I, too, am struggling with managing my moderation. While I feel closer to God than I ever have from the study, I just can’t seem to get past this plateau. I’ve talk to Him about and this is the answer He has given over and over the past few days, but I dind’t hear Him fully until yesterday.
Every time I open one of the gazillion catalogs I get I thinking to myself “when I loose enough weight”. All those pretty little girls in their pretty little clothes. Well …. dontcha know that my Lord knows that I have lost the true focus. My focus … isn’t that where it all started. Changing my focus to Him in lieu of my selfish, fleshy, worldly reason. There is TLD in the cracks of my life again!!
So I’m starting anew! Back to the study from the beginning. I’ll look at it a gazzilion times in lieu of those catalogs. They are going in the trash – which is what I did when I first begin WOM – I didn’t even look at them. Duhh!!
The best part is, I KNOW in my heart that my Father forgives me. Haleluyer!! And now I’m doing the 180 …… again. But He STILL loves me. Thank you Jesus!
This was a reminder from one of my devotions – “Devotions for Dieters”:
Jesus Christ arose from the dead, glorified and renewed. Before He could ascend to this glory, He had to suffer many things. Much in this life requires sacrifice and suffering before we can attain it. Ask any dieter. The road to thinness is a rugged one. Be-fore we can stand up trimmer and healthier, we must buck up and buckle down. There is very little that is pleasant about dieting, except the end result. Jesus Christ understands what it means to sacrifice better than we ever can. By our sufferings we draw closer to Christ. One day we will reign with Him.
I love ya’ll,
Cinny
His Twisted Sisters 
I was just looking at a catalog this morning and thinking the same things – “Ooo, if only I was a size 10, I’d order that — Ooo, I like that, but I can’t order it until I lose some more weight — Ooo, I wish I had a flat stomach like that girl — Maybe by the time vacation comes around? ” But then, I remembered it’s not about the way I look on the outside, because He doesn’t look there. I like your idea of starting the study all over again. My study here at work seems to have crept to a halt. So I think I’ll begin again too.
Comment by twistedlele — March 28, 2008 @ 8:58 pm |