• Aug. 10, 2006 - Losing weight, losing my stuff???
It took my son's question to get me started. Why are you so big? Why do you have a big butt? Why are you so angry?
For each pregnancy, I gained weight, and then lost some of it, but not all. Three children later, I have 60 pounds more than I started with!
So, one of my friends told me that she lost 70 pounds, after having 5 kids, once pregnancy being twins, and I asked her how she did it...she told me about Weigh Down, which is a class to teach people how to get away from their addiction to food, diets, exercise...I was in the orientation class today, and I loved it. There is great music, and online facilitator, and we get to chat online with each other, to give encouragment and advice. The main idea behind the class is teaching yourself to wait for hunger, then only eat enough to stop yourself from being hungry. But that is not the whole focus of the class. We have to change our focus, from the things that take all of our time, to God, who gave us everything. My new mantra is between "I am sufficient unto you" and " The Lord is my shepherd, I shall not want." I am finding that I am only eating, because it is time to eat, not that I am hungry. Were our parents doing us a disservice by enforcing mealtimes? I still want to spend time together, but if I am not hungry, I will only drink, and take my time with that!
So, now that I am losing weight(12 pounds in 3 weeks)...can I also focus on losing my extra stuff? I am a garage sale addict...and my home no longer looks like a home, but a warehouse...attic, cellar, garage, and everywhere in between. I love the thrill of finding the bargain, but I dread trying to find a place to put it when I get home! I do not need all these things, and I am finding that they are taking away my enjoyment of my home and my family....no longer a place of rest and refuge, but a place of tensions and strife.
So, God, please be sufficient unto me, take away the desire to own more, make my home a reflection of the best that we can have in you...Enough, not too much! Make my home a refuge from the outside world, a place where we can feel your presence by looking around!
And All God's people said....Amen!
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