My dear friend at church, whom I always call "smiley" has lost a tremendous amount of weight over the past couple of years. She is such a strong woman of faith. I'm very encouraged by her and her continuing growth in her faith and in her weight loss success. Though she still wants to lose more, we encourage each other to continue to look UP to Him and to keep pushing on.
She recently purchased and started working out to P90X...I've heard so much about this particular program, that I looked into it a couple of weeks ago, when it was posted on facebook. What a motivating video, as a testimony to this young man who was over 400 lbs and it took him 1 1/2 years to loose over 200lbs. INCREDIBLE!! Well, once my friend told me what she was doing, she suggested that if I could afford it to look into in, that it's probably something I would probably enjoy!...that's me! For some reason, I do love things that are challenging and difficult to do....I don't know what I'm trying to prove, honestly, but other than the sense of personal accomplishment, I'm not sure why else to do some of the things I've done before.
Well it really got me thinking. How can I add another thing into my already busy life? I thought of the training I used to do to complete the Firefighters Combat Challenge, which by the way I never completed, but after the third time of doing it, I made it to the mannequin drag! (good enough for me, at that time). I also thought of the "fit-traxx" classes I took at the gym for like $300 a piece till I decided to get 2, 2 month classes and the 3rd class was under 1/2. That class had me up at 4:45 a.m. and in the gym by 5:10 so I could warm up, etc, before the class started at 5:30. Then home, shower, and off to drop the kids off at school and me to work...then the next endeavor, was training for our churches 1st transformational triathlon. All of these very hard areas of working out, brought me to one conclusion. I did all of those with very minimal reliance on God. These weren't all at once, mind you, they were all at various stages from 2002-2011. I admitted to my dear friend that I really couldn't do one more workout in my life till I absolutely put GOD FIRST! I mean REALLY, I can get up before the crack of dawn to punish my body, but I can't get up early to read His precious word!
Well, there's proof that God hears the cries of our hearts, for He started waking me up a little early each day over the past week. I've set the alarm for 5:35 from 5:45 and He woke me at 5:30, then it was about 5 min earlier each day for the past several days...I'm now waking up at 5:10. I'm just trusting in Him whole heartily right now. He's getting me up, and I'm reading everyday before I hop into the shower. My lunches and breakfasts are getting done earlier and we're all leaving on time for school and work. I'm confident that the Lord will continue to help me where He knows I need it.
Jer 29:11 "For I know the plans that I have for you, declares the LORD, plans for welfare and not for calamity to give you a future and a home.
Phil 4:19 "And my God will supply all your needs according to His riches in glory in Christ Jesus"
I don't think God is my "genie", but as I grow in obedience, he is faithful to help me in that growth and in the areas that He knows will help me be healthier, and more balanced.
Luke 12:28 "But if God so clothes the grass in the field, which is alive today and tomorrow is thrown into the furnace, how much more will He clothe you" (literal and spiritual)
The Lord wants to help me respect myself...Now, I have to put this verse in my heart and not just my brain.
1 Cor 6:19 "or do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit who is in you, whom you have from God, and that you are not your own".....hmmm, I am not my own, but HIS. That means to eat that which my body doesn't need or to much of something just because it tastes good, is not alright!...INTERESTING! Lord, thank you for your continued help and encouragement! You are amazing!
Good night my fellow brothers and sisters in Christ,
Till next time, Shalom
She recently purchased and started working out to P90X...I've heard so much about this particular program, that I looked into it a couple of weeks ago, when it was posted on facebook. What a motivating video, as a testimony to this young man who was over 400 lbs and it took him 1 1/2 years to loose over 200lbs. INCREDIBLE!! Well, once my friend told me what she was doing, she suggested that if I could afford it to look into in, that it's probably something I would probably enjoy!...that's me! For some reason, I do love things that are challenging and difficult to do....I don't know what I'm trying to prove, honestly, but other than the sense of personal accomplishment, I'm not sure why else to do some of the things I've done before.
Well it really got me thinking. How can I add another thing into my already busy life? I thought of the training I used to do to complete the Firefighters Combat Challenge, which by the way I never completed, but after the third time of doing it, I made it to the mannequin drag! (good enough for me, at that time). I also thought of the "fit-traxx" classes I took at the gym for like $300 a piece till I decided to get 2, 2 month classes and the 3rd class was under 1/2. That class had me up at 4:45 a.m. and in the gym by 5:10 so I could warm up, etc, before the class started at 5:30. Then home, shower, and off to drop the kids off at school and me to work...then the next endeavor, was training for our churches 1st transformational triathlon. All of these very hard areas of working out, brought me to one conclusion. I did all of those with very minimal reliance on God. These weren't all at once, mind you, they were all at various stages from 2002-2011. I admitted to my dear friend that I really couldn't do one more workout in my life till I absolutely put GOD FIRST! I mean REALLY, I can get up before the crack of dawn to punish my body, but I can't get up early to read His precious word!
Well, there's proof that God hears the cries of our hearts, for He started waking me up a little early each day over the past week. I've set the alarm for 5:35 from 5:45 and He woke me at 5:30, then it was about 5 min earlier each day for the past several days...I'm now waking up at 5:10. I'm just trusting in Him whole heartily right now. He's getting me up, and I'm reading everyday before I hop into the shower. My lunches and breakfasts are getting done earlier and we're all leaving on time for school and work. I'm confident that the Lord will continue to help me where He knows I need it.
Jer 29:11 "For I know the plans that I have for you, declares the LORD, plans for welfare and not for calamity to give you a future and a home.
Phil 4:19 "And my God will supply all your needs according to His riches in glory in Christ Jesus"
I don't think God is my "genie", but as I grow in obedience, he is faithful to help me in that growth and in the areas that He knows will help me be healthier, and more balanced.
Luke 12:28 "But if God so clothes the grass in the field, which is alive today and tomorrow is thrown into the furnace, how much more will He clothe you" (literal and spiritual)
The Lord wants to help me respect myself...Now, I have to put this verse in my heart and not just my brain.
1 Cor 6:19 "or do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit who is in you, whom you have from God, and that you are not your own".....hmmm, I am not my own, but HIS. That means to eat that which my body doesn't need or to much of something just because it tastes good, is not alright!...INTERESTING! Lord, thank you for your continued help and encouragement! You are amazing!
Good night my fellow brothers and sisters in Christ,
Till next time, Shalom
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