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When God wakes you up at 3am you listen and do what He asks.

BTW He NEVER asks you to do something awful, harmful or violent.

God is love, peace and understanding.

And this is the 3am message I was asked to share.

#3am #3amthoughts #youareenough #chosen #godlovesyou by @karithfoster

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This is what 40+ years of friendship looks like.

Reconnecting over dinner after not having seen one another for 30 years.

Giving one another support, love and prayer for safety and for each other's families.

So glad you are still in my life Sweet Friend. by @karithfoster

In awe of this Facebook memory. Not b/c I was doing what I was born to do, but because I was doing it under such duress.

Balancing so much.

Being a mom, a working professional, a wife, (ALWAYS) the sole provider for my and trying to balance it all in what I now understand was a coercively abusive relationship.

I understood that fully after I had the strength to leave.

Sometimes we don't know what we're in or dealing with while we're in it. That's what makes it coercive.

The yelling, the lies, the throwing and breaking things, the isolation, the intentional withholding of affection- that's what makes it abuse.

Leaving is NEVER easy. Especially if you are a fixer, a doer, someone who always sees things through to the end and makes things RIGHT. That is one of your biggest pulls for abusers. They want someone who will fight to fix, cure and heal.

At some point you must choose sanity. At some point you must choose yourself and save your light or it will be swallowed by the darkness.

You cannot heal another person. You cannot love them into fixing themselves. You can only pray for them and give it all to God and work on yourself.

Many of us were tricked and deceived into relationships with people who mirrored us. The saw our light and love and wanted it for themselves, but they could only copy it for so long. Then their mask fell.

We saw who they were, but it was too late- we were already in- committed. And out of loyalty we stayed as long as we could, even past when it started to break us- our minds, our spirits, our wills and most definitely our hearts.

There is an upside if you can get out before they kill you spiritually and even physically.

There is God's grace. There is peace within Him. Give your pain and heartache to Jesus- literally lay at the foot of the cross. The healing can be a wild process- BUT IT's REAL.

Don't give up if you're in this situation. If you've been exhausted by someone who was supposed to be your partner and love you wholely but instead are draining the life out of you.

Don't give up. If you have breath in your lungs things can get better.
The Leviathan Spirit and Jezebel Spirits ARE REAL. Bring God in.
#Narcissist by @karithfoster

What is true beauty?

The older I get...the more aware I've become the more obvious that true beauty radiates from within us when our hearts are pure and we are aligned with the fruits of the Holy Spirit.

Galatians 5:22-23

The fruits are:
• Love: Selfless, unconditional care and concern for others.

• Joy: A deep, lasting gladness and confidence rooted in God, rather than temporary happiness.

• Peace: An unshakeable inner calm and harmony with God and others.

• Patience: The ability to endure difficult situations, wait well, and show restraint instead of anger.

• Kindness: A genuine warmth, sympathy, and helpfulness toward others.

• Goodness: Moral excellence, integrity, and doing what is right.

• Faithfulness: Trustworthiness, loyalty, and dependability in relationships and commitments.

• Gentleness: Humility and meekness (having strength under control rather than harshness).

• Self-Control: The discipline to master one's desires, impulses, and actions.

#beauty #innerbeauty #glp1 #holyspirit #godis by @karithfoster

How are you going to be good to yourself today?

How are you going to heal?

There's not JUST one way, but it ALWAYS goes better when God is part of it...add in a little fasting and watch miracles happen.

You start to feel better, look better and you attract who and what is supposed to be in your life.

#perfect_or_happy #fasting #healing #godis #selfcare by @karithfoster

“For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith—and this is not from yourselves, it is the gift of God— ”
Ephesians 2:8 NIV

“so that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith. And I pray that you, being rooted and established in love, ”
Ephesians 3:17 NIV

“and to know this love that surpasses knowledge—that you may be filled to the measure of all the fullness of God.”
Ephesians 3:19 NIV

#love #knowledge #understanding by @karithfoster

Day 3 Water Fast

It has come to my attention that doing a water fast for the past 3 day has as many perks as it does challenges.

While I've done similar fasts before (my longest was 7 days) this go round I did something different.

I prayed.

I prayed with intentionality.

I prayed for God to speak to me through signs, people, my dreams.

I prayed for Holy Spirit to guide me.

I prayed for Jesus to hear and heal me and others.

This past fast was incredibly rewarding for a multitude of reasons:

1. I've reset my gut's microbiome. LITERALLY EVERYTHING that happens with our minds ans health starts in the gut.

2. I SEE a noticble in my face. (Yes, I broke out w/ 2 pimples after Day 1) but I know that was my body purging the crud.)

3. I FEEL better, lighter, more excited and determined to get things done. My energy shockingly is increased. (Thinking only food fuels us isn't so )

4. I AM proud of myself for committing to something that wasn't easy, but seeing it through. This mini win will spark other mini WINS.

5. I DO FEEL CLOSER TO GOD. And for that I'm truly grateful.

#fast #waterfast #prayer #discipline #selfcare by @karithfoster

There are numerous reasons to fast.

For our health...weight management...for clarity...and peace of mind.

We can fast to purge...to reset our gut's microbiome.

We fast for physical and spiritual reasons which are always interconnected whether we think they are or not.

Some incredible things happen though when we combine fasting with prayer.

We hear God more clearly. Our sacrifice of not giving in to the flesh (i.e. our carnal wants and needs) creates a super highway with WAY less traffic so that while God ALWAYS hears us fasting allows for minimal to no interference when we are looking to hear back from Him.

I'm still learning (I will ALWAYS be learning) But I wanted to share a bit of this part of my journey getting closer to God.

Btw you can fast from more than just food. You can fast from social media, television, sugar, alcohol, anything that can be an obsession or distracts you, or that you know you have a weakness for.

In the discipline of the fast comes the healing of surrender.
~Karith Foster by @karithfoster

Sometimes I forget how very blessed I am. And then God reminds me...

Even though I've been in a period of significant isolation; as I heal I've had certain people check in on me. This incredible woman is one of them.

Friends since we were 8 years old, our sisterhood history has spanned over 4 decades of soccer games, sleepovers, graduations, weddings, monumental wins, horrific losses, sweet babies, divorces and funerals.

We have been there for each other through all of it. Not many people can say they have that.

This what real friendship is- no filters, no heirs, no false pretenses, no BS. It's as real as we are.

I pray that everyone on this planet has at least one friend like this- if not a plethora.

Love you Ana. God bless.

#friendship #sisters #truelove #history #blessed by @karithfoster

by @karithfoster