Lili Fitness

I recently was able to go to a theme park with two friends. I noticed that one of them was noticing every detail, the different colors, the decorations, the beauty of the different places we visited. She basically was having fun everywhere we went! She enjoyed every ride, the colors, the smell and everything around her. It was inspiring to me to see that she was so focused on the good around us.

Meanwhile my other friend didn’t seem to notice those things. She didn’t enjoy the majority of the rides and wasn’t really having fun or enjoying being there. I realized at that moment that many of us really choose which lens we decide to view the world with. 👓

I felt this quote come into my mind.

“The joy we feel has little to do with the circumstances of our lives and everything to do with the focus of our lives.” Russell M. Nelson

Choosing joy can be hard sometimes. Specially during the times when we’re trying to endure some of the most difficult moments that life has to offer. On some days even the smallest step toward joy can feel like climbing a mountain.

The truth is, that we can honor a wide range of feelings in the span of one day. While moving at any pace, we can choose to move toward that which is one step lighter. So, why not try to practice experiencing whatever we’re going through from a place of higher joy? 

Research has shown that although some people are born with a more positive disposition, anyone can reprogram their thoughts to foster more feelings of joy and happiness. Isn’t that amazing?

We can re-train our thoughts to look for more joy. Once we become aware of the negative or repetitive thoughts that keep us distracted and distressed, we can turn toward positive thoughts, trying to focus on the good, noticing our blessings, turning to prayer, looking for the good in the words of God, and adding a few more positive affirmations to break the cycle.

We can be a little more mindful of the beauty around us. The sound of the birds, the wind, the beauty of the world. We can feel grateful for our health and our body and we can have a heart filled with gratitude and joy if we choose to focus on it.

As we practice inviting thoughts of Joy, we will see that these new positive thoughts will become habitual. We will experience life at a higher level, when we can come from a place of focusing on light, joy and on those things that are good and beautiful.

We can also focus on the Joy of knowing that there’s a God who loves and cares about each one of us individually. On trusting that He has a plan for each one of us and all will be ok on the end.

TRUSTING IN GOD INCREASES OUR JOY. ❤️ It changes how we feel regardless of what we may be experiencing today. We can overcome the hardest challenges when we can focus on the Joy that God brings and the trust that we have on Him. 

Allow yourself to invite that peace into your life by closing your eyes for a moment, taking some deep breaths and asking God to allow you to feel His Joy in this moment. Notice how you feel. Your circumstances may not change right now, but knowing that God is there, and that you can invite His Joy to be with you in this very moment can bring so much peace to your soul.

Your Joy doesn’t depend on how much money you have or on the “comforts” of your life. Your Joy doesn’t depend on the trips you make and the places you visit around the world. Your joy doesn’t depend on the acceptance of others or how many likes you get. Your joy comes from KNOWING that there’s a God who LOVES YOU. Who knows your every needs and a God whom you can TRUST. ❤️

One of the best ways to invite Joy into our lives is to focus on thoughts that bring us Joy. Whatever makes you feel happier, joyful or peaceful, focus on that. Spend time with people who uplift you, listen to or watch things that bring you joy, add joy to your life daily by doing a hobby or something that makes you happy. Listen to good uplifting music and entertainment. Exercise and move your body & most importantly, fill your mind with the word of God, know His promises to you and allow the scriptures to bring you peace and strength. 💛

God wants us to remember that He created us to have joy! Look at his creations all around, the sun, the sky, plants, animals and all of the beauty of this world is placed here for us to experience Gods peace and Joy. His fingerprints are all around us to remind us of the beauty that there is and that we can find Joy in it. Joy in a sunrise, Joy in a sunset, Joy in the animals, the color of the flowers and all that we get to experience today.

He obviously wants to surround us with things that bring us joy.🌎🍃🦋 We just gave to change our focus and look for them. Even to the point that we ourselves (as the creation of God that we are) can honor Him by CHOOSING TO FOCUS ON THE JOY THAT OUR FATHER IN HEAVEN & OUR SAVIOR JESUS CHRIST CAN PROVIDE. 

There’s a quote from President Russell M. Nelson which says; “Jesus Christ is our ultimate exemplar, “who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross.” Think of that! In order for Him to endure the most excruciating experience ever endured on earth, our Savior focused on joy!

And what was the joy that was set before Him? Surely it included the joy of cleansing, healing, and strengthening us; the joy of paying for the sins of all who would repent; the joy of making it possible for you and me to return home—clean and worthy—to live with our Heavenly Parents and families.” If we focus on the joy that will come to us, or to those we love, what can we endure that presently seems overwhelming, painful, scary, unfair, or simply impossible?..” 

We truly can do and overcome all things through Christ who strengthens us. ❤️

How amazing that Our Savior Jesus Christ, who gave His life for you and me, was able to focus on the Joy that will come, while enduring the most excruciating experience. We can try to be like the Savior, we can try to focus on the Joy of overcoming whatever we may be going through right now and on rising above the pains we may be experiencing. We can choose to look for Joy today and to invite the Joy that God has, to completely cover us and surround us. 

Here’s an example of a scripture we can focus on. 

1 Thessalonians 6:16-18 Says; Rejoice evermore.
Pray without ceasing. In every thing give thanks: for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus concerning you.

Psalm 5:11 But let all those that put their trust in thee rejoice: let them ever shout for joy, because thou defendest them: let them also that love thy name be joyful in thee. 

Joy is an essential part of those who believe in God. Because we know and trust in a God who created us to have Joy. We know that He wants us to find joy in the journey. He wants us to learn to CHOOSE that for ourselves. & I believe that if it comes from the word of God, it’s placed there with love. There is wisdom in the words of God, and I believe that someday He will ask us about how much Joy we chose to focus on in our lives. 💖

When we can feel our connection to God, we can start to see that as children of God, He wants us to experience the ups and downs of life with Him. That we may remember that through it all we can find joy and focus on the opportunity of seeing God amidst whatever storm we may be facing. He truly can become the God of our circumstances. We can strengthen our faith in Him, notice the good around us and focus on joy one day at a time.

Joy isn’t a feeling that is dependent on our circumstances. It is a response to the goodness of God and our eternal salvation. I once heard someone say “Choosing joy has very little to do with how we feel and everything to do with how we obey, how we trust and how we believe in the love of God.” ❤️

Choosing joy is a spiritual practice, renewing our connection with the divine as we become lighter, more mindful and more peaceful. When in alignment with the spirit of God we can relax and trust that all things will be done according to His will. We will trust and focus on our blessings. We will see that we are safe. We are home in the peace of God. And this is who we really are.

God is a God of love and of Joy. He wants us to choose Joy! ♥️ That’s why He sent us here. His purpose for us to learn, grow and experience true joy.

Christ sacrificed himself for us looking forward to the joy that His sacrifice would bring to all humanity. The opportunity for us to repent, to return to Him. The plan of God for us is based on his love and Joy for his children.

We can choose today to be more joyful and to look for the joy in all circumstances that we may be in. That we may focus on the hope & Joy that we can have as we overcome our challenges and difficulties. We can train ourselves to focus on the good, on love, peace and the joy that can come living a life aligned and connected to God daily. 

Our goal for the week is to FOCUS ON JOY. We can practice choosing joy in this very moment. We have to PRACTICE feeling joy and inviting more of it into our lives. 💪🏼☺️

Find joy in loving ourselves, in choosing things that bring us joy daily. We can be joyful in your activities. while exercising we can choose to focus on the Joy of doing something good for ourselves. We can choose to be joyful in the moments when we’re taking care of others. Even choosing joy while we clean or do our daily tasks. We can practice it! Even during the hardest times try to see if you can focus on the good. 💛 Try it out, practice it and teach your brain that it’s better to focus on the good than to not 😉 practice it this week and notice how much better you feel.

Finally, in your heart say to yourself: I open my heart to the possibility of joy flowing in my life. I am grateful for the gifts of today. I trust that my benevolent Father has a divine plan for my highest good. I trust in Him and in myself. I choose Joy one moment at a time💛🥰

Hope that you can make it to CLASS TONIGHT AT 7pm. We will focus on releasing stress and also on allowing ourselves to focus on being joyful and grateful for all that we have and are able to do.

Remember that you are your own best cheerleader Morivate yourself to get to class tonight. 💪🏼😝🧡 Next week class will be Canceled. So, let’s do this for ourselves tonight. Love you all and hope to see you there! ❤️

Love,

Lili 🌸

There are seasons in life when we wish God would show us the whole picture.

We want to know what is going to happen next.

We want to know that we’re making the right choices.

We want to know that everything is going to be okay.

This week I was reading I read 2 Nephi 31–33 & the thought came to me;

Maybe we don’t need to see the whole path.

Maybe we just need to keep walking with Christ.

There is something so comforting about that. We don’t have to have everything figured out before we move forward.

We don’t have to know exactly how everything will work out. We just need enough faith and move forward to take the next step.

“Wherefore, ye must press forward with a steadfastness in Christ.” —2 Nephi 31:20

I love those words: Press forward.

Sometimes we have to take a little action and press forward against the negative thoughts, our doubts, our fears etc.

Sometimes moving forward doesn’t look like a huge spiritual breakthrough.

Sometimes it looks like getting out of bed and choosing hope.

Sometimes it looks like praying again when we’ve prayed about the same thing many times.

Sometimes it looks like forgiving someone.

Sometimes it looks like giving ourselves and others grace, love and compassion.

Sometimes it simply looks like saying, “Heavenly Father, I don’t know what I’m doing right now, but I’m going to keep walking with YOU and listening for your guidance”

I think that is what faith often looks like in real life.

We don’t have to know everything. We Just Have to Listen for the Next Step 💛

One of my favorite verses in these chapters says:

“Feast upon the words of Christ; for behold, the words of Christ will tell you all things what ye should do.”

—2 Nephi 32:3

It amazes me how much I gain from the word of God daily if I’m open to reading it and really trying to “feast on it.” When my heart is open to hearing from God, I’m able to see and recognize things that weren’t visible before.

We’re not always going to receive an entire plan or answers to all of our prayers. But I promise you, that if you make it a priority to try to listen to God through the scriptures you will gain divine knowledge that will bless you today and that you’ll treasure forever. 💛

I love that it says that the words of Christ will tell you ALL THINGS that you should do. Believing in that allows us to be open to hearing what God wants us to do about each situation. Maybe all we need is peace, maybe He inspires us with new thoughts and maybe Sometimes the “things we should do” are simply the things we need right now.

The next step of faith.

The next decision.

The next conversation.

The next little act of kindness.

God may not be showing us the entire road because He is teaching us to walk with Him instead of walking ahead of Him.❤️

How beautiful that we may recognize that we may need to stay right here in this moment with God. Not get ahead of ourselves, but just trying to listen for what He wants us to know in this very moment and what that next step is through the feelings and thoughts that He communicates into our heart. 💛

And maybe that’s why slowing down is so important.

We can’t always recognize a quiet prompting when our minds are filled with noise.

We can’t always feel peace when we’re constantly rushing toward the next thing. 🌀

Sometimes we need to become still enough to remember:

I am not alone. ♥️

Here’s a little practice for this week;

The next time you feel overwhelmed or unsure about what comes next, stop for just one minute.

Put everything down.

Take a slow breath.

Feel your feet on the ground.

Notice what is around you.

And quietly say:

“Heavenly Father, I don’t need to know everything. Just help me know my next step. In the name of Jesus Christ, amen.”

Then breathe.

You don’t have to force an answer.

You don’t have to make something happen.

Just be still for a moment.

Sometimes the answer may come as a thought.

Sometimes as a feeling of peace.

Sometimes as a scripture that suddenly comes to mind.

And sometimes, the answer may simply be the strength to take one more step.

I think we sometimes put so much pressure on ourselves to be farther along.

We compare ourselves to other. We compare our spiritual lives :(…We wonder why we aren’t stronger, more peaceful, more patient, more consistent.

But maybe the question isn’t:

“How far have I come?”

Maybe it’s:

“Am I still walking toward Christ?”

If the answer is yes, then keep going! 💪🏼🥰

Even if your steps are small.

Even if you have to begin again.

Even if you don’t understand what God is doing.

Keep walking.

Because the beautiful thing about walking with Christ is that we don’t have to know where every step will lead.

We only have to trust the One who is walking beside us. 🥹♥️

& maybe for today, that is enough. That’s all we need.

One step.

One prayer.

One breath.

One day at a time.

Keep moving forward.

Christ is already there.

He knows the end from the beginning.

We can trust Him and move forward in faith one day at a time, knowing that He is by our side and He will guide us. ♥️

My invitation for us this week is; ☀️

Spiritual: Each day, spend 5 quiet minutes with Christ. Read a few verses, breathe, and ask:

“What is my next step?” “What wisdom do you have for me today Lord?”

Don’t worry about receiving the whole answer. Just listen for what you need today.

Physical: Take a 10–20 minute walk at least three times this week. As you walk, leave your phone behind if you can, notice your surroundings, breathe deeply, and remind yourself:

“I don’t have to rush. I can take one step at a time.”

Because sometimes the spiritual lesson and the physical lesson are exactly the same:

We don’t have to run.

We just have to keep moving forward. 💛

Love you all and I hope that you can feel the Savior’s love for you today. Wether that is in this message, in a moment of prayer, in reading his words or in taking a deep breath. 🤍 Feel His love and Press Forward.

Hope that you can make it to class tonight at 7pm to release stress, strengthen ourselves physically, mentally and end with a beautiful meditation to leave us feeling peaceful and calm. ☺️ Hope that you can make it and invite others to benefit as well.

Love,

Lili 🌺

The world around us can feel heavy, uncertain, loud, and chaotic. It’s heartbreaking to watch the news and see all the commotion and division—not only in our country, but throughout the entire world.

We often forget that we live in a beautiful world that God created for us. Our time on this earth is short, and while we are here, our focus should be on leaving it better than we found it. We should strive to live lives that radiate peace, love, faith, compassion, and light—adding goodness to the lives of those around us and leaving the world a little bit better because we were here. 💛

When our hearts feel heavy, we have the choice of filling it with more of the voices of the world, or to come to God. This morning, I chose to make time to be alone with God. As I prayed while I asked God to bring comfort to my heavy heart. I sat outside and found myself drawn to the trees, the water, the sun, the birds, and the sky. I asked God to give me the peace my soul needed. And I felt His words come into my heart saying: 

“Peace I leave with you, my peace I give unto you: not as the world giveth, give I unto you.

Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid.” (John 14:27)

Instantly, tears came to my eyes. I thanked God for reminding me that my peace will not come from the world—it will come from HIM. ♥️ He reminded me not to let my heart be troubled or afraid, but to remember His promise:

“These things I have spoken unto you, that in me ye might have peace.

In the world ye shall have tribulation: but be of good cheer; I have overcome the world.” (John 16:33)

In times like these, peace may feel hard to find. But that is when we must come to Christ, making time to be still and alone with Him, so we can truly experience the peace that only God can give directly to our souls. Today, I was reminded again to turn off the voices of the world and to listen to God’s voice instead. 🥹

So, if you are feeling like me today, I invite you to quiet the noise of the world and focus on listening to God. His words and the personal communication you have with Him will heal you far more deeply than anything else.

The scriptures teach us that in the last days, “men’s hearts shall fail them,” and that “all things shall be in commotion,” and fear will come upon all of us. But we can be prepared if we protect our minds, hearts, and souls by filling them with God’s word, keeping His commandments, seeking forgiveness, and turning our actions toward what He would have us do. ❤️ As children of God, we are all called to be loving, kind, and to be true peacemakers. 🌎 When we live this way, we carry the light of God to others and that peace that surpasses all understanding in our hearts will be felt by those around us. 💛

I hope you can experience this peace for yourself. The problems may not be taken away. The world may continue to be in commotion :(…But I promise that as you quiet your heart and mind, God will provide you with the same peace He has given me today. The peace that surpasses anything the world can offer! I am so grateful for the reminder of His love—for me and for all of us as His children. 💖 God wants us to radiate love and peace toward others, not use our precious time on this earth creating contention etc. Instead we want to create in our hearts and souls a resting place for His peace to dwell. To dwell within us, to dwell in our homes and in any place where we may be. 

Let us protect the peace that our Creator gives us—not the fragile peace the world offers, but the eternal peace that comes only through knowing that we have God’s presence in our lives. 🤍

❤️ This week, our goal is to turn off the voices of the world and focus on listening to God’s voice.

So, take a moment to let Christ comfort your heavy heart. Let Him be the voice you listen to today. Let Him speak peace to your heart and mind. His Spirit may whisper softly, it’s not a loud voice but it will pierce your heart and guide you. Let Him tell you what you need to hear. Let Him forgive your mistakes and heal the places in your heart where love has been lacking.

Allow Him to bless you with strength and to be with you in your inner oasis. 💛 Let His love, His peace, and His blessings renew you.

Remember—God wants you present in this very moment, grateful for the breath that you have today. Ask Him to help you focus on the beauty of His creations, to strengthen your relationships, and to fill your heart, mind, and soul with peace, health, strength, and love. 💛 In return, you will be able to lift and bring light to others as well. 💞

I pray that your heart will be comforted today, as mine was. I pray that you will hear God’s words as He promises you His peace. Focus on the good, on your blessings, on how you can bless others and on guarding your inner peace through Christ as you strive to be the peacemaker He needs us to be. God knows what is in your heart, and He will help you as you come to Him. Take it one moment at a time. Find peace in this moment, right here and now. and continue to invite peace and to flow in it from one moment to the next. 💛

Tonight in class, we will release stress and strengthen ourselves physically, mentally, and spiritually. Our meditation will be focused on inner peace. Can’t wait to do this for ourselves. I hope you’ll join us and feel the difference. See you at 7pm! 💖🥰

With love,

Lili 🌸

This week I have felt impressed to think about wisdom. Every time I opened my scriptures this week, I read about wisdom. I love those moments when God speaks to us through His words and it feels like it’s exactly what we’re meant to hear.

As I thought about wisdom this week, I realized how easily influenced we are by the world around us. The world is constantly shouting and throwing its opinions at us. The “wisdom” of the world isn’t always the wisdom that comes from God. We become consumed by what we watch, read, and listen to. But is there always wisdom in that? Sadly, we tend to think that wisdom can only come from knowledgeable people, and we forget that we ourselves are fully capable of recognizing and receiving wisdom. The wisdom that God wants to provide is meant for us to be able to take one step at a time in our lives.

Are we willing to disconnect from our phones and distractions, and be willing to just stop, listen, and seek higher wisdom for our lives? Are we willing to hear what God has for us? & most importantly, are we willing to act on the impressions and the inspiration we receive? 💛

How amazing that we have a God who is willing to listen to us, to be our friend, and who is ready to help us. God truly wants each one of us to seek His wisdom and not the wisdom of the world. Think about how incredible it would feel to hear and feel God directly guiding YOU! ❤️

In Proverbs 4:1 He tells us: “Hear, ye children, the instruction of a father, and attend to know understanding.”

In Proverbs 2:1–11 He tells us:

1 My son (or daughter), if thou wilt receive my words, and hide my commandments with thee;

2 So that thou incline thine ear unto wisdom, and apply thine heart to understanding;

3 Yea, if thou criest after knowledge, and liftest up thy voice for understanding;

4 If thou seekest her as silver, and searchest for her as for hid treasures;

5 Then shalt thou understand the fear of the Lord, and find the knowledge of God.

6 For the Lord giveth wisdom: out of his mouth cometh knowledge and understanding.

7 He layeth up sound wisdom for the righteous: he is a buckler to them that walk uprightly.

8 He keepeth the paths of judgment, and preserveth the way of his saints.

9 Then shalt thou understand righteousness, and judgment, and equity; yea, every good path.

10 When wisdom entereth into thine heart, and knowledge is pleasant unto thy soul;

God wants us to remember how important it is to gain wisdom and understanding for ourselves! He wants to provide and fill us with understanding during our challenges and difficulties, and to help us gain wisdom one step at a time.

As you think about your life today, take a moment to ponder where you’re headed. Do you feel like you’re headed in the right direction? Do you need more light on your path? More wisdom? More understanding? 🤍

If so, Trust that God is ready to give you the wisdom you need. In James 1:5 He tells us: “If any of you lack wisdom, let him ask of God, that giveth to all men liberally, and upbraideth not; and it shall be given him.”

When we come to God and ask in faith, believing in Him, we will see that He does provide wisdom directly to us. We don’t need technology, AI, or the world to tell us what to do when our hearts can feel directly from God what is truly wise for our lives. Through wisdom we gain understanding, and through understanding we can have a deeper desire to take the action necessary to go and do what God is telling us we should do. ❤️

My invitation for you today is to seek wisdom directly from God. Set aside some time to go outside and be in nature for a moment. Breathe and be present. Turn the world OFF and turn your heart, mind, and soul to God in prayer and faith. Ask Him to provide you with the wisdom you need for today or for your next step. Then just listen to the feelings of your heart. That peace and that love you’ll feel will come directly from Him. He will speak to your soul, and you’ll gain your own wisdom directly from God! How amazing is that?!?! Nothing in the world can bring more happiness than knowing there’s a God who LOVES YOU, who is SO HAPPY YOU HEAR FROM YOU. A GOD WHO IS LISTENING, and IS WILLING AND READY TO GIVE YOU WHAT YOU NEED. 💛 LET HIM BE RIGHT HERE WITH YOU AND Allow yourself to gain the wisdom that you need today. ☀️

Hope that you can make it to class tonight at 7:00pm to come together, release stress, strengthen ourselves, and have an amazing meditation focused on receiving wisdom. 🥰

Let’s do this! Love you all and hope to see you there!

Love,

Lili 🌸

We all have challenges and difficulties that we’re each experiencing and facing. Sometimes these challenges make our hearts feel heavy, weighed down and troubled. 💔 There may be times when we feel afraid, not knowing what will happen in the future with these difficulties that we’re facing.

This week I learned a beautiful lesson. I left my baby in a College out of state. I got on the airplane feeling my broken heart 💔 and I prayed and prayed asking God to please help me calm my aching, troubled and afraid heart. There was a child crying loudly behind me and kicking the back of my seat as I was praying. My first thought was, how is God even going hear me in this loud airplane? But I covered my ears, closed my eyes and kept praying.

As the plane went up and I started to see the little cars and houses, I thought to myself, “How is possible that God can hear the prayers of all of those people down there?!?” We rose above the clouds and I instantly felt this energy hit my heart and mind telling me that HE hears my prayers. ❤️I feel Him strongly speak to my heart and the first thing I heard is that He is the creator of the clouds, the mountains, the animals, all living things and every single person is known and loved by Him.

Then I heard these words be spoken to my heart, mind and soul saying “I AM RIGHT HERE WITH YOU” ♥️ it’s as if I felt Jesus Christ truly sitting in my pain with me. Right there next to me. He understood exactly how I was feeling and I was not alone. 💛 It’s hard to describe how my chest felt like it was going to burst 💥 when I felt God tell me that. At that moment I thanked Him for being here with me and I cried even more😭 But this time my tears were TRANSFORMED from sadness, fear and my troubled heart to a feeling of gratitude to a God who heard my prayers and CALMED MY FEARS AND MY TROUBLED HEART. 🤍

I no longer felt what I had been feeling. I began to feel lighter, peaceful, calm and I knew that ALL WILL BE OK. ❤️ Jesus Christ was in that airplane with me. Thousands of feet above the ground with crying and kicking behind me and yet, He calmed my troubled heart. I also felt Him tell speak to my mind and heart that He has plan for my baby and for me. He has a plan for each one of us. And this scripture came clearly into my mind “ Jeremiah 29:11 “For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the Lord, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.”

At that moment I knew that I could let go of my fears and my worries and just TRUST HIM and trust in the plan that the Lord has for my life. I also felt this scripture come to my mind. John 14:27

“Peace I leave with you, my peace I give unto you: not as the world giveth, give I unto you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid.”

I hope that regardless of what you’re going through in your life, that you’ll know that you can always pray. That no matter where you are, on the ground, or in an airplane in the sky 🤷🏻‍♀️…Jesus Christ can be right here with you in your moment of pain. ♥️ He can comfort you, He can transform your tears and broken your heart into a heart that is filled with light, love trust and peace. 💛

Like the airplane, we can choose to rise above our troubles. 🌤️ To go above the dark clouds of our lives and to look for the sunshine of Jesus Christ. We can ask Him to be with us, to help us and to transform our hearts and minds. In Christ we can find peace even if our circumstances don’t change. What matters is how we feel and the strength and help that we can receive from a God who knows the plans that He has for each one of us. 💖

Our physical goal this week is to move our bodies and feel gratitude for having the gift of our bodies.

Our spiritual goal is to work on not letting our hearts be troubled neither letting them be afraid. Instead, our goal this week is to choose peace and

to be of good cheer.

Hope to see you tonight at 7pm to release stress and to strengthen ourselves physically, mentally and spiritually. Don’t forget that class will be only from 7-8. So, we will do our best to have fun, release stress, strengthen ourselves and have a little meditation to leave us feeling uplifted with a peaceful heart. 💛

Love you all and see you tonight!

Love,

Lili 🌸

With everything going on in our world, and the different challenges that we all face, It’s easy to allow the chaos of it all to increase and cause greater emotional stress, fear and anxiety.

We see that not only is our peace constantly being affected, but new research has also shown that our levels of addictions or the ways in which we choose to numb our emotions is also increasing. Have you noticed that the world as a whole is having a harder time controlling their feelings, thoughts and emotions? People can’t seem to control themselves. Sadly, we’re becoming a society that’s more disconnected, divided and addicted. Numbing our emotional stress with outside sources and completely forgetting how to stop, breathe and silence our minds and hearts. 

Think about what we tend to resort to “to help us feel better,” we often times reach for food, our phones, TV, entertainment, shopping, posting on social media in search for compliments or validation, we reach for substances, gossiping and many other activities that seem harmless at first. But, but little by little become the ways in which we buffer our emotions. These types of activities tie us down to being controlled by them. We loose our ability to genuinely regulate our inner peace, based on the power that we have and our ability to ask God to help us. 

When we can acknowledge the ways in which we’re becoming more dependent on outside sources to bring us inner peace, we can take a good look at those things and start to work on them. Most of the time we don’t even realize how much we’re allowing those things to control our emotional state. Or how we’re “numbing the discomforts” of life, which little by little begin to dim our inner peace more and more. Remember that the world, and the enemy of your soul will always push for you to become dependent on outside sources. So that you may become a “slave” to those things. The enemy will even lie to you and tell you that it’s too uncomfortable to sit with your feelings. That you can’t look within yourself etc…But that’s how he ties us to more material things and keeps us away from God. The enemy knows that if he can keep us distracted, unable to process our feelings and definitely doing everything in his power to prevent us from speaking or communicating with God. Then, that’s how he wins. Making us miserable like himself. 

God, our Father in Heaven, on the other hand wants us to be able to rise above that. To CHOOSE FOR OURSELVES to turn to God for the help we need. He wants us to create within ourselves that strong desire that we may know that WE ARE HIS CHILDREN. & that as such, WE HAVE ACCESS TO DIVINE POWER, LIGHT AND GREATER PEACE. He wants us to know that we don’t need to depend on anything material or of this world to bring us the peace that we seek. But to know instead, that God is the giver of our peace. That He can provide that peace abundantly even admits the storms of life. So that when the rains come and the waters rise during our storms, we may be able to know in whom we trust and remain peaceful and faithful. 

This week I want to motivate you and encourage you to push past the discomfort & take a deeper look within yourself. Remember that this will most likely not feel very comfortable at first, and you may be tempted to grab your phone or turn on the TV, or call a friend to gossip or whatever else you try to do to get out of fully sitting for a moment and just feeling your feelings and emotions. 

The goal is to practice when you’re triggered by something, 💛 to just take a moment to close your eyes, cover your ears, breathe and feel within yourself what’s going on. Take a moment to see your feelings and thoughts clearly. If it’s possible, see them from a distance so that they’re not fully “ thoughts that are attached to you.” But then, take a moment to invite divine light and ask God to be with you. To give you His LOVE, His STRENGTH, and His PEACE to remove those feelings. Then allow yourself to FEEL THAT AMAZING POWER FLOWING FROM GOD INTO YOUR HEART, MIND AND SOUL. Remember that nothing in the world can compare to that feeling of knowing that something comes directly from God to you. ❤️ & If you’d like to record your feelings or write down any wisdom that God places in your heart. Then, that will be a blessing to you as you go and act in what He tells you. The more willing you are to receiving, the more you’ll gain. 

Also, take a moment if you can to acknowledge the things that you honestly know that you use to “numb” your emotional discomfort. Think about what comes up for you. Ask yourself what are some of the things that steal my peace? Think about what you do when you’re angry or stressed. Do you reach for your phone or food or something else when you’re uncomfortable or stressed out? Do those things bring you lasting peace? Or how do they leave you feeling afterwards? These are all questions that we rarely ask ourselves. But it’s important that we get to know ourselves in this life and the WE BECOME OUR OWN BEST FRIEND! OUR OWN BEST CHEERLEADER AND OUR OWN PROTECTOR OF OUR PEACE. When we can notice and recognize what happens internally, we will be better able to PRACTICE inviting more of the good to be with us and it will become easier to reject the negativity and all that is bad for our minds, hearts and souls. 

So, take a moment to practice breathing, to check on your emotions and to change them for the better. Give yourself love, compassion and be proud of your ability to look inward without the need of outside sources to allow you to check in with yourself. To feel the emotions, to reach to God who is the true giver of lasting peace and allow Him to help you clear the internal chaos & RETURN TO PEACE OFTEN.💛

Set a goal for yourself this week that you will be your inner peace keeper. Try to allow the quiet moments you have to connect to that higher source of peace and love which comes from God. Ask Him to help you focus on your internal light and peace instead of what the world wants you to focus on. Find strength in your ability to practice this & notice how it will change everything for you and the way in which you view yourself and your ability to retain your peace. As you practice this skill, it will increase your inner power day by day. You’ve got this! The choice is yours. 

Remember that God invites each of us to fully place our trust on HIM. He is the prince of peace, who invites our souls to receive true, long lasting and eternal peace.

John 14:27 Says: “Peace I leave with you, my peace I give unto you: not as the world giveth, give I unto you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid.”❤️ 

God wants us to rely on Him so that we may not be troubled or afraid. Whatever is troubling you today, Whatever is bringing you fear or frustration….Take a moment to sit with those feelings and if possible view them from a distance. Recognizing each emotion and how it presents in your body. For example; “This is anger, my chest or throat feel tight..etc” “I want to release this emotion and allow myself to come to peace & calm” Invite peace to be with you. Breathe into those areas of stress until fully calm. 

Remember also to allow yourself to speak to God as you release those feelings and allow Him to take them from you. He will remove those emotions and replace your thoughts with what a loving God would tell you. Allowing yourself to invite His peace and love to renew you and to recharge your heart and soul is the most amazing therapy that you can give to yourself. So, trust Him. He is the king of peace, the giver of all that is good. The creator of Love and light. There’s nothing greater on this earth than being able to experience the peace that can only come from a loving God. He will strengthen you, help you and lift you every single day and hour of your life. ❤️ I pray that you’ll be able to feel His peace and allow yourself to be the KEEPER AND THE PROTECTOR OF YOUR PEACE. 

This is our Spiritual goal this week is: To gain greater inner peace. 💪🏼💛 To be the KEEPER OF OUR PEACE! The PROTECTOR or our peace who doesn’t depend on material things to help us feel better. But instead that we may have the wisdom to know where true peace comes from. To lean on our ability to invite silence and inner peace to this very moment. Saying to ourselves “ I choose this hour to keep my peace centered on a God who sees me, who hears me, who loves me and who wants to help me. I am the protector of my inner peace and I choose light, love and peace to be with me surround me on this day.” ❤️

Our Physical goals is to exercise at least 2-3 times this week and to give our body more water and healthy nutrient rich foods. ❤️

Class is canceled tonight. But we will see each other again next week. Love you all and do your best to take care of yourself physically, mentally and spiritually. 💖

Love,

Lili 🌸

Our lives can be either driven by our schedules or by spirit. They can be driven by the constant chatter of our minds or by a place of calm. They can be driven by impulse or by wisdom.

Precious, sacred silence is one of our most essential friends. Our silent time reminds us of who we are and it gives us access to amazing wisdom from which we are guided when making our daily decisions. So why is it so difficult to write it on today’s schedule? Why is it so hard to make time to be still? 

Many of us now have a spiritual practice during which we pray for assistance, read the word of God, meditate, focus on gratitude or find ways to inspire our heart. But as we know, the world pulls ferociously in different directions. It begs us to pay attention, to divide our time, to finish tasks, to distract our focus and to be busier than it’s good for our souls. 

It takes a mindful effort and awareness to revisit our priorities often, and make the time to connect with our spirit and most importantly, with God our Father. Truly, having this time is the most important thing we will do in the day. When we can set the time to do this first in our day, the rest of the day is driven by moments of intuition gained from connecting mindfully with the source of all love, peace and light.

This is not a duty or an effort. We don’t work to be more spiritually connected; it is who we are. This desire to connect is already within us. All we have to do is set aside time to check in and to let the noise drop away for long enough to reveal the beauty and calm that resides within us. And if we can just hover there…open… For a moment without jumping in with a thought, within that stillness, is when we’re able to activate our soul’s wisdom and when we will be able to hear directly from God. ♥️

Having a time during the day to calm the mind and still the soul can be a challenging practice. But that is one of those things that will have lasting consequences in our lives. We deserve to create moments of internal peace for ourselves. Moments to gain higher intuition and guidance. The rewards of doing this for ourselves will reach across all aspects of our being. Every day is a good day to begin learning or to practice praying with a sincere heart and having a moment of stillness to just listen and connect to the divine.

This week I’ve had a lot on my to do list. But I’ve made it a point to set aside time to be with God. To connect to my source of peace, to open my heart to Him and to just listen. I can’t tell you the amazing words that my soul, mind and heart were filled with. Words of love, encouragement, kindness and peace. I felt all of my worries and stresses completely leave my mind, because I was able to personally feel the Savior directly speaking to me.

I felt His presence. I heard in my heart and mind Him telling me that there’s nothing greater in this world and in this life than the ability or the gift to be able to come to KNOW CHRIST. ♥️ To be able to be a WITNESS of CHRIST. 😭

That experience, took everything that I was “praying for or worried about” completely away from me. In that instant, all of the fears left my soul. I felt completely still and at peace with God. I knew what I heard, what I felt, and I clearly saw in my mind that Jesus Christ was with me in that moment. No amount of money, power, status, popularity, or whatever else we are attached to on this earth, matters more than COMING TO KNOW CHRIST. 

I want to testify to all of you, that when we truly have the desire to come to God, we can find Him in stillness. If we make the time for Him, He will quiet our minds and souls and we will be able to hear directly from Him! 😭 There’s nothing more amazing than hearing directly from the source. 💛He wants to guide us, help us, give us peace, un attach us from the things that keep us stuck in this world. He wants us to come to know Him and to see and experience for ourselves how amazing this loving God is. He has a plan for each one of us and He is fully aware of all that we have in our hearts and minds. 

I invite you to come to Him and experience opening your heart, mind and soul to God. Ask Him to help you find stillness in your soul and experience the love and peace of a loving God for yourself. ♥️🥰

Our goal for this week is to create more peaceful moments, to quiet our minds, be still and listen. We can ask for inspiration, breathe and take a moment to write down what we feel. As we’re able to keep those notes throughout the week, we will see that God does speak to us. Directly to our heart ♥️ That internal peace is always available to us. Silence and peace can become our new friend. God wants to remind us that we can create moments to be still, to Still our souls and to know that He is God. Invite more of that light and wisdom into your day and you’ll feel the difference.

As we choose to make time for moments of peace and quiet. We will be better able to express our feelings to our Father in Heaven. We will be better able to find peace for our soul, we will be open to allowing the light of Christ to enter more deeply into our lives. Allowing Him to purify and remove our negative thoughts and feelings and instead inviting the healing light of the Savior to cover us completely. 

I fully believe that it is part of our earthly experience to come and live in these bodies. So that we may learn to live and take care of them. But also, so that we may LEARN to go within ourselves to find the divine stillness that can only come from the presence of God. From where our spirits were born. We must learn this skill of going within and quieting the mind and the world. To really know that we TRUST GOD. To connect to Him in prayer and in spirit. 

As we PRACTICE this skill, we will feel a stronger connection to Heaven. More inspiration and insights will come. We will be better able to handle our problems and we will have more trust and faith in God. We will gain a confidence that is divine and rises above any type of worldly confidence. There’s no degree, no amount of money, Power or no self help courses that can bring the type of confidence and peace that only the spirit of God can provide to our souls. 

May we quiet our words, calm our thoughts, soften our hearts and still our souls daily, so that we may listen, be open, have faith and receive. & most importantly, let your spirit lead and remember to BE STILL AND KNOW THAT HE IS GOD. 

Make it your goal today to come to class tonight at 7pm! Class will be canceled next week. So, hopefully you can make it today. The hardest thing is always showing up. So, put on your workout clothes as a sign of the promise that you’re making to yourself to be there. Turn your attention away from the world and focus on giving yourself the gift of one hour to yourself tonight. Our meditation will be focused on stillness and allowing God to speak to ourselves. So, come and give yourself the gift of slowing down. You deserve it! ♥️

Remember that God loves you, He wants to hear from you! Make it your priority this week to make quiet moments for Him and to strengthen yourself from within. Notice His hand in your life and thank Him for your many blessings. He will guide you on what to focus on each hour of your day. & don’t forget that you can do all things through Christ who strengthens you. ♥️🥰🙏🏼

Love,

Lili 🌸

Every day, thoughts flow through our minds like a constant stream. Some are uplifting, while others weigh us down. We allow our minds to go back in the past to “re-live it” or we think about the future and about what may or may not happen. :/

Our thoughts take a lot of our mental energy, they take our time and influence how we feel and react daily. We often forget that we can actually choose what to think about. We forget to be HERE, right now, instead of allowing our minds to be stuck in past or future thinking. Instead, we can choose to focus on inviting what would be the best thought to have at this very moment. 💛

The scriptures remind us in: Proverbs 23:7, “For as he thinketh in his heart, so is he,” Our thoughts shape us! So, shouldn’t we try to make our thoughts the best they can be daily?

Philippians 2:5 also says: “Let this mind be in you, which was also in Christ Jesus”. The Savior invites us to turn to Him when negative or destructive thoughts cloud our hearts. He is the one who can help us replace those thoughts with light and peace. 💖

As much as we want to present and live in the present sometimes our minds just want to bring up all of these thoughts and we have to help ourselves through those moments. I actually had an opportunity to practice that this week. I’m thankful for the wisdom that I gained and I wanted to share it with you. I had a few negative thoughts that kept coming to my mind and I felt like all of these negative feelings would rush right back to my mind all over again 😖 I didn’t like what I was feeling. So, I decided to ask God to help me through it and to be with me during that thought. I asked God to guide me and to help move me away from the negative thoughts. I asked God to teach me instead what im meant to learn from that thought and to help me know what I should focus on instead.

As I was thinking about the Savior being with me during even to the point of seeing the Savior standing next to me in my thoughts…I notices that He was able to guide me to have way MORE LOVE and COMPASSION for myself and for those involved in the thoughts that I was having. I felt my feelings toward the people involved change from negative to now being compassionate, kind and to even extend LOVE to them! Only having God with me in my mind, helping me heal the situation internally was truly amazing and exactly what I needed. 🥲

How amazing that God was able to help me change what once was a negative thought, to now becoming a thought that allows me to have more forgiveness, kindness, compassion and even love for those involved and for myself. It’s something that happened in the past, but God is allowing me to HEAL the thoughts in my mind through compassion. & in healing the thoughts, I heal myself. This in turn allowed me to feel more peaceful and calm in the present moment. It reminded me that I can trust that God would help me even in ALL THINGS! Including in my internal struggles and in healing my thoughts, my mind and my heart. 💖

So, take a moment to think about a situation that you would like to fix in your mind. Take some deep breaths and allow God or The Savior Jesus Christ to come and be right there next to you in that thought. What would the Lord tell you about yourself and about the situation? Or what would He tell you about the person involved? What is the message God would want you to learn from this experience? and how can you walk away a better person after having had Christ be involved in this thought? How can He help you heal it? And instead turn it into a thought that is healed.

Doing this exercise allows you to then come back to the present feeling more peaceful and able to now invite more light into your heart and mind at this very moment. Now you can ask yourself “What does God want me to feel at this very moment?” 🤍 And juts stay there for a minute to really feel what comes to your mind and heart. Continue breathing until you feel fully at peace.

God wants us to remember that we are eternal beings with divine DNA flowing through us…We are pure at the core. When we pause and step back, we see that negative thoughts don’t define us; they are simply passing clouds. With awareness, we can choose not to feed them, but we can choose instead to either let them drift away from us or allow God to be present in that thought and to HELP US HEAL IT! ❤️

How amazing that we can do that for our own minds? The world around us doesn’t even think about this type of insight…..Only those of us who are working on ourselves will find the little bits of divine wisdom that God shares with us and I’m so thankful that God allowed me to have this inspiration that blessed me soooo much this week. I testify that He does provide abundantly for all of us. Enough to even heal our internal minds and thoughts & to make them better for us. 🥹 He truly is a healer and we don’t have to be attached to our negative thoughts.

Like a muscle, 💪🏼 we can train our minds and thoughts to be better and more aligned to love, peace, compassion, gratitude and all that is good and that comes from our creator. ♥️

So, let’s make it our practice this week. Instead of getting stuck in thoughts of “I’m not enough, or negative thoughts,” We will choose to shift to “I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me” (Philippians 4:13). Instead of thinking “This situation will never change,” we can reframe it to “God can work miracles, even in small ways, in His time.”

We need to TRUST IN GOD! & in the spirit that leads us to do good! The spirit of Christ whispers truth and peace when we align our thoughts with God: John 14:27 sayas “But the Comforter, which is the Holy Ghost, whom the Father will send in my name, he shall teach you all things, and bring all things to your remembrance, whatsoever I have said unto you.

27 Peace I leave with you, my peace I give unto you: not as the world giveth, give I unto you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid..”

As we invite Christ into our inner dialogue, He doesn’t just silence the darkness—He replaces it with His light, with hope, with peace, with His LOVE and with the reminder of who we really are: beloved children of God.🥹❤️

✨ Here’s a Simple Practice/Goal for us this week.

• When a negative thought arises, pause.

• Breathe and say, “Christ, be with me here.”

• Reframe the thought into one rooted in truth, love, compassion, peace and possibility.

• Let gratitude fill the space where fear or judgment once lived. And allow God to bring to your mind the best thought to have at this very moment.

With time, we learn that we don’t have to battle our thoughts alone. Christ walks with us, transforming heaviness into peace, fear into faith, and doubt into love.❤️

Can’t wait to see you tonight at 7pm! To not only release stress but to also do something amazing for our Body, Mind and Spirit. 🥹💖 Please invite anyone who you think would benefit from this class. Tonight our meditation will be all about changing those negative thoughts into positive thoughts instead. 💪🏼🥰💛

Love you all and hope to see you there!

💖

Lili

We all experience times of disappointment or when things don’t work out as we had planned. Oftentimes one of the greatest sources of pain is not what actually happened… but what we expected would happen.

We expect people to understand us, support us, include us, comfort us, respond the right way, or love us the way we love them. We expect circumstances to work out perfectly and prayers to be answered quickly. And when those expectations are unmet, our peace can begin to fail, unravel and we can feel disappointed and sad.

It’s important to know that we can all acknowledge and take a moment to mourn the things that maybe didn’t work out the way we had hoped or planned. Life teaches us different lessons, and it’s important for us to be ok with mourning the losses…but at the same time we also need to be open to learning, growing and coming to God to receive His wisdom on how to react to the circumstances we may be facing.

The Savior taught us something beautiful in John chapter 14. This is when Jesus is speaking to His disciples during a deeply uncertain and emotional moment. He knew they were afraid. He knew things would not unfold the way they had hoped. And yet He lovingly told them:

“Let not your heart be troubled: ye believe in God, believe also in me.” John 14:1

I love that reminder! The reason I’m writing this message, is because I had an experience this week with “expectations” not going the way I had planned. I found myself “mourning” what I had hoped would happen. But I made a choice to get on my knees and pray. I asked God to help me process my emotions and I love what He did for me after praying.

I felt the Lord speak to my heart and He told me to look at the scriptures on my nightstand and just open them. When I happened to open to John 14 and I began reading. I could feel that the lord was speaking directly to me! 🥹 He told me to “not let my heart be troubled by those things”. He told me to BELIEVE IN GOD AND BELIEVE IN HIM! In my Savior Jesus Christ who had just answered another one of my prayers. I felt so grateful for that. 😭💖

He didn’t tell me anything about my circumstances changing. In fact, nothing had changed at that moment. But I realized that there was absolute power in the words of Christ. I could allow the circumstances to get to me and bring me down. OR, I could allow myself to believe in the Savior! In His wisdom for my life and the plan that He has for me. I could put my trust in God more than I trust in people, finances, health, circumstances or anything else that I put above God.

I felt strongly and I actually told my kids that Jesus Christ is the BEST THERAPIST IN THE WORLD!! 😝🌎 I came to Him when I needed Him and He spoke directly to my heart at the moment when I needed Him to. By inviting me to read John 14: 13-14 Where He says; 

13. “And whatsoever ye shall ask in my name⁠, that will I do, that the Father may be glorified in the Son.

14 If ye shall ask any thing in my name, I will do it.”

Those words are exactly what I needed to hear! I came to Him and asked Him to help me process my emotions and calm my heart and after reading that I asked! believing that Jesus Christ could do that for me, and He did!!! I instantly felt my mind calming down. My thoughts stopped worrying me and taking over my mind and heart with that heaviness…My heart became peaceful and I realized that I was actually receiving this directly from God! My circumstances didn’t change, but He changed ME! He calmed my mind and heart. & that’s what I needed. ❤️❤️❤️

He invites all of us to TRUST HIM. Life won’t be perfect or the way we hope sometimes. But He is ready to help us through it and heal our troubled hearts. He is truly the only one who can provide the peace that is impossible to get through any other means. No amount of money, power, health, prosperity or whatever can provide the peace of God.

🕊️I learned a lesson this week; and it’s that a lot of our own emotional exhaustion comes from unconsciously handing our “inner peace” over to things we can’t control! 😳

I realized that that’s exactly what I did this week. I handed over my emotions to circumstances or people. 🤦🏻‍♀️ Instead of protecting my inner peace, controlling my emotions better and most importantly coming to the BEST THERAPIST! 😉 JESUS CHRIST to allow Him to speak to my heart and guide my mind and heart to what I call “divine calm.” I call it that, because the world can’t understand what that feels like. But when God can calm your heart, and mind…you know what that feels like, and it is divine, beautiful and a solid peace that is not found anywhere else. 💛

So, let’s recognize how we hand over our emotions based on

• another person’s choices

• other people’s opinions

• outcomes

• timing

• plans

• disappointments

• unmet hopes

When we build our emotional stability on changing circumstances, our hearts rise and fall constantly. & there’s no peace in that. 😣

But Jesus Christ offers a steadier foundation. 💪🏼🥰The Savior never promised a life free of disappointment. But He did promise HIS PRESENCE TO BE WITH US IN THE CIRCUMSTANCES! 🥹 & isn’t that amazing?!?

I hope that we can have the eyes to see, recognize and enjoy the ABUNDANCE of God’s love when we can feel Him be so present in our lives. From the little daily blessings, to the moments when prayers are answered…He truly is there and we are so richly blessed by those experiences. I don’t think we recognize how blessed we are most of the time. Being RICH in God, is definitely way better and more fulfilling than being rich in the ways of the world. $🤷🏻‍♀️

So, no matter what you’re going through today. Remember that you don’t have to hand over your emotions to circumstances or people etc. You can control and protect your feelings and emotions. You can come to God and BELIEVE IN HIM! Believe in what only HE can provide to your heart and mind.

This is what He tells you today; 🥹

“Peace I leave with you, my peace I give unto you: not as the world giveth, give I unto you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid.” 💛John 14:27 

The world’s peace says:

“I’ll be okay when everyone else changes.”

Christ’s peace says:

“You can still be okay even while things remain unfinished, uncertain, or imperfect.”❤️🥹🙏🏼

How beautiful is that?!? That Christ can be with us in this very imperfect and possibly disappointing moment, and yet we can be FILLED with His peace and His love. Which is really all we need for today. 🥹🤍🙏🏼

That kind of peace is deeply beautiful and spiritual. I hope that each one of us can come to God ourselves and ask Him for it. He promised that we could ask in the name of Jesus Christ, and we will receive! That the father may be glorified in the Son. 🥹 He wants to hear us! Help us and experience for ourselves what having true faith in Christ is really about. We just need to believe, ask and act. 

As we choose to come to Him we will see that our Savior can allow us to surrender the illusion that we must control everything around us in order to feel safe inside ourselves. 

Sometimes healing begins when we stop asking:

“Why didn’t this person or circumstances meet my expectations?”….

And instead ask:

“How can I stay connected to Christ regardless of what happens around me?” 🥹❤️🙏🏼

I hope that you know that Jesus Christ is the only completely steady source of love, truth, comfort, and understanding throughout your life. When People, even good people, things, situations or circumstances fail us or shift. Or when plans collapse, just know that Christ truly is the one that remains constant regardless of the ups and downs of life.

He understands every disappointment that we carry quietly in our hearts. He knows the grief of feeling unseen, let down, forgotten, or emotionally overwhelmed. And unlike the world, He never withdraws His love when we are struggling. The more we anchor ourselves in Him, the less power circumstances have over our emotional state. ⚓️😌

Not because our feelings don’t matter. But because His presence becomes greater than the storms we may be facing.

So, we must remember to stop placing the weight of our peace into human hands or circumstances. Instead I invite each one of us to place it into the hands of our Savior Jesus Christ instead. 🤲🏼❤️

He is not asking us to pretend that things do not hurt. He is asking us to remember that hurt does not have to own you. 🙂 That you can do all things through Christ who strengthens you and that all will be ok as you allow Him to be with you from one moment to the next.

Our meditation tonight in class will be similar to this. I want to share it on here in case many of your aren’t able to make it to class or for when you need to read it or practice it yourselves.

Close your eyes for a moment and take a slow breath in.

Unclench your jaw. Relax your shoulders. Let your hands rest softly.

Take some deep breaths and calm your mind and heart.

When you feel at peace, imagine yourself placing every unmet expectation into the Savior’s hands:

the conversations that hurt, 

the plans that failed, 

the loneliness, 

the frustration, 

the longing for things to be different.

Picture Him receiving it all with complete understanding and perfect compassion.

Breathe again.

As you exhale, quietly repeat: 

“Lord, I trust Thee more than I trust my circumstances.”

Sit in that stillness for a moment.

Let your nervous system remember that peace is possible even before everything is resolved.

Out physical goal for the week is:

Spend at least 20 minutes each day moving your body gently. For example; walking outside, stretching, lifting weights, or breathing deeply in the sunlight. Let movement become a reminder that your body was created to carry peace, not just stress.

& our spiritual goal for the week is:

To read John chapter 14 slowly this week. Maybe each day, choose one verse to focus on and ask:

“What is the Savior teaching me about trust, peace, and fear?”

Write down one thing each day that you are choosing to release into Christ’s hands.

& remind yourself that true healing doesn’t come from finally being able to control life, people or circumstances. It comes from learning that even in uncertainty, we are safely held by the Savior of the world. 🌎 or the BEST therapist in the world 😉❤️🙏🏼

Love you all and hope that you can make it tonight to release stress and strengthen yourself and also to release what feels heavy. Hope that you can give yourself this gift today and invite others to benefit as well. 🥰

Love,

Lili 🌸

In a world full of uncertainty and challenges, developing trust in God is essential to finding peace, purpose, and direction in life. Trusting in God means having faith in His wisdom, love, and ability to guide us through every aspect of our lives. This trust requires more than just believing in His existence. It’s a confident expectation that He will fulfill His promises to us as we strive to live according to His will.

Trusting in God is not just about passive belief, but purposefully relying on His timing, wisdom, and love. It means that we turn to Him in all aspects of our lives, whether in times of joy or trial. As Proverbs 3:5-6 reminds us to: “Trust in the Lord with all thine heart and lean not unto thine own understanding. In all thy always acknowledge Him, and he shall direct thy paths.”

This passage teaches us that when we place our trust in God, we let go of the need to control everything in our lives. Instead of relying solely on our limited understanding, we turn to the Lord, trusting that He sees the bigger picture and knows what is best for us. Trusting God also requires patience, understanding that His timing may not always align with ours, but that His timing is actually always perfect.

Take a moment to think about the ways in which you are building and strengthening your trust in God. 💛

Building trust in God is a daily process that requires faith, effort, and consistency. There are things that can help us build and strengthen our trust in him. For example: We can choose to pray with real intent. I love finding a quiet place if posible in nature for me to speak to my Father in Heaven. I need that time alone to align my thoughts and my soul and to be ready to Hear Him speak to me too. Prayer is our direct line of communication with God. When we pray sincerely, seeking His guidance, when we show Him that we are willing to listen, we invite his presence into our lives.

Can you imagine God seeing His precious daughter humbly praying and asking Him for help? The God that we love and serve is a God who is filled with compassion. He rejoices when we come to Him, and He wants us to know that we are never alone. That He does hear us and He wants us to feel His love and peace as we pray. We can purposefully try to remember daily, that every time we pray, we invite His presence to be with us. We can trust and believe that He will make Himself knows unto us through His spirit, so that we may feel His love, His guiding peace and the light that He can provide for our daily lives. ☀️ We can feel His love through nature, animals, the sunshine, a smile or a hug. We just need to have eyes to see Gods hand today.

Another important way to build trust in God, is for us to study His words. The Scriptures have so many examples and stories of how God has delivered, protected and blessed His people. As we learned from the words of God, those words also testify to us and teach us that God is always faithful to those who trust Him.

One of the things that we learn from reading the words of God, is that He has asked us to keep His commandments. He’s done this because He loves us and knows that as we choose to follow and keep His commandments this will bring blessings into our lives. To be obedient means that we’re submissive, malleable, meek and willing to be taught and shaped into who our Father in Heaven would like us to become. Obedience to God (who knows it all) is truly beautiful and rewarding. It brings a peace that will be eternal. There’s no one better in this world to follow than to want to trust and obey what God asks us to do. He is our loving Father and creator. There is wisdom in His words. ❤️

Obedience to God’s commandments is one of the clearest ways for us to show our trust in Him. As we follow His guidance, and live according to what He has asked of us, we invite blessings to come into our lives. We may not always see the immediate fruits of our obedience, but trusting that God‘s ways are higher than ours, will lead us to eternal blessings.

As our trust in God grows, we begin to exercise better faith amidst our trials. Trusting God doesn’t mean that life will be free of challenges. In fact, trials are often the very means by which our trust in God is tested and strengthened.

President Thomas S. Monson once said “Trust in the Lord with all your heart. He will do for you what no other power can. He will extend His arms of mercy toward you, to lift you up, and to carry you when you need His support.” When we face difficulties with faith, trusting that God has a purpose in our suffering, we can find comfort and peace, knowing that He is shaping us into who we are meant to become.

And what about what God will do for us as we trust Him?

God has made so many beautiful promises to those who trust in Him. While we may not always see the results of our faith immediately, we are assured that God will always bless us according to His will and timing. Some of these blessings can be:

💖 Having Peace Amidst Adversity:

Trusting in God, doesn’t eliminate challenges, but it does bring an inner peace that sustains us through them. The savior promised, “Peace I leave with you, my peace I give unto you: not as the world giveth, give I unto you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid.” (John 14:27). This peace comes from knowing that God is in control, even when life feels uncertain. He can HUSH our thoughts. Calm our fears and even when we don’t understand why things are happening. He can give us comfort and a sense of calm in our storm. Trusting that ALL WILL BE OK. 💛

💖 Another blessing is; Receiving Guidance & Direction: When we trust in God, we can know for sure that He will lead us on the path that is right for us. Whether through promptings of the spirit, the council of leaders or the impressions we receive as we study the scriptures, God will direct our steps as we seek His will.

💖 God promises to give us the strength to overcome: Trusting in God gives us the strength to phase our challenges with courage and faith. As we rely on His power, we are promised that we can overcome ALL things. As Paul wrote, “I can do all things through Christ, which strengtheneth me” (Philippians 4:13)

And finally, God promises us His eternal reward. God‘s greatest promise to those who trust in Him, is eternal life. As we remain faithful and trust in His plan throughout our lives, we are promised the opportunity to return to live with Him and our families for eternity. This eternal perspective is one too the things that can help us endure the trials of life with patience and hope. 🫶🏼

It’s better to trust God than to trust anything or anyone else on this earth. Regardless of your challenges and circumstances that you may be facing today, just turn it all over to God. Trust in Him. Trusting in God is not a one-time decision but a lifelong journey of faith. It involves continually and DAILY turning our hearts and minds toward Him, especially when we face uncertainties or challenges.

As we develop this trust, we will find peace, guidance, and strength, knowing that God loves us and will fulfill His promises to us.

So, today I want to invite you to build a stronger relationship with your loving creator. Strengthen your relationship with Him through the power of prayer. Open your heart to Him. Hear Him. 💛 Remember that the enemy never wants you to pray, he never wants you to discover what you can accomplish with God. So, make it your priority to PRAY MORE! To let God know everything that is in your heart and mind and be willing to listen and ACT upon what God places in your heart. Read from His words daily, study His life and obey His commandments in Joy.

This will allow us to be strong spiritually, mentally and physically ❤️ God will bless us in every aspect of our lives as we strive to follow Him and TRUST in HIM. We can develop the deep trust that allows us to say, “Not mine, but thy will be done,”

God’s plan for us is far greater than anything we could plan for ourselves. Let’s TRUST HIM, LOVE HIM AND DO OUR BEST ONE DAY AT A TIME. ❤️

If you need to let go of stress, I invite you to give yourself one hour today to come to class. I promise that you will be able to release stress and tension and you will leave feeling peaceful, stronger and renewed. I hope that you can make it tonight at 7 PM, and invite others to benefit as well. Class will be canceled next week. So, join us today and feel the difference for the next few weeks. 🥰💖

Love,

Lili 🌸