We must look to God for approval and acceptance and not to people. If God does not have the first place in our hearts, we are constantly fearing man.
The fear of man brings a snare, but whoever trusts in the Lord shall be safe. Proverbs 29:25
Why or why do I always feel the need to be accepted by other people, to have then validate that I am a good person or a good mom or a good wife or pretty or anything else. Why is my self-esteem so low that I can't trust in God that I am ok, that I feel the need to consantaly look for it in other people. Why can't I listen to what he has to say?
I think because when God accepts me I don't get that instent and verbal, yes you are ok. When you ask another person, they tel lyou right then and there.
I need to focus on God's approval and accpetance. If I can do that, I can lose the weight and feel better about my self, and not slip off into depression so often!
Friday, November 16, 2007
Wednesday, November 7, 2007
Thought for the day - November 7
Lord, I want everything I do to be glorifying to You. Help me to be a good steward of the body You have given me. I know that my body is the temple of Your Holy Spirit, who dwells in me. Help me to fully understand this truth so that I will keep my temple clean and healthy. Help me not to mistreat my body in any way. Teach me how to properly care for my health.
Such a moving prayer! Do we think about this? That our bodies, the ones we are filling with high fat, high cholestrol foods are not really ours, but gifts from God that we need to treat with care and respect? Will knowing this make a difference in what we do and how we treat our bodies? How about aking God to help teach us the proper care of our bodies? Will that encourage you to stick to a better, healthy diet of foods and not mistreat the gift God gave of this earthly body?
I wonder, but at the same time, I know that I need to trust in God and to ask for his help, because without him has gotten me into the problem I am in now. Without Him, I have ballooned my body to weights that is can;t handle, that make it hard for me to care for my kids, to play with my kids and that make me feel like less of a woman. If I look to Godfor the help I need, it has to be better than were I have gotten myself on my own!
What about you? Can you trust God with your own weight loss journey?
Such a moving prayer! Do we think about this? That our bodies, the ones we are filling with high fat, high cholestrol foods are not really ours, but gifts from God that we need to treat with care and respect? Will knowing this make a difference in what we do and how we treat our bodies? How about aking God to help teach us the proper care of our bodies? Will that encourage you to stick to a better, healthy diet of foods and not mistreat the gift God gave of this earthly body?
I wonder, but at the same time, I know that I need to trust in God and to ask for his help, because without him has gotten me into the problem I am in now. Without Him, I have ballooned my body to weights that is can;t handle, that make it hard for me to care for my kids, to play with my kids and that make me feel like less of a woman. If I look to Godfor the help I need, it has to be better than were I have gotten myself on my own!
What about you? Can you trust God with your own weight loss journey?
November 6 - Thought for the Day
The motivation for what we do in the area of body care is very important. It will affect how succesful we are. If we eat right and engage in proper exercise for the purpose of being a more vital, healthy, energetic, and useful servant of the Lord, this has eternal consequences and you are more likely to stick with it.
Therefore, whether you eat or drink, ow whatever you do, do all to the glory of God.
1 Corinthians 10:31
Before, I had tried just about every diet on the market, every fad, anything to lose weight. When I started trusting in the Lord for help, and doing my devotionals I did better than on my own, but I am human, and the day-to-day struggles of life and kids got in the way, I let them push the devotionals and weight loss focus onto the back burner and here I am, back at the starting point. If I really want this to work, and I do, then I have to make time each morning to talk to God and focus on what he is asking of me and to ask for his help each and every day. I have to make time in my schedule to go walking or work out. It won't be easy, but then is anything worth doing ever easy?
Breakfast:
High Protein Soy Meal Replacement drink (made with 6 ozs of 2% milk), total calories 231.
Wake Up Weight:
252.5 pounds
Therefore, whether you eat or drink, ow whatever you do, do all to the glory of God.
1 Corinthians 10:31
Before, I had tried just about every diet on the market, every fad, anything to lose weight. When I started trusting in the Lord for help, and doing my devotionals I did better than on my own, but I am human, and the day-to-day struggles of life and kids got in the way, I let them push the devotionals and weight loss focus onto the back burner and here I am, back at the starting point. If I really want this to work, and I do, then I have to make time each morning to talk to God and focus on what he is asking of me and to ask for his help each and every day. I have to make time in my schedule to go walking or work out. It won't be easy, but then is anything worth doing ever easy?
Breakfast:
High Protein Soy Meal Replacement drink (made with 6 ozs of 2% milk), total calories 231.
Wake Up Weight:
252.5 pounds
Monday, November 5, 2007
Healing Thoughts
November 2: No matter how hard we try to do the right thing, we can't always prevent bad things from happening in our body. We should do the best we can to take care of ourselves. but we wil lstill always need God to be our Healer.
November 3: Lord, I thank You that You are the Healer, I look to You for me healing whenever I am injured or sick. I pray that You would strengthen and heal me today. I know that in your presence is where I will find healing. In Your presence I can reach out and touch You and in turn be touched by You.
November 4: God wants us to live in balance and temperance and to take care not to abuse our body in any way. He wants us to glorify Him in thecare of our bodies because we are the temple of His Holy Spirit.
For we know that if our earthly house, this tent, is destroyed, we have a building from God, a house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens.
2 Corinthians 5:1
November 5: Lord, only You know the way You created me. Give me a solid ability to be discplined about what I eat and drink and how I exercise. Enable me to discpline my body and bring it into subjection (1 Corinthians 9:27)
I think I need to print out todays thought and keep it on my mirror in the bathroom to remind me each morning to ask God for guidence and help in what I eat and drink that day, that will bethe only way i will be able to get my weight to where God wants me to be, because I know that he has a healthy place for me to be, it may not be the goal I set for myself, but I know that it is not where I am now.
November 3: Lord, I thank You that You are the Healer, I look to You for me healing whenever I am injured or sick. I pray that You would strengthen and heal me today. I know that in your presence is where I will find healing. In Your presence I can reach out and touch You and in turn be touched by You.
November 4: God wants us to live in balance and temperance and to take care not to abuse our body in any way. He wants us to glorify Him in thecare of our bodies because we are the temple of His Holy Spirit.
For we know that if our earthly house, this tent, is destroyed, we have a building from God, a house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens.
2 Corinthians 5:1
November 5: Lord, only You know the way You created me. Give me a solid ability to be discplined about what I eat and drink and how I exercise. Enable me to discpline my body and bring it into subjection (1 Corinthians 9:27)
I think I need to print out todays thought and keep it on my mirror in the bathroom to remind me each morning to ask God for guidence and help in what I eat and drink that day, that will bethe only way i will be able to get my weight to where God wants me to be, because I know that he has a healthy place for me to be, it may not be the goal I set for myself, but I know that it is not where I am now.
Friday, November 2, 2007
November 2 Thought for the Day
No matter how hard we try to do the right thing, we can't always prevent bad things from happening in our body. We should do the best we can to take care of ourselves, but we will still always need God to be our Healer.
You know, I read this and I am convicted, because as a mom, I don't take the time to look after myself as much as I should. I am busy making sure the kids have jackets, aren't coughing, see the doctor if they are and all that and then forget to grab a jacket for myself or just try to ignore a cough until it goes away.
We need to look after ourselves, and even moreso as moms, because we need to be there for the family. Not looking after ourselves leads to not eating right and weight gain. So it is important, if I realyl want to lose weight that I start taking better care of the body that God gave me.
You know, I read this and I am convicted, because as a mom, I don't take the time to look after myself as much as I should. I am busy making sure the kids have jackets, aren't coughing, see the doctor if they are and all that and then forget to grab a jacket for myself or just try to ignore a cough until it goes away.
We need to look after ourselves, and even moreso as moms, because we need to be there for the family. Not looking after ourselves leads to not eating right and weight gain. So it is important, if I realyl want to lose weight that I start taking better care of the body that God gave me.
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