voice of truth!

If I am going to be honest, I have to tell you I woke up defeated! I am finding quickly that in order for me to focus on food and fitness, my faith needs to be right.. Why? because my heart has to be right. I am struggling big time!

I started off the race good and then I hit a roadblock on Wednesday when I went to the doctors. Because I am nursing, she advised me that I should not diet or decrease my calorie intake. She advised me that I can "lightly" workout, doing to much can release toxins in my milk and ruining it.

So I left there wondering? Wondering how am I going to drop the extra poundage if I cannot burn more than I am taking in? Because Caleb eats so much and often, I am also hungry ALL day! This is not good to snack healthy. So then there it happen, I slipped back into panic mode, and instead of turning to the Lord for guidance I grabbed a red vine!

I missed many opportunities to get into the word, to read and pray. To seek God and how he wants me to live this life and to draw the strength that only comes from him. The truth is that in order to be good with everything in the horizontal (Food & Fitness) I need to be good with the vertical (faith.... God)

I got on the treadmill this morning put on my ipod and a song came on, and the words that spoke to me went like this:

Oh, what I would do

to have the kind of strength it takes

To stand before a giant

with just a sling and a stone

Surrounded by the sound

of a thousand warriors

shaking in their armor

Wishing they'd have had the strength to stand

But the giant's calling out

my name and he laughs at me

Reminding me of all the times

I've tried before and failed

The giant keeps on telling me

time and time again

"Boy you'll never win,

you'll never win."

But the voice of truth tells me a different story

the Voice of truth says "do not be afraid!"

and the Voice of truth says "this is for My glory"

Out of all the voices calling out to me

I will choose to listen and believe the Voice of truth

I am facing a giant, I am not sure exactly what it is just yet. Its not the extra 20 pounds I need to lose that would be easy. I have done it before! Its not giving up the sugar, I have done that before.

This week I am going to prayerfully seek out what is holding me back, what is it that I am scared of. Am I afraid to fail? If so what am I afraid of? I was encouraged by this song. I got of the treadmill and had a new thirst! What is your giant.

This weeks challenge:

This week lets make it about faith. What is your giant? What does it look like? What is holding you back from getting to where you need to be? Are you praying? Are you reading? Have you really surrendered your unhealthy ways to the Lord. Have you REALLY asked Him for help.

If you haven't join me this week in doing that. Lets ask God to really help us with this journey and before we even try to get our bodies right, lets get our hearts right!

I'm praying for you ( no really I am, if you are reading this, I am)!

Pursing Gods strength to continue running,

Mon