I don't know if it's a sign of how badly I need a vacation or how ready I am for the basketball season to be over...or just that I'm getting frustrated with how hard and slow this weight loss journey is. But I'm about at the end of my rope today! I just had to take a minute to vent and re-group my thoughts back to the "happy place." I know it's there. Somewhere.
Psalm 118:24 - "This is the day the LORD has made; let us rejoice and be glad in it."
Proverbs 15:13 - "A happy heart makes the face cheerful, but heartache crushes the spirit."
Proverbs 17:22 - "A cheerful heart is good medicine, but a crushed spirit dries up the bones."
Psalm 9:2 - "I will be glad and rejoice in you; I will sing praise to your name, O Most High."
Psalm 16:9 -"Therefore my heart is glad and my tongue rejoices; my body also will rest secure."
Psalm 28:7 -"The LORD is my strength and my shield; my heart trusts in him, and I am helped. My heart leaps for joy and I will give thanks to him in song."
Psalm 68:3 -"But may the righteous be glad and rejoice before God; may they be happy and joyful."
Psalm 119:162 -"I rejoice in your promise like one who finds great spoil."
I especially like that last verse. Rejoicing in God's promise. What is one of His promises that I find really comforting right now? This one: Galatians 6:9 - "Let us not become weary in doing good, for at the proper time we will reap a harvest if we do not give up."
Yes, if I keep working hard at this health journey, He WILL allow me to reap a harvest. I think the key is not so much that we shouldn't grow weary, but that we shouldn't give up when we do get that way.
Well, friends. The journey ahead for me is long and hard...but the harvest is great. I'm fighting my way to the 30 pound weight loss mark. I had REALLY hoped to be farther along than this by now. Unfortunately, I'm only averaging 5 pounds a month. When you have 100 pounds to lose, that's feeling like it's going to take FOREVER!! I mean, I was hoping to reach my goal in 12 months, not 20! Ugh. I keep trying to remind myself of my progress, and not get discouraged by the slowness and the length of the battle ahead. But some days that's a really hard reality to embrace. Some days. Like today.
So, now that I've vented, I'll re-read all those great verses. I'll remind myself of the Truths of God's Word. And the fact that I still could be at the 50 pound mark by summer! That will feel mah-velous. Just mah-velous. But no matter what the scale says or what size clothes I'm wearing, I am learning some very great things on this Made to Crave journey. I'm finding peace. I'm finding my beautiful. THOSE, my friends, are some really great things.
There. I needed that little pep talk. Have a great rest of your week everyone!
Psalm 118:24 - "This is the day the LORD has made; let us rejoice and be glad in it."
Proverbs 15:13 - "A happy heart makes the face cheerful, but heartache crushes the spirit."
Proverbs 17:22 - "A cheerful heart is good medicine, but a crushed spirit dries up the bones."
Psalm 9:2 - "I will be glad and rejoice in you; I will sing praise to your name, O Most High."
Psalm 16:9 -"Therefore my heart is glad and my tongue rejoices; my body also will rest secure."
Psalm 28:7 -"The LORD is my strength and my shield; my heart trusts in him, and I am helped. My heart leaps for joy and I will give thanks to him in song."
Psalm 68:3 -"But may the righteous be glad and rejoice before God; may they be happy and joyful."
Psalm 119:162 -"I rejoice in your promise like one who finds great spoil."
I especially like that last verse. Rejoicing in God's promise. What is one of His promises that I find really comforting right now? This one: Galatians 6:9 - "Let us not become weary in doing good, for at the proper time we will reap a harvest if we do not give up."
Yes, if I keep working hard at this health journey, He WILL allow me to reap a harvest. I think the key is not so much that we shouldn't grow weary, but that we shouldn't give up when we do get that way.
Well, friends. The journey ahead for me is long and hard...but the harvest is great. I'm fighting my way to the 30 pound weight loss mark. I had REALLY hoped to be farther along than this by now. Unfortunately, I'm only averaging 5 pounds a month. When you have 100 pounds to lose, that's feeling like it's going to take FOREVER!! I mean, I was hoping to reach my goal in 12 months, not 20! Ugh. I keep trying to remind myself of my progress, and not get discouraged by the slowness and the length of the battle ahead. But some days that's a really hard reality to embrace. Some days. Like today.
So, now that I've vented, I'll re-read all those great verses. I'll remind myself of the Truths of God's Word. And the fact that I still could be at the 50 pound mark by summer! That will feel mah-velous. Just mah-velous. But no matter what the scale says or what size clothes I'm wearing, I am learning some very great things on this Made to Crave journey. I'm finding peace. I'm finding my beautiful. THOSE, my friends, are some really great things.
There. I needed that little pep talk. Have a great rest of your week everyone!
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