Giving yourself grace is incredibly important when working on getting healthy, both mentally and physically. Making significant changes to your lifestyle can be challenging, and setbacks are inevitable. If you beat yourself up every time you slip up or don't meet your own expectations, it can be demotivating and even counterproductive.
Here are some reasons why giving yourself grace is important:
Nashville, TN: Popular Christian recording artist Tammy Trent has been ministering to audiences worldwide through her music since signing her first record deal in 1995. Starting in December 2022, television audiences will see more of Tammy as she becomes the new co-host of the daily Christian TV show LIFE Today alongside the current hosts James and Betty Robison and their son co-host Randy Robison.
Our pastor once told us, while we were engaged, that our marriage would either be a "perfect storm or one of God's greatest miracles". If you knew our stories, you would understand why.
Because the following is so personal, I must have written and rewritten it dozens of times. I want to be truthful yet sensitive to those involved, and I want to say only what needs to be said that might encourage someone else walking a similar path.
As I sit here in the silence, in my beautiful & peaceful new home, with nothing but the sound of the pouring rain outside…I can’t help but feel extremely overwhelmed and immensely grateful for all that Jesus has done in my life.
Tammy Trent is a gifted communicator who draws her audience close with her contagious humor and fun, energetic personality, and yet, the sincerity of her heart and wisdom of life experience is woven through the very words she speaks and sings.
"For we are God’s handiwork, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do." (Ephesians 2:10)
I read this verse differently today.
I put this verse on an image on my Facebook cover photo about 1 month BEFORE my husband walked into my life. I was feeling that a new season was coming... I finally was getting to a point of being ready.
The person who wins the race isn’t the one who's the fastest. Even world-class runners have bad days...even they can trip & fall.
The one who wins is the one who endures.
