Tuesday, January 22, 2013

Healthy Choices

"Do you not know that your bodies are temples of the Holy Spirit, who is in you, whom you have received from God? You are not your own." 1 Corinthians 6:19

I struggle with eating too much. I have always struggled with it. Food taste good and I love to eat.  Yet as we learned a couple weeks back, that nothing we have including our own life is ours. It is on loan to us to take care of.

I also know that I am very hypocritical, I will complain about someone and their smoking and yet I think that depending on if you die by smoking related diseases or overeating who am I to tell others until I have my own issues figured out.  I am often reminded of Matthew 7 where it says “Why do you look at the speck of sawdust in your brother’s eye and pay no attention to the plank in your own eye? How can you say to your brother, ‘Let me take the speck out of your eye,’ when all the time there is a plank in your own eye?  You hypocrite, first take the plank out of your own eye, and then you will see clearly to remove the speck from your brother’s eye. -Matthew 7:3-5. This passage doesn't say not to mention other peoples down falls, but to take care of mine first.

So this week I have started my weight loss journey again, and have several people who are going to hold me to this. I have not decided to count calories, but to just make wise choices. Everybody knows that donuts are bad and apples are better. I don’t need a chart for that. But once a week I am going to weigh and update my spreadsheet, and my goal is 2 lbs a week for 18 weeks and be at a good weight that gives me the most energy.

Lord I pray that each of us knows that everything we have is yours, including our lives. Lord I pray that you hold me strong to make wise decisions toward healthy lifestyles, and that I understand that I have been given a really good body that you have entrusted me to take care of. I pray that when I choose to tell others about their poor habits, that I ensure that I am not a hypocrite and that I deliver a message with love. In Jesus name, Amen.

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