This has been a fairly stressful week. I have not communicated well with folks and that has led to some stress in my life. Without making excuses, I think everybody I know on the Gulf Coast is under greater stress than what we might normally expect. Can you say "understatement" here?
At any rate, part of my higher stress levels has to be related to weight gain. Certainly, the more weight I acquire, the worse I feel and the less able I am to handle stress in any aspect of my life. Again, that’s no excuse, its just something I need to overcome.
Sooooo, it’s back to trying to regulate what I eat and getting daily exercise. Do I want to lose weight? Yes, I do, but more importantly, I want a balanced life where difficulties are not so debilitating and stressful.
And as the title of this post implies, there is good news this week. Casey’s adoption process is finally over. The judge signed the final adoption decree this past Tuesday morning at 9:00AM. We are celebrating that fact. Praise God with us!
Still, there is more good news. News that didn’t begin or end this week. The news of course is Jesus Christ–savior of the world.
I am so thankful to belong to the one who can take my life–greatly flawed and mistake prone–and make it a thing of grace and beauty. I am so thankful to belong to the One who asks me to bring my burdens to Him.
The problem is that too often my stress and frustration comes from the simple fact of my not giving burdens away–I want to be the fixer and the worrier and the diplomat. Sometimes I do those things well. Sometimes I do not.
Today I am determined to turn over a new leaf. To not only get my eating and weight under control, but to also live in view of the promises of God.
May God bless us all with his grace–grace we sorely need! May God also help us be dispensers of grace as well!
Les, Jr.
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Glad to hear your good news.
If you keep me on my toes about exercise I will do the same for you
But it will start snowing soon here … I will have to exercise indoors.
Shalom,
Bobby Valentine
Congrats on the adoption! Surely God is good.
I feel your pain in the whole weight control thing. If you’d like to have a deeper discussion about it we should choose a different medium. The long and the short of it is that we’re powerless to make any changes on our own. Just like in everything else, we have to rely on God for his help in these matters. I fought the whole “getting my diet and exercise” under control thing for a long time. When I realized I could praise God through my diet and exercise, the fighting stopped and the relationship factor kicked in. I have a long way to go to get to where my creator designed me to be, but I’ve knocked off about 40 lbs. so far this year.
I’ll pray for you. Please do the same for me.
Hey Les!
I also feel your pain, and know full well how weight gain can impact how you handle life and the events that come with it. Eight years ago, I lost 75 pounds! That’s a lot of weight. I weighed my goal weight of 125 pounds.
But over the years and 3 more babies, making 4 in all, I gained it all back. It all lies differently on my frame than before, but it’s there.
We should start a blog, it could be a private blog, for all of us wanting to lose weight and be healthy. We could weigh in and be accountable to one another. That might be very helpful!
Think about it and let me know what you think. I, like you I’m sure, have a very supportive spouse. But he has always been very fit and healthy – making my struggle difficult to understand. He’s been gracious about it though, but I know underneath it all, he doesn’t understand.
Ok, I’ve written a book. Let me know about the blog thing….or website…or whatever you think…LOL
in Him,
Christi