Well, this one will be short as Father is still talking to me about the results of this week's "weigh in". The results after about 10 days of my efforts are - I gained 4 lbs.
This has led me to do alot of thinking. I feel like the last few days were somewhat of a "Paul week". Do you know what I mean? I say I will not focus on the weight, the goals, the scales or the food .. and what did I do?
I did the very thing I said I would not do.
The very thing of trusting Jesus and walking in obedience with my eyes focused on him was what I wholeheartedly wanted to do; but I did the very thing I did not want to do.
This week I confess, I became obsessed with the scales and I even counted how many baby carrots I ate. So, what to learn from this week? How do I pull a spiritual thought out of this even though my feelings are screaming with how disappointed I am after trying so hard?
So,how do we know when something has been taking up too much of our time and energy? How do we know when something or someone has become too high on the list of importance? I am thinking that a good indicator is how we find ourselves reacting when that "thing" is taken away or the results are different than we had hoped.
Do we continue to praise or are we quickly thrown into a depression? Are we able to look at the facts or do we let our feelings drive us into despair or anxiety?
We read in 1 Peter of all that Jesus didn't do while going through His journey of suffering. But what is the key here is more what Jesus did do; Jesus continued to abide, that is to rest in the Father. He entrusted Himself to the Father at all times. John 15 tells us that even Jesus could not do anything, but only that which was according to His Father.
Are you abiding today? Are you resting in Him that loves you with that deep deep unconditional love that I wrote about a couple days ago? No matter what comes your way this weekend, choose to set your mind on the truth that you are loved to the fullest with no exceptions!
If you hadnt a chance yet, look up The Inheritance by Graham Cooke on Youtube.
Til next time
Jacqueline
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