{"id":437,"date":"2013-03-05T23:06:18","date_gmt":"2013-03-06T05:06:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ourbestlife.org\/?p=437"},"modified":"2013-03-05T23:15:18","modified_gmt":"2013-03-06T05:15:18","slug":"saying-it-is-our-best-life","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/ourbestlife.org\/?p=437","title":{"rendered":"Saying “It is Our Best Life”…"},"content":{"rendered":"

I started saying “It is our best life” every morning and every night on Jan 23, 2012. \u00a0If you have read the background<\/a> or the first post<\/a> on this site, you already know that before this date I was saying “It is my best life” on a regular basis.<\/p>\n

About a week before Jan 23, 2012, I posted a note<\/a> on facebook for my friends. \u00a0In my note, I gave them the background<\/a> and then challenged my friends to say “It is our best life” every morning and every night for a month. \u00a0What I didn’t tell anyone at that time was that I was scared to start my own challenge.<\/p>\n

At that time, my life was good. \u00a0My husband had recently taken a new job that allowed him to be home more. \u00a0My girls were happy and healthy and attending a new school that we all loved. \u00a0Since moving to a new city, I had reconnected with a college friend who quickly became a best friend. \u00a0Life was good and I was scared to rock the boat.<\/p>\n

The whole week before Jan 23, 2012, I stopped saying “It is my best life”, but I did not say “It is our best life” either. \u00a0I waited until the morning of Jan 23, 2012, but when I woke up that morning I whispered “It is our best life” and I meant it.<\/p>\n

The fear of having opened a unwanted can of worms with my new mantra “It is our best life”, didn’t go away for a few weeks, but I kept saying it. \u00a0No worms showed up, no axe fell and by the end of the month, I had formed a habit and my old mantra “It is my best life” was gone.<\/p>\n

The challenge for my friends came and went without much follow-up, but I was hooked and I kept on saying “It is our best life”.<\/p>\n

By Easter 2012, I had found Jesus and come to the realization that I hadn’t known Him before despite having thought I knew Him. \u00a0I love Him so much!!!<\/p>\n

Now as Easter 2013 approaches and over a year has passed since I started saying “It is our best life” and close to a year has passed since I truly fell in love with Jesus, I look at my life and I almost don’t recognize it. \u00a0I have never been more deeply in love with my husband! \u00a0I have never been in such awe of my girls and the amazing things they say and do. \u00a0I don’t think I have ever been so relaxed, as much fun or full of so much laughter with my family! \u00a0I know I have never in my life been full of so much gratitude.<\/p>\n

Thank you Jesus for making all things possible! \u00a0I believe Our Best Life will only get better as more people believe it is Our Best Life!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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