CliftaFIT Clifta Lenee Perez

Jesus let's you choose!

This message came to me after listening to my Uncle Clifton and Cousin Cody this morning, who are both ministers. My Cousin had mentioned Making the Meaningless Meaningful.. and God gave me this message from hearing those words.. Make the Meaningless Meaningful.  I did make this with fitness people, bodybuilders, and any type of sports or competitor in mind, because that is the example I'm using from my own life, but it can also be applied to anyone and their life. Look for your message in it. :) The main message is... I think we can find MEANING in so many things that happen in our lives. I think there is always a message for us if we look close enough. There are messages even in the things that we may consider meaningless... or maybe it's someone else that considers it meaningless. Bottom line... if it's Meaningful to YOU... then it's Meaningful to God.. because He put it there for you! It's not silly... He gave it to you so you could understand His message to YOU. Trust that! In this podcast I share what God told me today about my journey to my IFBB Pro Card in Bodybuilding. To some of you who don't know... getting an IFBB Pro card is one of the highest achievements you can reach that many in the field set out to attain. It's a big step going from National level to Pro level... and it's a big deal for alot of bodybuilders out there trying to achieve that status. Over the years I've seen that the 11 years it took me to get my pro card wasn't really about the destination, but was about the journey. And over the years I've found that it's something that alot of non-fitness people don't understand. They ask.. why would you want to do that? Especially when they find out that you weren't even doing it for money... all you got was a title and a trophy. lol.. and my husband is one that teases... I can't believe you did all of that work for a plastic trophy... lol. (listen to the podcast to hear my reply.. lol) I get why some may think that training hard to go after a pro card can seem superficial, but in reality... it goes much much deeper than that... deeper than most may realize. I think that's why God wanted me to share this message that I got this morning... so you all can see how we can take something in our lives that we did & see the Meaning in it. I learned so much about myself & some really good lessons during my competition years that I can even use in my life today. Those lessons have spilled over into my everyday life... God is showing me how to use those lessons today & share them with others. One of the biggest lessons that I got from my journey was... it really showed me how to connect to God in a very personal way. And then when I accepted Jesus and the Holy Spirit... it allowed me to FEEL my connection even stronger! Which I didn't really go into that in the podcast, but I did mention some of these lessons that I learned on my journey... Discipline, Devotion, Commitment, Perseverance, NOT to Give UP even when I wanted to, Faith, Trust, Surrender, Focus, keeping one eye on my heart and one eye on my goal... to name a few. I don't think I mentioned all of those, but wanted to add some that I thought of after the fact. Anyways... there are more things that I talk about in the podcast that aren't mentioned in this description, so I hope you go ahead and listen to the podcast too, in addition to reading this... just click on the link. :) Now I understand why I was so determined to get my Pro card... Because to me it was never about attention... it was a deep desire I had in my heart that I couldn't let go of... It all makes sense now. So if God puts a desire in your heart... go after it with all your might!!! Don't let anyone try to turn something that is meaningful to you... into something that they think is meaningless to them... because what is meaningless to them... could be YOUR GOLD!!  In Jesus name.... AMEN!!!

This is my first podcast ever! I'm very excited to start creating content in this way.... I think it will help me to be able to share more!

Episode 1 is about following your inner guidance and being true to yourself. Being authentic and congruent with your feelings and the inner guidance that you are receiving. I think the more that we follow our inner guidance, the more it happens. I usually call this my intuition.  For me, I experience my intuition in different ways. One way is through my heart... another is through a feeling or with my breath. I also sometimes just know and an idea will pop into my head or a title or image of a book will pop in my mind... and other times I hear my intuition... as in a word or a phrase. And sometimes an image or picture will pop in my mind. It doesn't really matter how you sense it... what matters is that you start to take action on it... the more you do... the more you get your energy moving.

Clifta Lenee Perez

Retired IFBB Pro Bodybuilder & Natural Pro Athlete