A BIT ABOUT ME
The Decision That Changed My Life
For 15 years I drank, smoked, got high, had inappropriate relationships with men; basically, partying my life away. I never healed from my sexual assault when I was 19 from the shame and condemnation I received. My hurt manifested in almost two decades of self-loathing and pity. I ended up 100 pounds overweight and stuck in a n endless cycle, or so I thought. One day it was if God picked me up the couch, even though I felt so far from Him, He had never left me. He set me on a path that would eventually lead me here. For over eight years I did every fad diet and bought into every promise of dropping weight, I spent insane amounts of money on quick fixes that never worked. In 2016 a friend invited me to workout with her in an online platform format that eventually became my business. I've lost 90 of the pounds I've gained and have worked with women to overcome their weight struggles ever since. What started as a desire to get fit and shed a few pounds lead me back to God. I've continued to let God lead this business venture and, in the Spring of 2024, He called on me again, very specifically to trust Him completely with my nutrition and fitness journey. I've recently shifted the course of my business to work one on one with clients in a 3-Month Biblical Weight Loss Framework that starts with a complete overhaul of our minds, hard, yet worthwhile work.
When we let the Holy Spirit lead our choices and trust that God cares so completely about our bodies and the way we fuel and move and speak to her, when we see that His purpose for us is real, life becomes less about our weight and appearance and move about focusing on obedience to Him. We lose the desire for vanity metrics and move and eat and speak as an act of worship, not just on Sunday but every choice in every way. When we release the expectation of perfection and lean IN to His word daily, we can truly release the fear and step IN to His promise. Do you believe He has a plan and purpose for your life? He does. Do you want to walk in it? Do you want to release the hold your body image has on your mind and lean IN to His understanding? Never underestimate that nudge you feel from inside, pushing you for more, that's the Holy Spirit calling and it's not to be ignored. We are all created with purpose, and it has become my life's mission to help every woman I meet seek her purpose in Jesus and to fight those fleshy parts of her that tell her she's not enough. To work hard to build the discipline practices necessary to take her life to the next level.
I love Jesus, my amazing husband and our daughter and pup, life is good. I didn't meet the love of my life until I was almost 40. Years of unhealthy relationships and seeking comfort and identity in the wrong man. After a hysterectomy at 37, leaving me unable to ever conceive I was broken, lost, alone and angry. But God. I prayed and asked Him to move my husband in next door, I'd asked Him that over and over and, in the Spring of 2020, He did. I've personally witnessed miracle after miracle, and it has made me fall more and more in love with God. We got married in October of 2022 and I couldn't be happier. It's a feeling I never thought I would know. I hope you'll seek His love above all else. It took me broken down and aching for more of His presence in my life to see what I was truly lacking. It was then, in Him working on me that He gave me the Godly man I'd prayed for.
I know what the power of God's love and His prompting to self-discipline has done in my life, and it is my prayer for you, today that I can help encourage you to invest in your own personal development journey in this area. To encourage you to pray the hard prayer, Father, break me, unsettle me as Lysa TerKeurst says. I believe self-discipline, like courage, is a muscle to be strengthened and with a little direction, a lot of prayer and chains broken, anyone with the desire to live better can find purpose in the life God intended for them. Thank you for taking a few minutes to let me share and if I can do anything to bless you or help you, please reach out. It is never too late to live in the promise of His plan for your life.
Be blessed, Lindy
