After a week focused on wellness, God still found a way to humble me and surprise me all at the same time.

I chipped a tooth.

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Last week was so amazing! I started the week with seeing my therapist, dentist, esthetician (waxing), and massage therapist… and ended the week with my primary care physician. Every appointment went well and getting my routine blood work results on Thursday solidified the fact that I can still be healthy, even though I am overweight and vegan. I was on a HIGH by Friday. I woke up early, drove to Harpers Ferry, WV, and went for a three mile walk around the quaint town. It was HOT outside and that hill almost killed me, but I felt so good when all was said and done. I stopped at a local vegan restaurant and got some nachos that fed me for HOURS on Friday. Yet, when I went to eat them for breakfast on Saturday (don’t judge me), a tooth that was probably hanging on simply by God’s grace, broke and I completely lost my appetite for the rest of the day.

In fact, after I finished crying because I feel like I am way too young to have the dental issues that I have (especially considering the diligence that I put into taking care of my teeth), I was able to give God praise because that chipped tooth was a blessing in disguise. Whew… it may be an expensive one, but a blessing nonetheless.

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Last week I wrote about the blessing in the stop, talking about how truly beautiful it is when God stops us and we are able to see His hand moving wondrously in our lives. It should be no surprise that now I am saying today that even in this moment of discomfort, I still see God’s hand and I am still in awe of God’s grace.

Something that I am continually reminded of is that life’s undesired moments cause us to appreciate the good moments. Likewise, chipping my tooth caused me to truly reflect on the food that I NEED to eat, versus what I WANT to eat. Ever since depression and PTSD got a hold of me at the tender age of 6, I have eaten food based on emotions… and God said that that time was done. (I have to praise God right here because as I was typing that last line, I recall that I JUST finished reading a devotional study entitled, Freedom From Emotional Eating. This is a real-time blessing!)

Beloved, this is the month where God is answering our prayers. Yes, He always hears us and, yes, He always answers in His own way. Yet today I feel in a mighty way that I cannot describe that He is about to show all the way out in your life. I will not say that this is a “prosperity post”, saying that if you do this, God will do that in your life. However, I will say that this is a PROMISE POST as God has spoken magnificence over your life and I see Him fulfilling it right now! With one swift breaking of something that should have been strong but had been internally weakening for years, God broke a chain that had had me bound for all of my life. (Read that again, slower this time.)

Today chains are being broken.
Today strongholds are being removed.
Today God is answering the prayers of our hearts.
Today we are walking in the victory that Christ has already won for us.
Today is the day.
In Christ, we are gracefully broken and, Sweet Friend, there is a true blessing in the breaking.

Be blessed.