Are you hungry?

Jan, 20, 2017

It is raining and blustery today and the streets have water standing in them so it is hard to navigate them walking without boots.  I don't think I have them on board, maybe under the bed.  I have a storage area under the queen sized bed that holds a lot of stuff.  I haven't looked in it for awhile, probably won't today, it's complicated with the chair on the bed etc...

Where do the ducks, geese, etc.. go in the rain?  It is very quiet here now, I kind of miss their honking (or whatever geese do) and  quacking..  I have a tree beside me that the leaves have been falling off of (I guess this is fall here) and the rain and the wind will probably finish it off today.  I spoke with my "Sis" in Mississippi and she said it was 75 degrees and beautiful there.  WOW!

Even without a car, the Lord provides for all of my needs.  So far, it has not been necessary and it has saved me lots of money.  Not just for the rental car but the money I spend when I go out.  Interesting, if we stayed "put" sometimes we could probably save a lot of money.  Hey, I think I will estimate what I would have spent going out, and put that amount in savings, just to see.....

I said I would share some more of what God gave me on the 18th:

Question?  Is what I am doing with my life, truly important to God? 

          Have I slipped off course (even just a little bit)?  God understands, yes,       but is it His best?  He loves us, yes, in our mess, but isn't it His plan   (as with any parent) to love us out of our mess?  But, our will reign's,         God gave us our will, so we could choose, but, He can't go against it.

          Who schedules and arranges and plans of our day(even the little stuff)?          Do we acknowledge Him in all our ways?  Do we include His input,       and obey it, and yield to His plan.  As Christians, we are to be Christ-      like, can he trust us to represent Him in such a way that they see     Christ in us ("THE HOPE OF GLORY") and want to be saved and     like Him too?

          We can run, but we can't hide from God.  He loves us from a place         of righteousness.  He can't look at, be a part of, or participate in, sin.           Sin is anything that misses the mark.    He is waiting for our return.  We will be held accountable for what we do.  Only Jesus can make it           right between us and God.  He is our mediator, go-between, our          example and our Savior because He paid the price for us.

This got to me!  I had allowed a little drifting in the area of the struggle I have had for years, with food.   I let a little "sin" (missing the mark) get into the plan I had with the Shaklee 180 weight loss plan.  I had gotten off course just a little and I know that it can lead to the old patterns which lead to the "old" body.  I was able to recognize it and (with Jesus and the Holy Spirit's help), arrest it early. Now I am back on track and even though I was only off a little, (a "good excuse" smile). Galatians 5:9"A little leaven, leaveneth the whole lump" (a little yeast, makes the whole lump of dough rise).

Our Episcopal Pastor said. "Choices are long lasting and life changing",

Based on that, I said:

          Our WILL, rules,

          We get to choose.

          Of choices, there's only two,

          Right, or not right, it's true.

         

          THOUGHTS cause our choice!

          Think right, and we'll rejoice.

          Our choices always last long,

          Especially when we're wrong!

Let's watch our thinking, monitoring our thoughts, and what we hear and see that cause our thinking, it will determine our life. Grammy thought for the day.(smiley face)

         

I said I would let you hold me accountable for my weight loss plan. WHERE WERE YOU WHEN I NEEDED YOU?  I know! YOU WERE PRAYING FOR ME!  Thank you for your prayers, I feel them.  It is like a big protective bubble around me.  OK the results are in:

I have been on the plan since before Thanksgiving.  My goal is to be on this plan of eating right, for life.  Slow but steady is my weight loss goal, with the emphasis on steady!  Sometimes I start THINKING that I should be loosing faster, start comparing to others who are loosing faster, etc.. and I could get discouraged and quit. 

I WILL not let my thoughts discourage me, I WILL control them, and think correctly! OK, I'm done.

Total weigh loss   8 1/2 lbs

Total inch loss (measuring in 9 places) 24 1/4 inches

Blood Pressure this AM 139/97 (No meds)

Exercise:  Aerobics in the pool, 3 X weekly

I FEEL GOOD! JOYFUL, PEACFUL, SETTLED AND FULFILLED!

Tip: Sometimes if I feel hungry, I am actually thirsty and a glass or two of water will satisfy.  Try it, it could work for you too.