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Spiritual Fitness: Aligning Body, Mind, and Faith

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I Am Becoming Me

This will be a short blog, but the only thing I could think of today, when confronted with my lack of writing for so long, is this:

I am becoming me.

For years, I lived under what I believed was expected of me. Other people placed demands on me, and I allowed them. I grew within those expectations, and that became the problem. Somewhere along the way, I began shaping myself around what others needed, wanted, or expected—rather than who I truly am.

And I’m realizing now: that shift matters.

What We Feed Ourselves Matters

Just like I know I cannot spiritually feed on junk—man-made noise like TV, social media, other people’s opinions, movies, music, news, and more—and expect to be spiritually healthy.

Discernment matters in every area of life. There is so much information—and misinformation—out there. Not everything presented as truth is truth, even when it sounds good or feels spiritual. We have been misled in many ways, even in the name of God.

This is why we have to be intentional about what we allow into our minds, hearts, and spirits.

Asking for Truth

Don’t be afraid to open your mind and your heart. Pray and ask the Holy Spirit to show you truth.

And when He does, ask Him to help you make the changes you need to make.

That is what I am doing. I am becoming the person God created me to be.

Letting Go of the Old

But this process requires letting go.

You don’t put a new dress over old jeans—you have to remove the old layers. You have to shed old ways of thinking, old habits, and old personality traits.

You also have to stop excusing everything as:

  • “This is just how I am.”
  • “This is how I was raised.”
  • “I can’t change because of this person or that situation.”

At some point, growth requires honesty.

The only one stopping you… is you.

Transformation Requires Participation

The truth is, real change begins when we stop giving away our power to circumstances and start participating in our own transformation.

Get with God. Ask Him to show you truth. Be willing to make the changes—and then actually walk them out.

It won’t happen overnight. But night after night, day after day, if you keep moving forward, you will look back and not even recognize who you once were.

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Choose Life

Choose life and live it fully, as the person God has created you to be, and you will live free.