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21 Weeks Post Op VSG

Hey Everyone, I am back! I’ve been recovering well from surgery! The Lord has lead me in every step! Thank you all for praying for me and encouraging me along the way. I have had lots of questions about the process so I’m going to answer it all here. My surgery day was 9-9-19. I had surgery at covenant medical center in Lubbock Texas with Dr. David Syn. My starting weight was 258 pounds and this morning I am weighing in at 182 which means I’m down 76 pounds so far. My goal weight is the 130’s! Each day I learn something new but I never get away from knowing I still can’t do this on my own. I have to have the Lord! The Lord is my strength, my shield, and my hiding place! The most asked questions are. What do I eat. At the moment my day looks like a green smoothie with Thrive lifestyle mix in the flavor vanilla or chocolate, lunches are salads loaded with fresh veggies and protein. I can eat about 1/2 of a cup. Dinner is protein veggies and a tiny amount of starch. I try to get in 80
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NOW WORD! Jim Spradley

Hey Everyone, Today the Lord has shown me specifically to share this NOW WORD that the Lord gave my Grandpa Jim Spradley. Please Share! My name is Jim Spradley. I am a naturalized citizen of the United States, born in Alberta, Canada in 1950. My father was sent there at the time as an employee of the Texas Oil Company (Texaco).  My parents were transferred to Texas when I was six months old. My wife Judy and I have walked with the Lord for the last 30 years. Our calling has been primarily in the marketplace. We are not well known, and as some say, have been somewhat hidden....in management on ranches in New Mexico, managing an Oil Field chemical business and also owning a very successful business in a small community in southwest Texas which the Lord had us sell about four years ago. I have been a spiritual father to many sons, especially in the last fifteen years. We currently reside on a mountain peak between Ruidoso and Alto NM.  As I have grown in the Lord and lear
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Holiday Season

The Holiday's There are lot's of different attitudes about the holiday season. For me my spirit beams with joy, gladness, thankfulness, gratitude, and love. For other's its the darkest season of the year to them. I've always decorated early. My daughter and I have many traditions we start the day after halloween. Crazy? Yes we are. We are crazy in love with the Christmas Story. For us it's not a Christmas Story but a Christmas reality. Love came down and hope was found. The very God who created the Heavens and the Earth, put himself inside of a women and became man to save ME and YOU! I don't just celebrate Christmas this time of year but if you know me or know someone who does they will tell you that it is every single day. Jesus gets to be born in me each day whenever, I choose joy instead of hurt. Whenever I get to help someone who couldn't help themselves. Whenever I get to pay for the peoples order behind me in the drive thru. Christ get'
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Single Momma’s

Hey ya’ll, Today I’m going to write to the single momma’s! First and foremost you are NOT alone. Yes it feels like it when you’re crying yourself to sleep because you still haven’t allowed yourself to forgive the ones who have hurt you or your children! Momma forgive the person who isn’t sorry! You are more than a conqueror in Christ Jesus! Forgiving someone or multiple people who have hurt you isn’t for them, it’s for you! Your kids deserve to see their momma free from guilt, shame, and condemnation! We have all fallen short of the Glory of God! But today right now you can make a change for your family! Forgive and let God workout the rest! You are seen momma! Those little ones think you’re the best thing since sliced bread! You’re their hero. With that comes great responsibility. Our kids watch our every move. Do we react out of love and from a place of secure identity or do we react out of anxiety driven emotions and bitterness. As I grew up I adapted the worlds view of mysel
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Transition

Tran ● Si ● Tion- noun  The process or a period of changing from one state or condition to another. Over the process of the last few months I have had the same reoccurring dream. When me or a lady is in the transition state of childbirth. In dreams this can mean many different things but I believe The Lord is speaking to the church as a whole right now.  As the church we are in a transition. We are about to see a generation and culture rise up in humility and godly character. We will all join together and operate as the true church. For the individuals I believe the Lord is saying many are in a transition for the season, the place that they're at financially, for there relationship with Jesus, you might even be in transition in the natural as well as spiritual levels but The Lord is saying this one thing. JESUS! God's answer to all of us will and always will be Jesus. Everything we need according to God is in Jesus. We are running after the next thing. We don
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Things I Won't Miss About Being Plus Size

Hey Ya'll! So I am getting closer to a surgery date over here and I am so excited I can't hardly stand myself lol! While I am waiting on that phone call from the surgeon the Lord has really been showing me all that will be new with me after surgery, and it's really exciting. So I am writing a blog about things that maybe people aren't aware of and just trying to shine some light on areas where people don't like sharing this kind of info. Things I Won't Miss About Being Plus Size  1. I wont miss being the largest person in the room. Hear me out here. I know that I am not always the largest person but a lot of the time I am. I am excited to walk into a room and people not stare. You can see just how much I have had to rely on Jesus to be my strength :) 2. I won't miss shopping for clothes This is something I absolutely dread. Like avoid at all cost. Like don't even do it but maybe once a year. Usually the plus size secti
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Weight Loss Surgery

Hey Everyone, I haven't updated my blog in a few months, and today I had that gentle nudge from the Lord to write this and post it. So here goes. About 3 years ago I started researching VSG which is also known as The Sleeve or Vertical Sleeve Gastrectomy. Every year I would tell myself I am giving myself one more year. Well here we are 3 years later,and I am still stuck and where I don't want to be physically! I started having these dreams where I could see myself about 115 LBS lighter than what I am now. I would wake up so excited and I would declare what the Lord had shown me in the dreams over myself and my body. I could see myself so free in my dreams. Free to wear clothes and not constantly avoid my reflection in a mirror. I don't hate my body the way I am right now but I know that God has so much more for me than just this. After awhile of seeing myself in my dreams like that God started showing me how I was going to get to that place and I would dream abou
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