What will you gain when you lose?

“No temptation has overtaken you but such as is common to man; and God is faithful, who will not allow you to be tempted beyond what you are able, but with the temptation will provide the way of escape also, so that you will be able to endure it.” 1 Corinthians 10:13

This is the new ad campaign slogan from Special K cereal. I do enjoy there cereal. The red berries is really yummy! The new commercial shows various women standing on scales and instead of numbers coming up there are words of encouragement. Joy. Passion. Confidence. Moxie. Shine. Courage. Hope. Peace. Sparkle. Pep. Excitement.

Interstingly enough these are the same things you will gain when you take Jesus as your saviour. Well I know everyone has a different feeling when they get to the point of being saved but these are things that I gained. Sometimes I don't feel them, when I get stuck in myself and having one of my famous pity parties and kicking and screaming like a 2 year old I don't feel these things. Is it just me or aren't those the times that I over eat or eat things I know I shouldn't and those are the days that I make up excuses to not exercise.

WOW what a connection! This is really an eye opener! I already have Joy and Passion and Confidence and Shine and Courage and Hope and Peace and Sparkle and Pep and Excitement and Moxie (after I had to look it up to see that it means energy, pep and determination). So even when I lose weight I still have all of those things! When I lose will I want to show them more than I do now? Then what am I waiting for?

OK so this is so not the way I thought this blog was going to end up today but what and encouragment! I didn't think I could be such an encouragment to myself. I want to remember this feeling and hold on to it! Hold on to it on days when I am stuck inside myself and can't express how I feel. When I have those days when I don't know how I feel but I know that it has nothing to do with Pep and Energy and definatly not Sparkle. But even on all of those days I know that I have that feeling inside me because I have Jesus as my saviour and my light!

Thank you God for all you have given me. Thank you for sending your Son that I may lose myself and gain an everlasting life with YOU. Please help me to remember that all of these things that I think that I will gain when I lose weight are things that I have already inside of me when I realized I was a child that You love. Thank you for accepting a child that was broken and allowing her to be put back together in Your love. Amen.