Dear Reader-
As long as I can remember, I have always hated the cold.
I love fall… but with the exception of winter’s awesome traditions and family time, truth be told, I would really rather just skip the coldest months on the calendar.
In more recent years, when the thermometer would drop so would my mood… meeting most days with a blue attitude… or a funky fog.
Last year’s mild winter was a godsend… it reminded me of the days before I let “this thing” get to me.
Those who know me well, know that wallowing isn’t me… I don’t let things… especially things I can’t put my finger on… get me down.
So this blue period has been a bit out of character for me and a whole lot annoying… and I have been desperate to kick it.
As the recent chill has hovered over the Hoosier hills outside my warm and toasty home, I felt that familiar unwelcomed gloom lurking.
As if I left the house it would snatch me right up and not let me go until Spring.
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But then something happened.
I was searching for a new study to use during my devotion time and I was struggling to find the right fit.
Then I came across Beth Moore’s Believing God and recalled how many I had heard rave about Beth Moore studies so I decided to give it a shot.
Still a little skeptical from my previous attempts at finding a solid study, I signed on for the online study and about two hours in I felt an overwhelming peace come over me.
A part of the beginning of this particular study is to wear a blue tasseled bracelet on your right wrist as a reminder of the study (a symbol taken from the Old Testament ~ Numbers 15:37-41).
This morning as I bundled up my jacket to face the weary weather, I noticed that blue on my wrist peeking out from my jacket sleeve…
And it hit me that this season was going to be filled with a different blue.
A new blue.
And thank God for that.
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I am the mama behind GOODEness Gracious and the owner of Cris Goode Solutions.Here at GOODEness Gracious, we like to keep it light and fun as we cook up family meals, share our super mommy secrets and chat it up about the GOODe life:)So come on in and sit a spell.
Val Wagner says
November 2, 2012 at 11:20 amI did that study last spring, with some other ladies from our church. It was amazing, and very, very uplifting! In fact, I may have to get out my bracelet again!
crisgoode says
November 2, 2012 at 12:15 pmSo great to hear Val! I am really digging it so far.
Jennifer DeBerry Evans says
November 4, 2012 at 9:32 pmI have done several Beth Moore studies. I just love them. I learn so much. I think I had started Believing God, but did not finish it. I need to go find my study guide and restart it. I am glad that you are enjoying it and it is helping you.
I am glad you wrote about this. I grew up in Texas, am a 5th generation Texas, but I just hate the Texas summers. I have been so depressed the past few years because we not only had record breaking summers, but the winter between the two was warmer than usual and I didn’t get the break I so look forward to. We have had a few cool spells this year, but as I type this at 8:30pm on November 4th, I am sitting here in tank top and shorts to help me stay cool.
I am going to start my work-out routine again tomorrow (working out while my son is at basketball practice at our local activity center). My plan is to lose weight so that by next summer, I am not so miserable. I probably need to start this study and get some of this uplifting for myself. Thanks for posting!
Jennifer DeBerry Evans says
November 4, 2012 at 9:32 pmoops, 5th generation TexaN (not Texas).
crisgoode says
November 4, 2012 at 10:45 pmThanks so much for sharing your story. I am shocked at how much the weather can change the way we feel. This study is really helping me keep my head in the right place. Feel free to email me at crisgoode(at)gmail(dot)com if you’d like to do the study together via email:)