Surrender to self-love

“I am willing to let go of my self-doubt. I surrender to self-love.”

The ego fights to dominate our thoughts because it understands if we are willing to let go of self-doubt, then we are willing to let go of ego which is the one feeding our self-doubt.

The world feeds our ego and then ego teaches us that surrendering is a weakness. When in fact surrendering can be one of the strongest things we do. Surrendering to self-love limits the ego and allows our perspective on life to change.

Humans don’t particularly like change, we like familiarity. Change is uncomfortable. There is comfort in familiarity, even when it’s painful. That is one of the reasons we stay in toxic relationships, unhealthy diets, or other situations that aren’t ideal.

Change, and the uncomfortable feeling it brings, is what we must experience to release self-doubt and embrace self-live. Each day we work on loving ourselves we affirm our willingness to change.

This willingness scares our ego so it will create stumbling blocks of resistance. This morning my ego argued with me over the simple act of getting on my knees as an act of surrender. I ignored Gertrude (my ego) and got on my knees anyway.

I am willing to do the work required to change. I am willing to let go of my self-doubt. I surrender to self-love.

E.A. Fussell

05.05.2023

how not to diet

Dieting is legalistic and forms an unhealthy relationship with food. God did not create dieting; man did and that is why it does not work. Eat less processed foods. Replace them with fresh fruit, colorful vegetables, a variety of nuts & seeds and dieting will not be necessary.

E.A. Fussell
03.25.2023

The Process

Trusting the process is difficult. Especially when plans go awry and it seems like ground is being lost or progress stalled. My health and fitness journey is like that.

I was making great strides then life intervened and threw a few stumbling blocks my way. At first I felt defeated. Then frustration gave way to acceptance as I realized the process may not always align with our plans. Sometimes part of the process is a pause. Whether we like it or not.

Pausing can give us time to evaluate where we are at, where we are going, where we should be going. When I began trusting that the random stumbling blocks were actually part of the process, things began to move and make way for a new plan to evolve.

The process has its own way, the right way, for each one of us. We just have to trust that random unforeseen events or obstacles may show up and are supposed to help guide us, not just frustrate us.

Trusting the process, that’s the hardest part.

E.A. Fussell
02.27.2023

are you a wing or a weight ?

Think about your words.

Are you a wing or a weight?

Do your words lift others up or tear them down?

The tongue is a two edged sword. We can use it to speak life or to bring destruction. There are times when destruction is called for but today focus on lifting at least one person up.

This world bombards us with messages of hopelessness. What might happen if every Believer encouraged at least one person each day? We have the gift of hope to share with a hopeless world.

Let us enter into our prayer closet to do battle, then come out and spread hope around like confetti wherever our feet or our wheels take us.

Be a wing today, lift someone up

E.A. Fussell

01.14.2023

Love like you believe it

Believer, remember today, your flaws and shortcomings are covered by grace and mercy. There is unlimited strength, knowledge and understanding inside you. You have unlimited wealth and Kingdom ways available to you for the asking.

When the enemy tries to whisper or shout in your ear reminding you of your weakness and lack of understanding, telling you that you aren’t worthy or that you will fail, shut him up with the authority you inherited as a child of the King. You are fully justified to walk proudly in the freedom of forgiveness.

The accuser does not have access to your mental realm. Your thoughts are under your own control. Your flesh is under your own control. You have the power of the Spirit to master the way you control yourself. You have the mercy, grace and love of our master Creator covering you.

Whatever you need to get through today will be poured out upon you. You have only to ask, seek and receive. Receiving is up to you. It is an action you must take. Sometimes our blessing is there but we block it by not being able to receive. There are many ways to hinder our own blessings. Negative self-talk fueled by negative thinking is one of the most common. Recalling past sins or tragedies is another. Let go of the whip you are beating yourself with. Christ took those stripes on the cross so you could be free from them and experience joy.

Believe it.

Live like you believe it.

E.A. Fussell

12.18.2022

1 Corinthians 1:30-31

2 Peter 1-4

Shoo them away

“You cannot keep birds from flying over your head but you can keep them from building a nest in your hair.” Martin Luther

We can’t stop bad suggestions from entering our thought world, but we can choose not to dwell or act on them.

As we turn back our clocks today we are given an extra hour of opportunity.

Be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Romans 12:2 KJV

Chang no to ON

Change your circumstances. Reprogram your thinking by switching “no” to “ON”.

When someone tells you “no”, think game “ON”. List ways to overcome or get around the no. Use your imagination, step outside your comfort zone, there is always a way to get where you want to go.

Sure, there may be times when no is the appropriate answer and abiding by it is the correct response. But more often than not, “no” can be an obstacle tossed out by life to see just how much you really desire an outcome and test just how much effort are you willing to contribute to the pursuit of your purpose. Obstacles can only hold you back if you allow them to. Faith can move mountains of “no” when you are “ON” a focused mission.

If you can believe something is possible, you can achieve it.

Ann Fussell
10.25.2022

Perspective

As we take another few steps on this journey through life let us remember that we have no idea what another person is going through, even if we think we do, we just don’t. It’s their experience, not ours. Let us focus on surviving our own path through the obstacles of life to eventually thrive at whatever destination we land.

KE.A. Fussell
05.14.2022

The greatest survivalist

The heart is the greatest survivalist I have ever known. Continuing to beat when it is empty. Always believing life is worth living. With each beat willing us to believe, as it does, there is something left worth surviving for. We may not see it, but it is there, somewhere. Searching for us too. Waiting. Believing. Heart stubbornly beating.

E.A.Fussell

02.01.2022

Speak, write, paint, draw, create, express yourself

Make your plan

Execute it

Now

Do not wait

Trying to perfect it

Waiting can create

Procrastination

Lethargy

Fear of failure

Fear of success

Waiting for the perfect time

Has caused many good plans

To never see the light of day

Tucked away

Inside a desk drawer

Hidden in a closet

Locked inside a brilliant mind

Waiting for the perfect time

That never seems to come

Make your plan

Execute it

Now

E.A. Fussell

01.02.2022

Inspired by George S. Patton’s quote: A good plan violently executed now is better than a perfect plan executed next week.