Hi my love, I’ve you’ve been following along with me over the years, you’ve seen Blue Wellness move through different phases of focus.
I started the business with meditations, chakra meditation, content sprinkled with astrology, introducing crystals into the shop, and more recently I was sharing yoga flows & poses on my instagram, on the blog, youtube, and in live events.
I’m writing to you tonight to let you know I’ve turned away from all of this. By the grace of God, I’ve been able to see the missteps in my ways and how out of touch I was with God’s will. I really didn't even recognize new age was wrong (hence my participation), but when I begged The Lord to deliver me from substance use, He (graciously) also delivered me from every other chain that was keeping me from Him.
That's the kind of Father He is. He'll pick you up out of the mud, and He's also gonna pull the ticks off your body and clean out your wounds. What a mighty God, oh how He cares for His children. How He loves us.
I don't want to be the main character anymore, my God is the main character, of my life (that He gave me), of this business, and of everything that I do. I pray that His will be done in this business, in this blog post, for His glory.
Slight tangent as I need to share an experience that I recently had with Father that demonstrates His radical and all consuming love:
The Lord woke me up early to a clear beautiful morning as I was honoring The Sabbath. I felt Him gently urging me to go for a walk around the neighborhood. I love the quietness in the morning, the fresh daylight and how the dewdrops make the grass and greenery glisten and gleam. This exact peacefulness and quiet only linger for a little while in the early morning. As He filled my heart with the promise of quiet lushness, I slowly slid out from under the warm covers, somewhat reluctantly, but trying to remain obedient to Him nonetheless. My dog was still sleeping, so I step outside, into the new day. I loop around the neighborhood, walking quietly, trying not to rush, just breathing deeply, feeling The Lord with me. I walk through the streets of the neighborhood, and I feel God urging me on, guiding me to stay with Him. He leads me out of the neighborhood, and I begin a short walk to the beach. My steps are peaceful and filled with love, being energized in His presence, as I feel God leading me to the sea for a morning date with Him.
I'm sitting by the sea, watching the waves, feeling the sun warming as it rises higher in the sky, the clouds are spectacular, big white and fluffy as you can imagine.
I was sitting staring out at the water absolutely enamored and awe struck that to the left, right and in front of me, the water stretched beyond my humans eyes could see. As I was thinking about it's sheer limitless relative to my imperceptible tiny humanness, He spoke, "my love for you is greater than this."
I don't mention this to try to say I am special. In fact, Romans 2:11 says, "For God does not show favoritism," so what He spoke to me, I relay to you. Take it, hold onto it. Sit with the truth that He loves us more than the expanse of the sea.
Sit with Him and let Him show you His love.
I honestly was convicted by pastors on my phone continually telling me that crystals were evil. Some people say they open the door to demonic attack, others say they have no power for good or evil, they're just something God made. Regardless, I was viewing crystals as a false idol, they got in the way of my relationship with The Lord because I was seeking them for comfort, for love, for prosperity, for healing. Those things can only be found TRUTHFULLY and lastingly, in God! No other thing in this world will provide you lasting peace. "Idolatry can be a misdirection of worship, or when people put their trust in things that can't bring them peace."
I see now how wrong I was, and how I plugged my ears to God’s guidance because I thought what I was doing was right. I assumed, by looking at the world, that I could follow what other people have done, and be successful. I wasn't even trying to fulfill God's plan for me, I was just chasing success, which, unfortunately, can be another false idol. I have made a lot of mistakes in business, and I wish that I could go back and do things differently, but that’s not how this life works. Yet, God woke me up again today, and you too as you read this. God woke us up because He’s not done with us yet, He’s still working on us. Let us work with Him.
God is good, He is great, and He has a plan to rectify out mistakes and bring us into right relationship with Him. Three verses bring me peace in regards to my past mistakes and sins:
Romans 8:28 All things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are called according to His purpose.
Jeremiah 29:11 "For I know the plans I have for you," declares The Lord, "plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you a hope and a future."
Paul says of Jesus in 2 Corinthians 12:9 "And he said unto me, 'My grace is sufficient for thee: for my strength is made perfect in weakness.' Most gladly therefore will I rather glory in my infirmities, that the power of Christ may rest upon me."
infirmities refers to weakness
It really hurts my heart to think of how disobedient I’ve been. I need to state publicly that all of those things don’t matter, the astrology, crystals, yoga, they weren’t helping my spirit’s health (I was still prideful, materialistic, self-centered and bitter) & ultimately, they go against God’s Will, which we are lucky is written so clearly for us in The Bible.
Yoga has roots in Hinduism and Buddhism, which believe in multiple gods. Of course, this goes against Christian beliefs of One True God. The meaning of the word yoga is being "yoked (in union with) Brahman." Brahman is the Buddhist idea of the "single binding unity behind all that exists" aka the one who created all.
On a more frightening note, I’ve also heard that yoga poses position your body to be open and susceptible to demonic attack. Specifically, you might be familiar with kundalini awakening. It's the idea of energy being uncoiled and going up the spine. It is thought to be a supernatural experience leading to an awakening, but Christians would tell you it's actually a demon. Even in the new age community, there are negatives to a kundalini awakening like trouble sleeping, fear, intense emotions, fear of losing control, etc. This is a great example of the very real dangers that you are susceptible to when you search out transcendental experiences (outside of God). The serpent spirit is something that God said specifically that we can overcome, it’s not something to embrace!! Luke 10:19 says clearly: “I have given you authority to trample on snakes and scorpions and to overcome all the power of the enemy; nothing will harm you.”
You can listen to a testimony on someone’s experience being delivered from demons after practicing yoga here: https://youtu.be/Ta9Eod2jEoc?si=QpT3yOnlNCipLgXX
“Astrology encourages seeking identity & guidance from the stars rather than Christ. This divination directly violates God’s word” - Katrina Hornelong
Astrology places labels on us, good and bad, simply from when we were born. These labels can lead to feelings of superiority, inferiority, and also complacency. If you subscribe to astrology, you may think that you are destined to be like the labels, destined to be short-tempered, or the center of attention, or the quirky outcast. This of course is not only limiting, but it could lead to self-isolation or depression. Astrology is also harmful because it guides you to look at the creation (stars, planets and their alignment) for guidance, rather than the Creator, God, for guidance, for purpose, peace, etc.
God did not create this universe so that we would worship it, He created us so we could worship Him. We love Him because He loved us first. If you have breath in your lungs right now, if your heart is beating right now, it's because He loves you. He loves you so much that He continues to wake you up, day after day, just patiently waiting for you to turn to Him. Please my love, give it a shot, call out to Him, let Him respond.
Isaiah 47:13-14 All the counsel you have received has only worn you out! Let your astrologers come forward, those stargazers who make predictions month by month, let them save you from what is coming upon you. 14 Surely they are like stubble;
the fire will burn them up. They cannot even save themselves from the power of the flame. These are not coals for warmth; this is not a fire to sit by.
Searching for direction, or meaning, or purpose, in the wrong place drains your energy, and leaves you feeling more confused than clear. Astrology is quite mainstream, like the rest of new age. From my understanding, and from personal experience, we search it out from a need for peace, comfort, belonging, and safety. We want to know what we're doing here on earth. We want to use the gifts we have to live meaningful lives.
Tolerance for other’s beliefs doesn’t mean adopting them for yourself.
If you’re reading this post and you are in the new age, or entertaining it, I want to speak to you specifically for a moment. So let’s say for a moment that new age is right, you have as many chances as you want to come and live life on earth. If this is true, then you’re really not missing out on anything if you decide to follow Jesus. There’s this idea in new age that you come to earth to work through your “past life karma” whether it’s good or bad, you come to earth to live it out, quickly. Following this belief, by living this life as a follower of Christ, by practicing what Jesus preached, you would be storing up loads of good karma. Jesus preached: love your neighbor as yourself.
Now, I don’t believe in multiple lives. I believe we get one chance to get it right. But, if you believe that you have a handful, or more, lives that you could live on this earth, it’s really not gonna do you any harm to embrace Jesus as the Son of God.
I’m not asking you to accept this as truth right away, but I am asking you to have an open mind with this. And if you accepted new age into your life, you’re obviously very open minded. I’m asking you to be open minded to Jesus, the miracle worker, the healer, the Messiah, Lord & Savior of the world.
If this post ignited a fear within you, I beg and implore you to take it to The Lord. Seek Him, my love. Offer up your heart to Him, recognize your wrongs, repent of them and ask for His forgiveness and mercy.
I know our Heavenly Father loves His children, with an unfailing love, and He wants us to bring everything to Him.
God knows your heart better than you do. This should be comforting, and if you humble yourself and ask for Him to purify your spirit, that’s what He wants. He deeply desires that we be reconciled to Him, He MADE us after all. He loves us, He created us all in His image. Let us return to Him, with our weary souls, and ask for His guidance, His grace, and His unfailing love.
I love you, Jesus loves you MORE
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