I just read an article today. Maybe many of you have read it also since it was floating around on big FB.

It’s titled, “The Happiest People Are Those Who Realized That God Is Enough,” written by Rania Naim.

Catchy, right?!

After reading it, it’s not only catchy, it's true.

I am going to stress that I just came off of having a WONDERFUL week last week. I felt GREAT! I truly believe that God knew I need last week to restore after a couple of awful weeks.

Looking back on the week, I know exactly why I felt so great.

God.

Last week, God was enough. It wasn’t a week that I got a whole bunch of things done. Nor was it a week that was filled with a whole bunch of happy events. 

Nothing extraordinary happened. Actually, I had a couple of big disappointments.  

But it was still AWESOME.

How can that be?

The world tells us that to be happy, we have to have good things happen to us. We need to have those brand-new shoes, the perfectly kept house, well-behaved kids, a doting husband, ...

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I find that a lot people live their lives inadvertently.

Would you agree?

The most common answer I get when I ask my clients just about any question is, “I don’t know”.

They don’t know …

• how or why they are overweight
• what they are thinking
• why they picked this job, husband, house, etc.
• who can help them
• what they plan to do next

Sure, they may come up with a few excuses.  In the end, most of them concede to the fact that they didn’t really take the time to think about it.  They just did.

I had a friend who wanted to start getting up earlier.  I asked her why? She said, “I don’t know.  That’s what healthy people do.  They get up earlier to work out and do stuff.”

She might as well keep sleeping with that reasoning.

Her goal was to lose weight.  I told her, “Weight loss doesn’t fall in your lap. You NEED to be deliberate.  Not just in exercise, but in all areas of...