Life and the Single Christian Girl…………..

I really enjoyed my time last night at EGY Youth, they are just amazing.

It made me think about what I am passionate about.

My dream is to have a house for girls and women who are recovering from an eating disorder.

The house would be to help them when they have been discharged from hospital and it would also be there for support encouragement and for life skills.

They would still need to keep their appointments with their Psychiatrist, Psychologist, Dietician, their GP and other professionals that they will need to see.

The house would help with their in between visits.

Personally I know that you may see your GP once a week and then you are on your own for the rest of the week.

The house would be an inviting place where girls and women in recovery can learn about shopping and cooking and other interests.

We would also have Professionals come in and talk to the girls about being healthy, referrals if needed and other needs.

The place would be a safe nurturing environment.

I would love to have different rooms that would have beautiful furniture to let the girls know that they are worthy, valued and loved.

Of course there would be conditions that they would need to agree to before they commence. These are needed for safety and just they we really want the best for the girls.

I would love to see a lounge room with beautiful lounges, on the wall would be pictures of art from the girls.

There would also be encouraging quotes everywhere just to remind them they we value them.

My dream of this house seems enormous but I am determined to find the house and then to have people sponsor and help out.

This is for the whole community.

I am so excited about this dream of mine.

So friends if you are reading this and you have any ideas please let me know.

Will share more tomorrow.

Loves and Hugs

Traceyxx

Life and the Single Christian Girl………………..

I have just arrived home after a really great day.

I am so enjoying this season in my life.

It is so full of new opportunities and experiences.

It is an answer to prayer.

Tonight I was able to speak at Youth at the church that I attend.

I love my church.

I love speaking at youth, they are amazing. I really feel that I want to support and encourage them.

I also am so encouraged by the opportunities that happen.

Tonight I spoke about being a voice for the voiceless and also about leadership.

I showed a video clip about a girl standing up for a boy who was being bullied. The video is on TV and it is quite powerful.

I shared about an experience that happened when I was on the train with students from the school and we were going to a leadership conference.

I wrote about it in my blog in March.

It was the first time that I wrote passionately and strongly about injustice.

I wasn’t quite sure that I wanted to post it, I hesitantly pressed the publish button.

There it was on the internet for everyone to see.

I actually messaged a lovely friend who is a writer and asked her if she thought it was to in your face.

I waited patiently for her answer and she said “No, you should write more like this.”

So then I felt to write and stand in the gap for other.

Stand in the gap.

Also be safe about it don’t put yourself in danger.

I love that stand in the gap.

Who are you standing in the gap for?

Who can you be a voice for?

What is a cause you can be a voice for?

Will share more tomorrow.

Loves and Hugs

Traceyxx

Life and the Single Christian Girl……..

Today my thoughts are on bucket filling.

I am not talking about filling any bucket, I am talking about your own.

It is building up your self-worth and your identity.

It is also knowing that you are important.

Yes you are!

We talk about it with our students about filling their bucket.

Encouraging them, helping them to achieve their goals and believing in them.

Why is it that we forget to fill our own bucket as adults?

I know that especially for Mothers their needs seem to be last on the list. They put everyone before them.

Break out and do something nice for yourself.

Yes, break out!

Take the time to do something nice for yourself.

I was saying to someone today, that when you are giving to others that you need to make sure that you have enough to give.

It’s healthy to take time out for yourself, to find something that feeds you that nurtures you that encourages you and can inspire you.

Let me be out there and say don’t feel guilty.

Don’t!

You will be a healthier person who is then able to give back to others.

I think also that we need to encourage each other.

I think that sometimes people think that they are not being noticed in what they are doing.

You are noticed, you are loved.

Even if you feel that you are not being acknowledged in what you are doing.

Have a look at all the great things that you have achieved along the way.

Go back and if you need to write it down in a book, to remember that you have made a difference.

Don’t let others squash your passion.

Stand firm and have a go.

Stand firm and keep going.

When I have days where I am feeling low, I have a box that I have saved all the encouraging letters, pictures and other items that will remind me of what I have achieved.

This just reminds me that yes I have made a difference to someone.

Why don’t you buy a beautiful box and then collect all the lovely things that make you feel happy, that make you feel encouraged, and that make you can remember that you have made a difference.

Today be encouraged, you are amazing, you make a difference.

I want to encourage you.

Will share more tomorrow.

Loves and Hugs

Traceyxx

Life and the Single Christian Girl………..

Topic: Terminal Time

You are at the airport your flight is delayed for 6 more hours and none of your electronic devices are working.

How do you pass the time?

  What would I do if my flight was delayed for 6 more hours?

I think that it would depend on where I had come from or if I was waiting to go somewhere.

I would also hope that I didn’t need to catch a connecting flight.

So I am going to say that I am waiting to go home from a conference in Sydney or Melbourne.

I do enjoy time at the airport, I find that it is just so interesting watching people come and go.

Seeing those that are running late and how they react. If my electronic devices did not work then I would have a walk around the airport and look at the shops.

I love looking around and discovering different little items that the shops have.

I would also go to the stationary shop. This would be a must. I would buy myself a really nice notebook and a beautiful pen.

Then I would find a nice place to sit and write about anything that comes to my mind.

I would just journal and make notes. I would also use the time to write down ideas for songs.

I would use my journal for drawing as well.

Depending on the time I would go and buy myself a nice glass of wine and sit and watch the planes coming and going.

I love watching the bags being placed into the planes and just the busyness of what is happening.

I would enjoy my wine and continue to write.

Having the time to just sit and not have to go anywhere is great. Well I think so.

I would really embrace the time and enjoy it.

This is what I would do while waiting for my plane.

Will share more tomorrow.

Loves and Hugs

Traceyxx

Life and the Single Christian Girl…………….

My writing challenge today was to write about someone that I have met this year that has made a difference in my life.

Yesterday I wrote about a friend of mine that inspires me and a few weeks ago I also wrote about some friends that I am grateful for.

I also included pictures of the amazing Godly women that have made a difference in my Christian journey. They are in my past blogs.

As I don’t want to repeat what I have already written then I will write about something that I am passionate about.

Creativity!

I long to be a worshipper, to also lead worship.

I love the opportunity to sing songs with a purpose.

I am going to a conference in August in Sydney I cannot wait.

It is the SPARC Conference and it is all about Creative Christians gathering together.

I cannot wait there will be people who are writers, singers, film directors, artists all attending.

I haven’t been before and a friend of mine helped out last year and recommended it to me.

So I have booked it and I am really looking forward to the whole experience.

It will be a great time to network and to see what others are doing.

I just love being with people who are creative and achieving amazing things.

I also want to be able to share my testimony and stories to women and girls.

There is so much that I am passionate about and would like to do.

I know that I will be able to achieve the dreams that I have.

What are you passionate about?

What are your dreams?

Will share more tomorrow.

Loves and Hugs

Traceyxx

Life and the Single Christian Girl………….

I have another day off from the writing challenge.

Today has been a really nice day.

I had been thinking about how much my life has changed since I left my place of work which I worked at for over 14 years. I left in December 2010.

I then took some time off, went to Colour Conference and then went to Bali on an Impact Trip.

Then in October 2011 I started working as a Chaplain.

I was also thinking that this time 7 years ago I was in hospital.  I was battling with an illness that I did not choose to have. No one would choose to have it.

Also I was deciding that this time I really needed to choose to fight to live.

Everyday for the whole of about the first three months was a struggle and a challenge.

Having to place the care of my life into someone else’s hand was a challenge.

Knowing that I was not a Doctor and having to trust my Doctor was a challenge.

Coming out of hospital was a challenge in itself.

There is no way that I would ever want to go through this again.

I couldn’t, I would not have the energy to go through it again.

Through challenges we find out who we are, who we really are.

Going through a major life changing challenge changes you.

You know that if you can get your life back then other things that cross your path, you have faith that you can get through them.

You have to tools and the skills to get through things.

You also are equipped to help others who are going through something similar.

Seeing how God has worked his way through this time in my life has amazed me.  He is a God of miracles.

Today I phoned a friend who knows my story and she inspires me with what she is doing. She also encourages me to have a go at things. I am so grateful for her input in my life.

I don’t think that I would every have the right words to let her know how much I value her.

When I finished the phone call, I felt inspired, I felt compelled to keep going on this journey. I felt compelled to keep building new experiences to keep learning, to dream dreams and to dream big dreams.

Looking back over the last 7 years of my life I am so blessed.

I am thankful for every single day that I am able to wake up and enjoy the day fully.

I am thankful for the experiences that I am able to have.

I hope that this encourages you.

Will share more tomorrow.

Loves and Hugs

Traceyxx