One of my very favorite speakers came to Club Mom and Girlfriends tonight: Karen Ehman. Karen is a writer and speaker from St. Johns. I love having her come to our group!!
Tonight, she spoke to us about her own Extreme Makeover in which she lost over 100 lbs--you go girl--by more exercise and less eating, but in the process, realized that God gave her a make-over of the heart.
So much of her life, she always thought life was greener in someone else's yard...her neighbor who only had one child compared to her three, or her friend who just got a new car...when in reality, God taught her that comparison is the killer of contentment.
She realized that when she stopped comparing her life to others, and worked on enjoying her life and her family, that she was very happy with her not so perfect family God gave her and that God gave her the husband and children she had to help shape her into who God planned her to be.
She encouraged us to let go of bitter feelings we may have towards others in our past, to shower them in kindness.
She left us with the thought "Being a genuine you is better than being a cheap imitation of someone else."
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