Jan. 22, 2008 - Did I lose it or find it this week?
I lost it!!
I am currently doing a First Place bible study with a couple of friends. We started about three weeks ago and I have lost 5.5 lbs. If you are not familiar with First Place, it combines a bible study and weight loss based on nine committments: attendance, encouragment, prayer, bible reading, scripture memory, bible study, "Live it" plan, commitment record and exercise. For more information go to www.firstplace.org. I feel confident in the exercise are now and am working on the other areas. I don't know that I will ever get the scripture memory because my memory seems to be lost most of the time.
The bible study we are doing is called Start Living. We have been studying and discussing how our bodies are temples for God's Holy Spirit. He is the potter and we are the clay. He molded us and we are the vessel he created. If we don't take care of this vessel how can we possibly do the good works he wants us to do. It is strange how this coincides with a bible study I am doing on Wednesday nights at church. I am in a small group studying The Secrets of the Vine. We have just started it and are discussing how God the Father is the vinedresser, Jesus is the vine and we are the branches. We are to be more fruitful but a branch that is "unhealthy" can not be that just as a clay jar that is not in good condition can not hold anything.
Disclaimer: This is just my thoughts and ramblins on what I am reading.
