Back With a Vengeance!

I really should be in bed by now, but I couldn't possibly sleep with all this excitement I have going on! I will share what I am excited about, but first...let me catch up.

Last year, I started a weight loss journey. And then life happened. Actually, no. Life knocked me on my butt...slapped me around a few times...and kicked me while I was down. After all of that, I was able to catch my breath just enough to keep going.

In March, my husband had gone through surgery. It June, my father passed away, and shortly after my father's death, I had family issues for awhile. Needless to say, with all that crap going on in my head (yes, I know...I said the "C" word)...I had no room to even think about healthy or weight loss. So many things together just paralyzed me for awhile in many ways. I have not written anything in awhile. I mean, how could I? I didn't even know my left from right during that time. It was almost like any life that remained was strangled out of me like I had an anaconda wrapped around me. 

The enemy had a pretty good hand on me, I am not going to lie. But the one difference? God's hand NEVER left me. He was always right there, sustaining me. Keeping me alive. Sometimes during a really difficult storm, He may not take you out of it...but you better believe He will be present and see you through it. He may allow you to face the storm because He knows it will make you a better person and teach you a few things. I learned A LOT about people during that storm. But that is for another day. 

So, needless to say, there hasn't been much time for writing, or eating well, or anything. Until today :)

I've heard for a long time about how certain foods are toxic and can damage your body, blah blah blah.

I've heard your body is the temple of God, and how you should take good care of it. 

I've heard doctors tell me I need to lose weight, for a few reasons.

I've heard you are what you eat.

I have heard so many things about weight loss it's ridiculous. I've heard it all about my weight. I've heard the jokes, the insults...the warning to my health...the consequences. But the most devastating thing I have heard is that I have not gotten pregnant because I am fat. And maybe if I lost some weight...it would happen. Whew. Now that I've gotten those daggers out of my heart, I feel better ;)

I have heard so...much...garbage. Some of it has clicked, and others have just went through one ear and out the other. But tonight was different.

*EXCITING NEWS ALERT*...

Here I was, at church, and we were watching The Truth Project. By the way, if you have never seen that, you must! It is so good!

We were watching the part about science, and they were showing a computerized clip of how something worked with DNA, I don't really know what the exact terms were. But all of these cells were working together like a machine in a factory. It was awesome! Instantly, my mind thought...hey, my body is like that. My body is like a factory, and all of the components it is made out of are like machines! It all suddenly made sense! I got so excited when I heard this in my spirit, I felt like shouting and running! We really are what we eat, and we should treat our temples (our bodies) as buildings or machines we must maintain in order to keep them running productively. I have a lot of build up from over the years, it really is a miracle I am still working. God's grace has been totally sufficient in this area, I can't even begin to explain. But it all goes back to His word that tells us that our bodies are the temple of God. 

If I get all this junk cleaned out, I will be in complete obedience. When my spirit is in complete obedience, my body will follow. Maybe not right away, but with a little consistency, it will finally cooperate. And when we are in complete obedience to Christ, there is nothing He won't do for us. Not only that, if I allow myself to be submitted to this obedience...imagine the awesome benefits that will take affect on my body. And all the things that have been on hold will no longer be delayed!

I know this is all just a revelation for me. But if you just understand all of the questions I've had. All of the confusion I've carried over the years. This is totally epic for me tonight! 

I'm telling you, our God is awesome. He has taken so many ashes and totally transformed them into something so wonderful and amazing. Especially this past year. There's been so much pain, but so much joy at the same time! Joy automatically trumps any of that pain, and the revelations the Lord has given me over this past month, has been nothing short of amazing. Winter has passed, and the Springtime is coming!

Be excited people! God is doing an amazing work in His people lately. Jump on the bandwagon! 

As for me, I have a feeling I'll be writing a lot more in the future. That's also a revelation ;)

So much healing has occured. Physical, mental, spiritual, emotional. Whew. What a year it has been.

But I am excited to see what this next year will hold. I believe 2014 is going to be the greatest year of my life!