Philippians 2:14 Do all things without grumbling or disputing; 15 so that you will prove yourselves to be blameless and innocent, children of God above reproach in the midst of a crooked and perverse generation, among whom you appear as lights in the world, 16 holding fast the word of life, so that in the day of Christ I will have reason to glory because I did not run in vain nor toil in vain. 17 But even if I am being poured out as a drink offering upon the sacrifice and service of your faith, I rejoice and share my joy with you all. 18 You too, I urge you, rejoice in the same way and share your joy with me.
What a great verse that I have been given this morning. "Do all things without grumbling or disputing". As I laid in bed for the last half hour debating getting up so that I could exercise this morning and instead laid in bed and mumbled and grumbled to myself and made excuses why I shouldn't. And so hear I sit and still don't want to exercise. How do I get to that point where I want to do it?
Exodus 15:26He said, "If you will listen carefully to the voice of the Lord your God, and do what is right in his sight, and give heed to his commandments and keep all his statutes, I will not bring upon you any of the diseases that I brought upon the Egyptians; for I am the Lord who heals you." Do what is right in God's sight. Gorging myself on the food I know I am not supposed to is not exactly doing right now is it. OK so gorging is a strong word, but not taking the time to pray over my decisions before I eat is not what I have been trying to do either. I will try that today. When I am faced with something that I want to eat I will pray. As LK says in her book that when she was faced with something that she knew would derail her from her healthy eating plan she prayed. In the beginning she craved a lot so therefore she prayed a lot. I need to feel empowered again. Just like Thursday when I went to dinner with AD, I didn't eat one chip with salsa. I was so very proud. But then because of that feeling I justified myself into eating things over the weekend that I knew I shouldn't. So here I am again, this is such a vicious roller coaster I want to get off.
In my last set of blogs I had one I am sure called insanity. And what is the definition of insanity?? Doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results.
Proverbs 17:22 A cheerful heart is a good medicine, but a downcast spirit dries up the bones. What a great verse!
Dear Lord, I thank you for all of your blessings for me. Please give me the mindfulness to stop each day and pray to you when I am faced with foods that are tempting me. I don't want to be in this body anymore, I know you have a better one for me when I come to You. But I want to be healthy so that I can fulfill my duty to multiply. Thank you for Your love and grace. I love you so much! Amen.
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