Do or Die March

James1:22 Do not merely listen to the word, and so deceive yourselves. Do what it says.


HEALTH


NO PROGRESS! Do I really need to say anything else? It is so much easier to do what I've always done, even though it is not helpful or healthy. The farther I go in this adventure, the more I realize that part 1 and part 2 of my "challenge" are linked and really inseparable. I won't get any farther in my quest for health until I see progress and growth in my quest for a...


TESTIMONY

This is where I need to focus. When I focus on my weight, my exercise ( or lack thereof) I almost completely lose sight of why I am doing this in the first place. I am living Romans 7 right here folks. I'm like my own reality show:  The Real (messed up) Housewife of Vicksburg. Here is an excerpt from my life lately as written in the Message translation.  

What I don't understand about myself is that I decide one way, but then I act another, doing things I absolutely despise...I can will it, but I can't do it. I decide to do good, but I don't really do it; I decide not to do bad, but then I do it anyway. My decisions, such as they are, don't result in actions. Something has gone wrong deep within me and gets the better of me every time.

Who says the bible isn't relevant for today? Anyone else ever feel that way? Well thank God those aren't the only verses in the bible! Here is my mission for this week - it comes from Philippians 2:13 and the Amplified translation for your reading pleasure: (Not in your own strength) for it is God who is all the while effectually at work in you - energizing and creating in you the power and desire - both to will and to work for His good pleasure and satisfaction and delight. Now, to me, that means that God will give me the will and the desire to do what I need to do, no matter what that is. Would God really concern Himself with my eating habits, my physical fitness, my day to day life? Well let's just say I don't see any of that left out of this verse. My goal this week is to not try to do it in my own strength. What that looks like I'm not exactly sure but I believe I will be able to give you a better idea by next week!

James1:22 Do not merely listen to the word, and so deceive yourselves. Do what it says.

Whose strength?

James 1:22 Do not merely listen to the word, and so deceive yourselves. Do what it says.
HEALTH
This has not been a good few weeks in this department.  Actually I've spent the better part of these last weeks fighting sickness - very unusual for me. I guess I really didn't know what to do, I'm a baaaaaad patient! My plan was to post a new picture this week but there is not much to show. The scale says 195 today. That is a loss of 2.5 pounds at least. Wish I had actually worked a little for that loss...I'm not really discouraged, just realizing that DOING what I know is a lot harder than saying I'm going to do what I know!

TESTIMONY
As I regroup for both of my goal areas I am meditating on this verse. 1 Timothy 4:8 Message Exercise daily in God - no spiritual flabbiness, please! Workouts in the gymnasium are useful, but a disciplined life in God is far more so, making you fit both today and forever. I have realized that, in my excitement to begin something new, I have once again begun in my own strength. I have focused on how I'm going to do what I do and left out the most important piece - without Him I can do nothing. Not matter what happens, God needs to be at the top of my priority list. This above verse shows me that this is how I will succeed at both my goals for this year.

James 1:22 Do not merely listen to the word, and so deceive yourselves. Do what it says.