My weekly weigh-in revealed a one pound five ounce gain. I’m not thrilled…at all…in the least. My activity has been up and so has my snacking. The closer I am to the goal weight God laid on my heart (four pounds to go), the more each snack that passes the gatekeeper is noticed.
I was comforted from my 10 June, Lose It For Life daily devotional by Steve Arterburn, Janelle Puff and Misty Conaway today:
“We can always return to the Father – mo matter how many pounds we have to lose, no matter how many slips we’ve had, no matter how imperfectly we deal with our food issues, no matter how slowly the pounds come off. He is always waiting and ready for our return.”
My weekly nugget from God keeps smacking me in the face, no matter where I turn! It was confirmed this Sunday morning where Pastor Kent rocked the house again with another power packed sermon! The link: http://www.cfellowshipc.org/pages/page.asp?page_id=8836
I’m warning you though, listen to it only if you truly desire to be a Warrior for Christ! (If you do listen to it and hear, “Let’s Go Mountaineers!” blurted out at about the two minute and 56 second mark – I’m telling your right now, I don’t know the guy and I certainly did not marry to him! Seriously, I had no idea what I was getting myself into marrying into the most faithful WVU Mountaineer fan family ever!)
“Wait” again in my daily private time reading, then “wait” again in my devotional. “Wait” again in my conversations with my girlfriends. So do you think God is trying to talk to me or what? Clearly, I need to work on both my wait and weight game. God waits for me and does not get tired doing so. He says so in Isaiah 40:28-31 (New International Version)
Do you not know?
Have you not heard?
The LORD is the everlasting God,
the Creator of the ends of the earth.
He will not grow tired or weary,
and his understanding no one can fathom.
He gives strength to the weary
and increases the power of the weak.
Even youths grow tired and weary,
and young men stumble and fall;
but those who hope in the LORD
will renew their strength.
They will soar on wings like eagles;
they will run and not grow weary,
they will walk and not be faint.
As He is teaches me to ”wait”, I am being stretched. I am really good at checking off tasks from my perpetually growing to do list. A new task has been added, “wait”. Wait is a verb and I am actively in pursuit of Him as I wait. I just need to keep reminding my performance based self of that fact!
While I wait, my weaknesses will give way to God’s strength, and slowly (but surely) the weight will be lifted. I need to do less, wait more and enjoy the life God has given me.
How’s your wait game looking?
