My Strength & Deliverer
Psalm 18:1-2 I love you, O LORD, my strength. The LORD is my rock, my fortress and my deliverer; my God is my rock, in whom I take refuge. He is my shield and the horn of my salvation, my stronghold.
Sometimes it seems as if I have way too much to do. Don’t get me wrong; I appreciate being busy and getting things accomplished. However, there are moments when it seems the larger goal is just far enough out of reach that I can’t get a good grasp on it. Things take twice as long as I planned. Of course, I compensate by rushing around more. When that happens sometimes, I feel out of focus. It is simply the fact that with everything going on I can get caught up in the whirlwind of it all.
A few years ago, I made the conscious decision to stop doing some of the things I was doing. It did include my ministry activity. It is true that you can be so heavenly minded that you are no earthly good. However, that was only part of my process. The church is full of ministries and those ministries are the divine appointment of some people, but not necessarily me. What was God really calling me to do? Could I hear his voice and follow his lead, if I couldn’t even get a spare moment to do…nothing or something different. Some of that nothing and something different led me to start Gospel Fit. Now that I’m working on this, I have to remind myself of the journey. Praise the Lord for what has happened and rely on the Lord as I step forward and don’t revert to my old way of being at everything everyday.
One thing about being so overscheduled is that becomes so easy to stop taking care of the body dragged around from thing to thing. Think about how crazy that really is. How long will your car run without proper service and the appropriate grade of gas? Yet, day after day, we can find something to do instead of taking care of our bodies and giving it proper fuel. We are actually opening the door to sickness and disease and inviting them to sit down and move it. We can make the changes that will keep us on the right path. Incessant prayer comes to mind. Whatever is going on, remember to have a conversation with the Lord. By focusing on the Lord, we will gain strength and become successful in all that we do which includes achieving Divine Health. This is more than the self-talk and random thoughts running through your head all day. Deliberately focus on what is in front of you and quite the noise in your head to have a word with God.
Think of blessing your food as such a moment. Your moment doesn’t have to be visible to everyone to be useful to you. If fact, you can take the blessing time to not only thank God for your food, but discuss with God what and how much you should eat. The act of eating then becomes an opportunity for your communion with God and a practical way for you to honor your body and God. Some of this is quite simple. For instance, I was at a luncheon yesterday and had the salmon. Eating the fish rich in Omega-3 is clearly a benefit to me. The more difficult part was to resist eating the peach cobble with ice cream. The fact that the cobble was terrible made it easier, however, I did have to decide that I wasn’t going to eat all of it just because it sat in front of me. Later that night, I ate at my mother’s house. Again I had fish. She made a good choice with great vegetable sides. I simply had to pass on some extras that I know are hidden the refrigerator and cabinets. I am convinced that one positive day leads to the next. I know that I can still count of the Lord to be my source each and every day, which will help to make that true.
Sometimes it seems as if I have way too much to do. Don’t get me wrong; I appreciate being busy and getting things accomplished. However, there are moments when it seems the larger goal is just far enough out of reach that I can’t get a good grasp on it. Things take twice as long as I planned. Of course, I compensate by rushing around more. When that happens sometimes, I feel out of focus. It is simply the fact that with everything going on I can get caught up in the whirlwind of it all.
A few years ago, I made the conscious decision to stop doing some of the things I was doing. It did include my ministry activity. It is true that you can be so heavenly minded that you are no earthly good. However, that was only part of my process. The church is full of ministries and those ministries are the divine appointment of some people, but not necessarily me. What was God really calling me to do? Could I hear his voice and follow his lead, if I couldn’t even get a spare moment to do…nothing or something different. Some of that nothing and something different led me to start Gospel Fit. Now that I’m working on this, I have to remind myself of the journey. Praise the Lord for what has happened and rely on the Lord as I step forward and don’t revert to my old way of being at everything everyday.
One thing about being so overscheduled is that becomes so easy to stop taking care of the body dragged around from thing to thing. Think about how crazy that really is. How long will your car run without proper service and the appropriate grade of gas? Yet, day after day, we can find something to do instead of taking care of our bodies and giving it proper fuel. We are actually opening the door to sickness and disease and inviting them to sit down and move it. We can make the changes that will keep us on the right path. Incessant prayer comes to mind. Whatever is going on, remember to have a conversation with the Lord. By focusing on the Lord, we will gain strength and become successful in all that we do which includes achieving Divine Health. This is more than the self-talk and random thoughts running through your head all day. Deliberately focus on what is in front of you and quite the noise in your head to have a word with God.
Think of blessing your food as such a moment. Your moment doesn’t have to be visible to everyone to be useful to you. If fact, you can take the blessing time to not only thank God for your food, but discuss with God what and how much you should eat. The act of eating then becomes an opportunity for your communion with God and a practical way for you to honor your body and God. Some of this is quite simple. For instance, I was at a luncheon yesterday and had the salmon. Eating the fish rich in Omega-3 is clearly a benefit to me. The more difficult part was to resist eating the peach cobble with ice cream. The fact that the cobble was terrible made it easier, however, I did have to decide that I wasn’t going to eat all of it just because it sat in front of me. Later that night, I ate at my mother’s house. Again I had fish. She made a good choice with great vegetable sides. I simply had to pass on some extras that I know are hidden the refrigerator and cabinets. I am convinced that one positive day leads to the next. I know that I can still count of the Lord to be my source each and every day, which will help to make that true.
I appreciate the fact that people a re realizing that too much work is taking away from the body. I am currently unemployed and for me this has cause me to spend more time not taking care of my body. I do have a job at home because when you are raising children in a single parent home that is work. Homework is back and I too go to school on line and I tell you it is work. I find that during the Summer months I gained weight and ate more junk by hanging out with the children and I should of been spending more time teaching the children to eat healthy. I thank God for this challenge because the body weighs on the mind and if the mind is affected my Spirit is affected. I try to stay focus by adding a meal replacement drink instead of food. I want to know if I would be right to take a diet supplement to help get some of the fat out of my body. I also am not doing to good with the water. I remain excited and God is working and I hope that this challenge never stop.
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