorrow. He did. And his love was endless...and he’s about to display that even to the cross...soon.

I am completely humbled and overwhelmed. Wow.

Today. Let’s put down our devices and connect. Let’s seek to cherish and envelop those in our lives with quality time. Give what you can. Love where you can. And BE present.

You are so loved. We are. I am. What love is this?

It is on display...for all the world to see. Much love to you!!!



02/11/2020

WALK, NO, RUN with your LIMP.

For years I had a limp, not a physical limp, as in being physically impaired, BUT a emotional ‘limp’ a spiritual ‘limp’, a circumstance that was as a ‘break in my stride’ that affected my heart and life, my daily ‘walk’ as a leader in ministry. The emotional pain was so difficult to bear I could hardly put one foot in front of the other, much less walk or lead.

It was the kind of ‘limp’ that breaks most people emotionally and spiritually. The kind that brings sorrow, shame, fear, rejection and judgement AND ESPECIALLY from the ‘body of believers’, the church. I felt alone and discarded. (Lies!!!)

I discounted my calling and fell for the lie that my ‘limp’ disqualified me from the anointing on my life to empower others and speak the truth of Gods healing. (Because his healing couldn’t really apply to me right, I had this limp he hadn’t healed, and I felt pain that Immobilized me) Anyone with me here??

It’s not the IMPERFECTION that disqualified me IT WAS HOW I DEALT WITH THEM...I sat down, stopped speaking, allowed shame to shy me away from opportunities to impact lives and allowed the imperfection to keep me from the passion I had inside me.

BUT GOD...did not call the PERFECT or flawless to follow through with His plan. He does NOT require us to ‘BE’ any certain ‘woman’ to DO HIS WILL and he certainly doesn’t disqualify us for having a limp in our lives (after all, have you read the Old Testament and how all of those jokers were for real real crazy and had all kinds of ‘limps’ in their lives!!!)

He calls us to OBEDIENCE. AND THROUGH OBEDIENCE THERE IS DELIVERENCE.

So, I had to become transparent. I had to let down the mask of perfection, the shield of being OK, and openly walk with my limp and use the power of my transparency and testimony free and empower others.

It’s the imperfections that make us HUMAN, REAL and the work of a powerful God who restore all things, heals the broken hearted TO PRAISE and breaks the chains of the enemy to DRAG US DOWN and frees us to EMBRACE what he calls us to...NO MATTER THE CIRCUMSTANCES that happen along the way that COULD derail us!!!

DON’T YOU DARE GIVE UP ON THAT THING GOD PUT IN YOUR HEART OR INFRONT OF YOU.

RUN, not walk, in obedience and HE WILL DO THE REST. Let God receive the glory for you following through despite your limp.

Embracing what we perceive as flaws or imperfections (which are our GOD GIVEN) is EMPOWERING.

EMPOWER YOURSELF TODAY, and use YOURS to inspire others with your imperfections...

YOUR PERSONAL God given ability to hold another woman’s chin up and say girl, RISE!!! Xxoo, MC

01/25/2020

Your bodies are TEMPLES-God’s dwelling place. God created it. Jesus died for it. The Spirit lives in it, we’d better take care of it. It is entrusted to us and we are accountable for the health of our bodies, and we only get ONE.

“Do you not know that your bodies are temples of the Holy Spirit, who is in you, whom you have received from God? You are not your own; you were bought at a price. Therefore honor God with your bodies.” 1 Corinthians 6:19. This is the essence of Chrsitfit CLT. The passion behind WHAT we do, the WHY we do it.

Dig into His word, eat, move and speak like you love yourself, reflect on how blessed you are right where you are in the middle of everything you have going on in your life and praise God in it!! Fuel your body, mind and spirit. Honor your temples today.

How are you honoring your temple today? What are you doing to fuel your spirit?? We are on this journey together, spurring one another on, love to you...to becoming more ChristFIT.

01/20/2020

The recipe for making abs!!! New blog post...check it out!

Abs are made in the kitchen, not the gym, contrary to popular belief. The recipe for optimal health/fitness lie in these three ingredients.

09/19/2019

‘NEVER GIVE UP BUTTERCUP’

Don’t give up...We’ve heard this from the time we were very young. Whether we were involved in a youth activity or sport - or a class at school that was difficult — our parents and loved ones supported us, rallied around us - wanted to teach us a grown up lesson. ‘Don’t give up!’ ‘Don’t be a quitter!’

Now when we are grown, we experience bigger hardships, real life, hard hard things— emotionally, mentally, professionally, relationally, financially.

Many times, even physically. The decision to give up on a goal because it’s too hard to reach-like the feeling of inadequacies, comparison, goals losing weight, getting more ‘fit’, eating ‘clean’ or being healthier—it’s HARD to KEEP GOING isn’t it??

But the same advice that worked for us decades ago is a reminder for us now - we must never give up. We must PERSEVERE.

The definition of perseverance is continued effort to do or achieve something DESPITE difficulties, failure, or opposition.

God wants us to persevere. He tells us that ‘we are blessed when we are steadfast during trial.’

He reminds us in James 1:2-4
2 Count it all joy, my brothers, when you meet trials of various kinds, 3 for you know that the testing of your faith produces steadfastness. 4 And let steadfastness have its full effect, that you may be perfect and complete, lacking in nothing.

No matter how hard it gets- God uses our hardships for good. He doesn’t want us to quit! The end result is GOOD mentally, spiritually and physically.

Trusting in Him through the trials increases our faith- brings us closer to Him. No matter what you’re facing today or will be tomorrow - perseverance is PROGRESS!

Today is another challenge. Each day is right??

And yes you CAN DO THIS TODAY!!! CHIN UP buttercup!!!

Lets work those other muscles today, spiritual muscles, practicing PERSEVERANCE — in whatever obstacle you’re currently facing!

09/16/2019

Fix your gaze!! No, really... ‘Fix’ your gaze.

Focal points are of optimal importance in our spiritual and physical journeys. We fixate on aspects of our lives that can be important to us, but to God, our lives, hearts and minds are the highest priority.

Yes we can focus on other parts of our lives and BODIES without dishonoring God or losing perspective of what's most important, but He calls us to ORDER, and His perfect order looks different for many of us.

A healthy, strong, fit, or any form of a ‘great’ body is good and we all want some form of that for ourselves, but the beauty of a good solid woman focused on her God with a soft and gentle spirit, and an upright heart is what the Lord desires. This is what He calls true beauty.

Let’s retrain ourselves to fix or repair our gaze, see ourselves and one another as God does, and not as man does. And that’s to not look at outward appearance, but to look at the heart. Striving to see the hearts of others first, as God himself sees us. And by doing so fix our gaze on HIM and what he’s sees in us and in others. We have to fix what has been tainted or broken in us and fix what we have been told to believe about ourselves and what beauty is. The word tells us that true beauty is that of a gentle and quiet spirit which is pleasing to God.

When you look in the mirror, see yourself as the beauty that He created you to be, in HIS image. HIS beloved and dearly LOVED creation.

You are so special and we all need to rise up and BE-YOU-tiful...Xxoo

09/15/2019

Today’s training exercise: WALKING (out obedience)

What does the word Obedience mean to you?

As a teenager it meant following the rules of my home- listening to my parents, doing chores, homework, and obeying curfew. As an adult it means different things like- life in ministry, working with cheerfulness, fostering relationships, taking care of my kids and home, and everything else that goes along with that!

As a believer it means even different things, ways we exercise our faith.

But it goes deeper than that.

As I read Genesis 22 today, I was touched once again (as I always am with this) by Abraham’s obedience to God when God asked him to sacrifice his only son Isaac. Abraham was ready to do what God asked of him. And what a command that was!! Can you even imagine?
How many of us are THAT obedient to God?

“I swear by myself, declares the Lord, that because you have done this and have not withheld your son, your only son, I will surely bless you and make your descendants as numerous as the stars in the sky and as the sand on the seashore. Your descendants will take possession of the cities of their enemies, and through your offspring all nations on earth will be blessed, because you have obeyed me.””
‭‭Genesis‬ ‭22:16-18‬ ‭NIV‬‬

God blesses obedience— When we listen to Him and do as he asks. What does that kind of obedience look like for you? How could that kind of obedience change your life?

We are to be walking in obedience in taking care of ourselves: body- mind- and spirit. Our bodies are the holy temples of the Spirit of God. How we keep our bodies healthy with movement, the food we put in our body, and how we choose to spend our time, what we choose to watch, listen to and focus on.. are all imperative to taking care of what God gave us.

Maybe our Daily walk could actually lead to an Abraham-type of obedience!
Walk in obedience today as we continue our journey of Christfitness!!

08/01/2019

Getting ready to shred some of my summer ‘fun’!!! August 5 is go time!!! Shredding habits that aren’t serving my body best and replacing them with healthy habits through nutrition that will!!! This online challenge is for YOU!!!

Who wants to join me for ten days?? Healthier from the inside out!!! We can do anything for ten days!!! Let’s do this together!!! Message me or click JOIN GROUP above on page to join my accountability group for FULL accountability!!

Here’s the link for more info!!
http://bit.ly/mcshred10

06/30/2019

So excited about my July challenge!!! Ten days of fitness and nutrition and accountability!!! Here’s the link with all the details!!! Workouts for everyday!!! Click the link to join my accountability group and let’s do this together!!! July 8 we GO!!! You can do anything for ten days...so let’s do this thing!!! And let’s shred your guns buns and core for summer!!!

Fitness, nutritional support, guidance and accountability!! Starts July 8-17th. So excited for this next challenge to push and inspire you!!

06/09/2019

Believe in yourSELF!! The POWER of positivity!!!

06/05/2019

You were created BY Greatness, created FOR greatness and created to LIVE and BE greatness. He that is in YOU is Greater than he that is in the world.

The best version of YOU-It is His desire for us... Mind body and Spirit-best version of you.

We are limited by ourselves and others IF we let them, but not by Him who created us for His glory and to reveal His greatness. It is not only His desire, but His calling for you.

So today, tap into that power which is limitless and go for it. He is your surplus of power and greatness. Be your BEST you today!!! To becoming more Christfit!!!