August 23, 2006
Final Thoughts
I shared in Monday’s
blog that I thought I would be having a few more wrestling
matches with the Lord as I continue this Fight to Be Fit.
Over the past few days, I have been reminded of how author
and Bible teacher Joyce Meyer once compared our bodies to a
car. If we were given only one car for our entire lives, we
would take good care of it. Well, our bodies are the only ones
we’re going to get here on this earth.
I have to confess that I’ve spent most of my life looking
for the “trade in” lot. There are very few people
who I wouldn’t trade bodies with, mostly because I’m
so short, under 5’ tall and that just makes everything
from buying clothes to getting groceries on the top shelf at
the grocery store very difficult.
So instead of being thankful that the Lord gave me a pretty
healthy body, I’ve spent most of my life complaining that
He didn’t give me a taller one.
My friend Judy is always telling me that, “You take care
of what you love.” Well, I didn’t love my body and
I have not done a great job of taking care of it.
Now, that’s something I have felt convicted by the Lord
to change. So over the past few days I have gotten a pedicure,
a manicure, bought several drug store creams and lotions to
help me take better care of my body. I also bought a juicer
to take better care of the inside of me. (I finally found one
that is exactly like a blender so clean-up is easy and you drink
the pulp as well as the juice.) I also bought a few new items
of clothing.
Everything I purchased was, in a sense, an act of repentance.
Repentance means to turn around and go another way. That’s
exactly what I’m doing. Instead of complaining to the
Lord about the body He gave me. I am thanking Him for it and
committing myself to caring for it.
It’s far from perfect, but it’s the only one I’m
ever going to have.
So I guess you could say that my “Fight to be Fit”
has taken on a new turn and I’m focused on far more than
just getting the needle on the scale to move.
God bless you,
Linda
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God bless you,
Linda
Previous blogs: How
I got Roped into This, Dodging
the Donuts, Why
Losing Weight Takes Faith, When
the Scales Won't Budge, Ask
the Experts, Sweet
Scale Success, Are
You Having Fun Yet?, All
or Nothing, Weapons
For Your Weight Loss War, Winning
the Weight Loss Battle, The
Simple Truth About Weight Loss, One
Woman's Weight Loss Success, Eating
Fresh for Weight Loss Success, Why
One Pastor says Weight Loss is Not a Prayer Away, Weight
Loss and Surrender, Losing
Weight God's Way, My
Weight Loss Progress