Girl...Get up and do it again

Have you ever seen the fight scenes in a movie where the boxer is down, and his handler is yelling Get up! from the side?  Have you ever imagined that this is your life?  Knocked down and the referee is pounding the floor beside you counting out?


That was me this week.  I felt so down and out.  I am battling a cold and flu that I got from taking care of my grandson last week end. It was quite an effort to get up out of bed the last few days and to be honest, I had to succumb to its lure one of those days.  I just slept for hours having taken my meds and putting my CPAP mask I was out.


However, that moment of lying down was not a permanent pose for me, I got up.  That boxer sometimes defies all odds and gets up again ready to fight it out till the last bell has rung.  You and I can get up and do it again. 


We don't have to stay locked down, face down or even get down in the choices of yesterday.  We can get back up and yes, do it again.  So, you didn't exercise last week, last month, last year...get up and do it now.  So you ate that muffin, drank that sugary drink, indulged in the chocolate bars...get up from that down and do the right thing today.  Yes you can do it again.


So be encouraged as I am right now.  I look at myself and I tell you the truth, at times my eyes tell me all sorts of things.  It says girl, you still have not made it.  You are still heavy.  You are still.... you can fill in your own blanks.  So what is my come back to myself, the mirror and my world.  So what?  I don't have to stay here, I get the chance to get up and do it again.


So "here here" to everyone who decides that quitting is not an option as we strive to lose the weight.  "Hooray!" to everyone that struggles up from that downward knocked out position.  "Well done" to everyone that right about now has a made up mind and a can do attitude.  Take a bow and a pat on the back. 








Lord,
I know that I cannot do this on my own.  Father send me the help I so desperately need to lose this weight.  In the mean time Lord, I thank you for constantly reminding me that you are the hand that holds on to mine as I walk through life.  Though I fall I will not be utterly cast down for your hands holds me up.  Oh what a wonderful word.  thank you Lord for being consistent and true in my life.  I praise you now in Jesus name,


Amen.

God did not give me the spirit of fear

I am sitting at the park with my grand kids - son and niece. It is a rarity at this time of day on a Monday. It was a tough night and exhaustion was already my portion before going to bed last night. So I had already decided that I would not go to work. My productivity was already compromised from lack of sleep and a distracting load of laundry unfinished. So here I sit enjoying this moment.

The verse for today on my bible app has popped up from 2 Tim1:7. It tells me that God did not give me a spirit of fear.  It's no coincidence that at that the very moment I looked up to see my grandson. He was timidly looking at the swing my grand niece was swinging across. I watched him as he crawled on hands and knees to get to the slide. Afraid.

Yet, he did it. He slid down the very slide that he was afraid even to stand up and get on. In spite of what he felt he did it anyway. Power overcame what fear paralyzed. So he went on again. No one cheering him on but now he knows what is at the end of the journey...fun and thrills!

What am I saying? What does this have to do with my diet journal? Dear daughter don't you see? Everything.
Fear says don't bother to make the effort. Power says you know that if you do you will win big time. The benefit is beyond a few pounds. Health stands gleaming with its brilliance. Sound mind echos the promises of God. Self control is no longer just a dream. "Just do it" is more than a slogan for a shoe...it becomes a reality to be lived out.

So if you are reading this, here's the message. No fear is from God. Live in what He has  given to you; power love and a sound mind! That is yours.