6 Better reasons to exercise
Here are a few reasons to reasons to be motivated to exercise: 1. Lifts your mood. 2. Improves learning abilities 3. Builds self-esteem 4. Keeps your brain fit 5. Keeps your body fit and able The list can go on and on. What kind of fitness teacher, gospel preacher am I if I recommend you […]
How to come to peace with the scale
To weigh or not to weigh? I am not sure how an inanimate, metal object can provoke the depth of emotions or rob years from the abundant life God promises. Have you ever had a day when stepping on the scale dictated your mood? You aren’t alone! I’ve had a love/hate relationship with the scale. […]
When health leads to healing
Revelation Wellness came into my life almost two years ago. My family moved across the country just a few months prior, to an unfamiliar place. My husband’s job required travel, my children were young, and I was trying to learn a new way of life. I was where I felt l should be, but the […]
What’s weighing you down?
The search for a quick, easy way to lose weight and get fit has been my addiction for most of my life. The adventure begins as I wait in the checkout line. A headline catches my eye, promising that I can “Lose Weight Fast with This 3-Step Plan.” I tuck the magazine of the week […]
Will you run the race set before you?
There was a pit of unsettledness in my stomach, a sort of vague uneasiness that bubbled up uninvited, when I saw a photo on social media of someone who had just finished a race. It wasn’t jealousy I was experiencing. I felt real joy to see someone cross a finish line they had worked so […]
God wants your body image too
Because God made our bodies, our body image is under the authority of Christ. Erin shares how her faith impacts her body image. It was Tuesday at Revelation Wellness Instructor Training retreat when I recognized the lie. I believed that I had to build the perfect body for the Lord in order to be worthy […]
What do your children see and hear?
If you want your children to grow up with love and respect towards their body, you have to go first. The girl with the blonde pigtails toddled over to the full-length mirror. Having watched her momma get dressed for work every morning, she knew the ritual well: a sidelong glance full of sadness, suck in […]
How to stay light when your emotions are heavy
“Truly I tell you, if anyone says to this mountain, ‘Go, throw yourself into the sea,’ and does not doubt in their heart but believes that what they say will happen, it will be done for them” – Mark 11:23 Don’t allow a social-media smokescreen to convince you that the zip and zeal of energy […]
When you’re asked to give up that good thing
“The way you counsel and correct me makes me praise you more, for your whispers in the night give me wisdom, showing me what to do next. Because you are close to me and always available, my confidence will never be shaken, for I experience your wrap-around presence every moment. My heart and soul explode […]
He First Loved Us
Britney: Good memory has never been my strong suit. There are years from childhood that I have no knowledge of at all, but there is one thing I can never forget. At the age of nine, I began praying for my husband, who I knew would be a pastor. Josh: At the age of twelve […]
