September 2024: Preparing for Lift Off!
Over the last couple of weeks, I’ve sensed a weightiness on this last quarter of the year. That sounds very normal with an upcoming presidential election and it being the biggest quarter of the year for many businesses; however, this has been a bit different in its focus.
I shared this picture with a friend, then felt it was actually a corporate word. I saw a rocket on a launch pad. The engines had been ignited and energy was being gathered for lift off. I could hear the rumbling and feel the ground shaking. Everything had been prepared for this moment, yet there were still minutes ticking by as the rocket’s propulsion system began to burn fuel and momentum built to create the thrust needed to launch.
These minutes represent the days of the last quarter of the year as we prepare for lift off in 2025.
I sense the importance of “getting our ducks in a row” during these last months of the year with the start of September being a time to quickly identify goals, direction, and steps to take - both this month and over the next three months after that. Many of us have had a sense of what’s next, but we haven’t acted on our inner knowing due to any number of reasons, including fear and uncertainty. It’s time to stop procrastinating and wasting time. It’s crucial we become laser focused on what we know God has been speaking to us, determine the action plan, write it down, and implement it. God is waiting on us - it’s not the other way around!
Proverbs 29:18a says, “Where there is no vision, the people perish…” (KJV) The Passion Translation of the same verse reads, “When there is no clear prophetic vision, people quickly wander astray. But when you follow the revelation of the Word, heaven’s bliss fills your soul.”
The restlessness we’re feeling within is due to our vision having become blurred or even obscured because we’re afraid of failure. We’re unsure if we’re hearing from God. We’re fighting taking risks or we’re wavering in our belief and faith in ourselves and God.
Happiness and joy will be restored to our souls as we clear our vision by defining and walking in what the Lord has spoken to us.
Personally, God has been speaking to me about very practical things to implement or re-implement in my life. I’ve begun time blocking because I recognized I wasn’t investing my time as well as I could be. I was spending time instead. If I were stewarding time better and investing it well, I would be seeing a greater return on my investment. It’s also meant taking a serious look at how I’m spending my time and letting go of some things I’ve held dear to my heart that fill time now needing to be invested elsewhere.
Our high callings come at a cost. Are we willing to die to ourselves and what we want for the sake of our best “yes” in this season trusting God has far better in store for us?
I also knew I needed to return to setting goals in every area of my life, both monthly and quarterly. Once those goals were set, I knew I could reverse engineer those goals into my daily tasks and time block for them. I’m no longer letting each day roll by with a loose plan, but I’m being extremely intentional with each day, have begun stewarding my time better, and am determined to live each day to the fullest with goals, purpose, and intent in my heart.
These are the keys God has revealed to me that were necessary for the gathering of thrust for my lift off in 2025. What is it for you? What do you need to put into place for your engine to be ignited, your propulsion system to begin to burn fuel, and for you to build the momentum you need to launch you into what’s ahead?
Want to go to the new heights in Him? Ask God what your keys are for turning on the ignition, then implement them to fuel your rocket’s engines. Write down what He’s shown you and let that prophetic vision be the map that guides you to where you’re going. Don’t be surprised when you feel the ground beneath you begin to shake. It’s just the engines coming to life and gathering the energy needed for lift off!
Living for Him,
Andrea
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I Make All Things New!"
August is the eighth month of the year. Biblically, the number eight signifies new beginnings. Over the last couple of days, as I leaned in to hear what the Lord was saying about August, I kept hearing, “I make all things new.”Then, one of my favorite scriptures came to mind.
“Do not call to mind the former things, or ponder things of the past. Behold, I will do something new, now it will spring forth; will you not be aware of it? I will even make a roadway in the wilderness, rivers in the desert.” (Isaiah 43:18-19, NASB1995)
Do not call to mind the former things - the things of the past, both good and bad. He’s doing a new thing; remembering the old and hanging onto it won’t serve us well.
Be aware of what He’s doing right now. Focus fully on the present.
It’s not going to look like what it did. The new can feel uncomfortable in its unfamiliarity. You’re going to be OK. Embrace it.
Song of Songs 2:10-13, NKJV says: “My beloved spoke, and said to me: “Rise up, my love, my fair one, and come away. For lo, the winter is past, the rain is over and gone. The flowers appear on the earth; the time of singing has come, and the voice of the turtledove
is heard in our land. The fig tree puts forth her green figs, and the vines with the tender grapes
give a good smell. Rise up, my love, my fair one, and come away!”
There’s so much to these verses, but what stood out to me for this month is how it will be marked with new growth and fruitfulness. The time when everything is “dead” and stagnant (winter) has passed. It’s time to bloom, come into fruitful maturity, and become a beautiful fragrance before Him in the world around us. We should “give a good smell” to those nearby - be beautifully fragrant!
The key to this scripture is that He’s invited us to come away with Him and He’s asking for our response. Will we rise up? We will “come away” with Him? It’s in that place of being set apart in His presence He makes all things new.
Today is also the first of the month and I sense the weightiness of the day that it is - number one, the first or beginning. It’s also a realigning of first things - returning to our first love, reprioritizing, getting things in order. There’s a shifting happening in this regard, and it’s important we respond to His leading, making changes as He reveals them to us.
I also heard, “Then He who sat on the throne said, ‘Behold, I make all things new.’ And He said to me, ‘Write, for these words are true and faithful.’” (Revelation 21:5)
Journaling is another key for this month. Write what He shows you. He’ll reveal new ways of doing things along with new things being created both for and in partnership with you - new structures, new designs, new opportunities, and new open doors.
Record what He shows you in the moments you “come away” with Him and the new things as they unfold. They will become a guide, an instruction manual, and a memorial for you to use and remember in the seasons to come. You’ll be able to say, “He did it before and He’ll do it again.” The words you write now will be a gift to you in the future.
He makes all (ALL) things new. He’s doing a new thing! Let go of what you’ve known and have experienced. Embrace the unfamiliar. Prioritize and put things in proper, sequential order (i.e., first things first.) Take action - rise up! “Come away” with Him. Write what He shows you. Keep track of the new things and step out in them. Bloom, bear fruit and be a beautiful fragrance wherever you go.
“I make all things new!”
Need prayer? Please reach out. I would love to lift you up to the Father's heart!
Living for Him,
Andrea
Our Mission: Love Others Well & Empower Them to Do the Same
“Govern your time or Time will rule over you."
This is a refrain I’m hearing over and over again in the Spirit. I sense the urgency around this.Time is an insidious ruler making us believe the lies of busyness equaling effectiveness; always being ready to help others is showing kindness and compassion; and rest is laziness.
Time sucks come in pretty packages. They’re not gifts; they’re parasitical leaches.
Just as you’re encouraged to track your spending over a month, and then create your budget, a very practical exercise is to track how your time is spent over a week and then partner with Holy Spirit as you review what you’ve tracked and make a plan around improving the investment of your time.
Did you catch that distinction between spending and investing time? We’re called to be good stewards over every aspect of our lives and made to have dominion, with ALL things put under our feet. This includes responsibly managing and ruling over Time.
“You have made him to have dominion over the works of Your hands; You have put all things under his feet.” (Psalm 8:6, NKJV)
Said again in another translation:
“You have delegated to them rulership over all you have made, with everything under their authority, placing earth itself under the feet of your image-bearers.” (Psalm 8:6, TPT)
Stop allowing Time to rule over you. Govern it. Use it as the tool it’s been created to be for you.
Remember God stands outside of time and is the Creator of it. If you feel out of alignment with your timeline, ask God to realign you with where He intended for you to be at this time in your life.
“But do not let this one fact escape your notice, beloved, that with the Lord one day is like a thousand years, and a thousand years like one day.” (2 Peter 3:8, NASB, 1995)
God sees the bigger picture and has given us the responsibility of redeeming time.
“See then that you walk circumspectly, not as fools but as wise, redeeming the time, because the days are evil. Therefore do not be unwise, but understand what the will of the Lord is.” (Ephesian 5:15-17)
What does it mean to redeem time? Cash, exchange, convert, or transfer it. Release, liberate, free, deliver, rescue, or restore it. What would that look like for you?
Govern your time or Time will rule over you.
I've been re-implementing time blocking and time batching strategies and have been finding it super helpful. Want the links I've been digging into and using for templates? Let me know - I'd be happy to send them.
Need prayer? I would love to lift you up to the Father's heart!
Living for Him,
Andrea
Our Mission: Love Others Well & Empower Them to Do the Same
HAPPY, HEALTHY LIVING: Convention News & Updates!
This is always one of the MOST EXCITING times of the year for Young Living! New products and lots of GREAT news mean this is going to be a bit longer than usual.
For quick and easy access right at the start, here's a link to a wishlist of each of the new products. Pick and choose what you want to add to your cart - these are Shop/One-Time Orders only for now.
The details are below, but I didn't want to make you wait to jump in and check them out!
NOT A MEMBER YET? You can get 15% off TODAY through July
Place your first order between July 22nd-31st and get an additional 15% off!1. Use the link below.
2. Make sure to get wholesale pricing by either placing your order as a Loyalty Order (customizable monthly subscription) or purchasing $100 subtotal / PV in products via the cart option. Loyalty Orders (no matter the amount) will always have the 24% discount as long as they're placed as Loyalty Orders. You begin earning points for free products whenever your order is 50 PV or more, plus you get a free diffuser with your second Loyalty Order. Placing a 100+ PV cart order will unlock the wholesale pricing for one year. (If this is confusing to you, please reach out and let me help you.)
3. At checkout, use the promo code SHAREYL.
4. Finish checking out.
Got questions or need help placing an order customized to your needs? Please call or text me at 770-870-9041.
***Need help reactivating your account? Call or text me at 770-870-9041.
NEW PRODUCT DETAILS
Young Living's 2024 International Grand Convention celebrated the company's 30th year! That's 30 years of natural, clean, pure products with the Seed to Seal guarantee that you can feel safe and confident using in your home and for your family, or just for your own health. If you have any questions about any of these or want to know more, please let me know and we can talk! This is just a quick rundown of everything that was released.
DEEP NIGHT ESSENCE supplementItem #: 46956 | Wholesale: $37.00 | Retail: $48.68 | PV: 32.00 | New, permanent product
A melatonin-free daily sleep supplement with natural ingredients to help you have better, healthier sleep!
Benefits & Highlights:
+ Supports circadian regulation
+ Maintains healthy sleep latency
+ Promotes calm and relaxation
+ Contains lavender, holy basil, lemon balm, spearmint and green tea extracts
+ Melatonin-free
SUPER MAGNESIUM supplementItem #: 46964 | Wholesale: $33.00 | Retail: $43.42 | PV: 28 | New, permanent product
A highly bioavailable magnesium supplement that helps support great sleep, over 300 functions in the body, increased energy, and more!
Benefits & Highlights:
+ Calms your nervous system
+ Better sleep
+ Reduces fatigue
+ Increased energy
+ Combats oxidative stress
+ Supports over 300 functions in the body
+ Increased magnesium absorption and efficiency with patented melon juice concentrate
INNER BOOST & BALANCE supplementItem #: 45718 | Wholesale: $49.00 | Retail: $64.47 | PV: 42.00 | New, permanent product
Easy to use, great tasting, multivitamin plus so much more stick pack! Convenient to take and a great boost no matter when you take it. Plus, it's great for your skin!
Benefits & Highlights:
+ Provides a daily boost of essential vitamins, minerals, antioxidants, and prebiotic fiber
+ Glowing skin
+ Energy boost
+ Supports cognitive function
+ Supports healthy immune function
+ Helps reduce oxidative stress
+ Promotes healthy digestion
NEW DIFFUSERS + AROMACONNECT APP
Two new diffusers AND they both work with the new AromaConnect app. But don't worry, if you're not techy or you just prefer running them manually, both of them will still work perfectly that way too. I love this innovation and having both a plug-in option and a wake-up light option. Plus, they're both atomizers! Straight oil in a mist in the air so we're getting all those benefits in our homes. I love these!
LUNAMIST PLUG-IN DIFFUSER (Back in stock SOON!)Item #: 44098 | Wholesale: $69.00 | Retail: $90.79 | PV: 20.00 | New, permanent product
You know those plug-ins with artificial smells that if you're in the room with them too long you get a headache? Replace them with the LunaMist Plug-In Diffuser and diffuse pure essential oils right into the air wherever you plug it in!
Features & Highlights:
+ Modern, custom, non-toxic way to have a dreamy smelling home
+ Atomizing diffuser that diffuses without water
+ Built in light sensor
+ Operate manually or with the AromaConnect app
+ Plug in with rotating plug
+ Kitchen, bathrooms, hallway, dining room - all customized to your favorite scent and routine
+ Diffuse 5ml or 15ml essential oil bottles
+ Control and streamline oil consumption for prolonged use
WAKE-UP LIGHT DIFFUSERItem #: 46771 | Wholesale: $195.00 | Retail: $256.58 | PV: 59.00 | New, permanent product
Want better, healthier sleep every night? The Wake-Up Light Diffuser features different tools to help you get the best sleep you can all while diffusing your favorite oils to fall asleep to or your favorite oils to wake up to!
Features & Highlights:
+ Dual-port atomizing diffuser that diffuses 5ml or 15ml oils without water
+ Wake up light with natural sunrise and sunset colors to support your circadian rhythm
+ Operate manually or with the AromaConnect app to create your own custom routine
+ Sleep deeply with 10 different sound options inspired by nature and our farms
+ Soothing alarm sounds
DEEPSPECTRA - YOUNG LIVING EXCLUSIVE
DeepSpectra is back and this time, we have two new permanent products from it! DeepSpectra is a patent-pending technique that only Young Living has that gives us a unique combination of essential oil and extract of even more beneficial compounds from the plant. This was something Gary had a vision for and the scientists at Young Living continued studying and working on this until they found the best way to create these essential oil extracts.
DEEPSPECTRA PHYTO NUTRITION (Back in stock SOON!!!)Item #: 46832 | Wholesale: $65.00 | Retail: $85.53 | PV: 65.00 | New, permanent product
Black seed oil, Frankincense² (which has boswellic acids in it for even more benefits), and Orange Cacao essential oil extract helps support healthy cells, your immune system, and more! Take by itself, in a veggie capsule, or in your daily Ningxia Red.
Benefits & Highlights:
+ Includes Black seed oil, DeepSpectra Frankincense², and Orange Cacao essential oil extract
+ Daily cell support with a phytonutrient-rich complex
+ Helps protect against free radicals
+ Powerful, daily immune support
+ Patented essential oil extraction method (DeepSpectra)
+ Contains essential fatty acids, vitamins, and trace minerals
+ Rich in antioxidants
DEEPSPECTRA FRANKINCENSE²Item #: 47262 | Wholesale: $55.00 | Retail: $72.37 | PV: 55.00 | New, permanent product
Young Living introduced this last year for Convention attendees only, but now it's being released as a permanent product! Calming, support for our immune and digestive systems, and more, you're going to love adding this to your internal supplement routine!
Benefits & Highlights:
+ Daily immune support powerhouse
+ Supports the digestive system
+ Antioxidant properties
+ Supports a healthy inflammatory response
+ Features a softly spicy, exotic flavor
+ Calming and grounding
LEGACY 30 10ml (Convention blend- LIMITED AMOUNT LEFT!)Item #: 46916 | Wholesale: $55.00 | Retail: $72.37 | PV: 55.00 | Limited Time Offer
This year's Convention blend is called Legacy 30 and honors Young Living's founder, Gary Young. It combines Valor, Highest Potential, and Shutran for an amazing aroma you can wear as a personal scent or whenever you need a boost of confidence.
Benefits & Highlights:
+ Features a deep, rich, floral, conifer aroma
+ Sets the stage as you strive to achieve your dreams
+ A bold scent transforms you into a bravery mindset
+ Wear as a daily personal scent
+ Apply before big moments for extra courage
+ Incorporate into your meditation routine
LAVENDER LEGACY COLLECTION (VERY LIMITED AMOUNT LEFT!!!!!)
Item #: 47134 | Wholesale: $125.00 | Retail: $164.47 | PV: 125.00 | Limited Time Offer
This is for Convention attendees only and it's a collection of 6 bottles of Lavender with 6 different labels that were used over the last 30 years. Not only is it a memorable collection, but we use Lavender so often that you'll never run out of reasons to keep using these.
Highlights & Suggested Uses:
+ Contains 6 bottles of lavender oil with unique labels through the history of 30 years of Young Living
+ Mix 1-2 drops with a dab of coconut oil for a soothing sleepy cream
+ Diffuse 3 drops before bedtime
+ Add 1 drop to your mascara tube for healthy lashes
+ Add 3 drops to a scoop of Epsom salt for a relaxing bath
+ Rub on skin that has been in the sun too long for calming relief
+ Drop on skin bumps to calm and soothe
+ Combine with Lemon and Peppermint to enjoy the outside when the seasons change
RISE AND RESET BUNDLE
Item #: 47902 | Wholesale: $238.00 | PV: 108
Includes:
+ Deep Night Essence
+ Super Magnesium
+ Wake-Up Light Diffuser
Better sleep, better health, and better diffusing. This is a great lineup of new products. If you have any questions, let me know! These will sell quickly so get your orders in as soon as you're able to and let me know if I can assist you in any way.
MORE GREAT NEWS!!!
That's all the Convention news and updates! As always, if I can help in any way, please don't hesitate to reach out!
Recently, I've had requests from friends to teach them about oils. It's been really fun to get back to teaching about the power of these little bottles and supporting overall health and well-being with supplements and more!
Want to learn more or have a specific topic you're interested in? Let's grab some time together - whether one-on-one or with a group of friends! I promise it will be fun and you'll walk away feeling more in charge of your health than ever before!
Hugs, Blessings, and Happy Oiling!
Andrea
Our Mission: Love Others Well & Empower Them to Do the Same
Isaiah Sees
When we look at the state of the world today, it’s hard not to focus on how hectic and chaotic it’s become, particularly in light of recent events in the States.In many ways, depravity has become the accepted norm in every sphere of society. We’ve become desensitized to it by the narrative we’ve been fed across media, entertainment, and dare I say it, even the church.
The prophet Isaiah had much the same issue in his time, albeit without the vantage point technology has provided in the modern day. Leaders were corrupt, including those of the religious sect, and they were leading the people further and further away from God’s heart, protection, and blessing.
Amidst the judgments Isaiah pronounced upon the people, nations, and leaders, his seventh “woe” was upon himself. In the presence of God’s glory and the angels surrounding His throne, Isaiah cried out,
“Woe is me, for I am undone! Because I am a man of unclean lips, and I dwell in the midst of a people of unclean lips; for my eyes have seen the King, the Lord of hosts!” (Is. 6:5, NKJV)
I love that Isaiah was willing to take an honest assessment of himself – his words, actions, motives, and thoughts, as illuminated by God’s light shining within him. He took ownership and responsibility for the ways he recognized he’d fallen short, missed God’s mark, and sinned. While the specifics differed from what he’d called out in others, he recognized there was no difference in what was foundational – sin is sin, and none is greater or less than another.
God had an immediate response and solution in the face of Isaiah’s repentance. An angel took a coal from the altar of God and cleansed Isaiah’s lips, taking away his iniquity and purging his sin (Is. 6:6).
There’s no mention of God listing Isaiah’s sins to him or belittling him for any mistakes he’d made. God’s only response was to provide a way to remove Isaiah’s sin, cleanse him, and then offer an opportunity for Isaiah to partner with God in reaching out to His people.
God’s call to repentance is never to condemn and leave the people He deeply loves in a state of “woe is me” and self-deprecation, feeling like we can never measure up or become “good” or “right” in his sight.
God has always provided a way for us to be forgiven, ultimately sending His Son to become our Redeemer and Savior. He has always initiated the way to oneness of heart with Him and pointed us in a forward direction toward our kingdom callings and destinies. His plan has always been partnership with us in having dominion on the earth and ruling and reigning alongside Him.
What I found really interesting was reading The Passion Translation’s note on Isaiah 6:3 because it opened my eyes to see what’s so prevalent in the world today, and my participation in it.“Isaiah saw the sinfulness of man; the seraphim saw the glory of God. Isaiah had to see what the angels see. Every true voice for God must have the revelation of glory filling the earth. Without this vision, we are only seeing part of the truth. What fills the earth is His glory, not our sinfulness. This is occurring now, not just in the future.”
It’s so easy to get caught up in only seeing the sinfulness present in the world today. It’s easy to condemn, cast judgment, and take up “holy” causes intent on pointing out sin.
We lack a revelation of God’s glory filling the earth and His glory being so much bigger than the sin we allow to fill our vision and shape our perspective. It doesn’t mean we turn a blind eye to what’s happening, but instead, we recognize the larger truth present on the earth today.
It also means we turn our hearts toward God and allow Him to shine His light within us. When we respond by taking the path of personal repentance, allowing nothing to separate us from Him, what follows is an offer into divine partnership as we answer His call that quickly follows.
Repentance is always a path forward, never a roadblock.
Isaiah was challenged to not just see himself in the light of truth but to also have his perspective of the world around him shifted to what the angels (and God) saw.
Like Isaiah, will we see as they see and will we say, “I will be the one. Send me.” (Is. 6:8, TPT) in answer to God’s call to His people?
Living for Him with Love Always,
Andrea
Our Mission: Love Others Well & Empower Them to Do the Same
