Today's Verse

What good is it for a man to gain the whole world, and yet lose or forfeit his very self?
( Luke 9:25 )

Reflect:
This is powerful! In the bible it talks about our lives being nothing more than a mist; they are gone before we know it. But our life in Heaven is eternal, forever. I know that seems to be hard to comprehend, but it's true. It's so easy for us to put God off while we are here and our main excuse always seems to be time; we don't have time, or we will do it later. But you see, he wants to be number one in our life, he wants us to put off other things because we don't have the time, but we have the time for him. He is who we need to make time for. All the "stuff" we think is important now will seem as worthless as dirt when we get to heaven, and we are going to say, "I wish I would have..." I do not want this for my life - it's scary to think of all the time I have already wasted! Toby Mac sings a song called " I don't want to gain the whole world and lose my soul" (that's a long title, I am sure it's shorter). But I DO NOT want that to sum me up in a sentence. That I cared more about what the world had for me than what God had for me. He is a jealous God, he wants all of us, not bits and pieces. I am going to close with this poem that was sent to me - it's so true!! Have a great day - I love you Lord!

I knelt to pray but not for long,
I had too much to do.
I had to hurry and get to work
For bills would soon be due.
So I knelt and said a hurried prayer,
And jumped up off my knees.
My Christian duty was now done
My soul could rest at ease.
All day long I had no time
To spread a word of cheer.
No time to speak of Christ to friends,
They'd laugh at me I'd fear.
No time, no time, too much to do,
That was my constant cry,
No time to give to souls in need
But at last the time, the time to die.
I went before the Lord,
I came, I stood with downcast eyes.
For in his hands God held a book;
It was the book of life.
God looked into his book and said
"Your name I cannot find.
I once was going to write it down...
But never found the time"

First Verse Colossians 3:15

Today's verse talks about peace! I think that his is perfect for my new start.

Let the peace of Christ rule in your hearts, since as members of one body you were called to peace. And be thankful. ( Colossians 3:15 )

Reflect: There are several things that I pray to God about regarding peace. In fact when I pray now, one of the first things I ask for is God's peace. I know that God is driving and I am only the passenger, if I give it to him, fully, I will be at peace. And there has been times where I have physically felt that peace come over me. Thank you God for always, no matter what, being there for me, thank you for the life you have laid out for me, thank you for you peace over my life. As I move forward in my journey, I pray for your peace over me with my weight struggles. I know that if I partner with you all things are possible. Thank you for your grace, in Jesus name, Amen.

Weight Loss Tracker

My Goal is to lose 100 pounds!

Starting out....

Hi, this is a start to a new me. I have started this blog for two reasons, to enhance and build a stronger relationship with the Lord and to be held accountable for my weight loss. I will be posting separate them so hopefully it won't be too confusing.

My plan is to take a verse each day and to dissect and relate that verse and what God is saying in my own life. I want to post testimonies here, and challenges that I need prayer on. I don't care if no one but God is following me on this journey - but this will help me in meeting with him everyday!

Second, I will be tracking with my weight loss. Recently I had a baby, in fact today he is 10 weeks old- ALREADY... wow, he is growing so quick I could cry. Anyway, I was heavy BEFORE I got pregnant, and I was trying to lose and was actually doing a blog and doing really well.... Then, I had to start in on all the fertility drugs, not only did I gain all 20 pounds I had lost in 2 months, but I gained even more. But the great news is it was all worth it, we got pregnant and had baby Cal. I gained over 60 pounds with him... so far since delivery, I have lost 51 of that. But I have a LONG way to go!! Three and half weeks ago Chris, my husband, and I started back on Weight Watchers. We are not actually going in to the meetings, we can't afford all that... but we have ALL the tools and are doing it at home. So far in 3 weeks, I have lost 10 pounds, I am very happy with that. It's coming off slow, but I know from past experiences, that slow is better for me, it stays off longer... I am having a really hard week tho so I am curious to see what the scale will say on Saturday. I have set a short term goal of 15 pounds by May 19th (that's when I go back to the Dr.'s and I want that scale to be below what I started at!! Only 9 pounds away from where I was before I got pregnant.

So if this sounds like something you may like to follow, please do! I love being held accountable and I will post pictures as I go.