Ditch Digger
Good Morning Girls! Since getting home from vacation, I have tightened the reigns on my eating, and have been working out hard. Too hard. Today my body feels like lead and every muscle is sore. Not the good kind of post workout soreness, the kind of soreness where I feel like if I do one more thing, I will simply fall apart. The tiredness that turns to weariness and shows in my face, especially my eyes. I know better than this. I know that you cannot make up for lost time. Though my heart wants to, my body cannot. I know that if I wander off my path, the best thing to do is get up, dust myself off, forgive myself and go back to doing what I know to do. I cannot handle "2 a days", like my football playing nephews. By day 4, my body shuts down. I cannot make up for workouts lost, and eating indulgences experienced on vacation. I find myself working out with a "this is your punishment" mindset. It reminds me of when I was a new Christian. I would be moving forward in my walk with the Lord, I would slip, and find myself back to old habits. Then I would feel miserable. Instead of simply praying for forgiveness, accepting it, and moving on, I would wallow. I would pray over and over for forgiveness. I would tell the Lord how unworthy I was of His love, but if He could just give me another chance I would never, ever, ever, make that mistake again. I would walk around mentally punishing myself for days until I felt I had felt rotten long enough, and was finally "good enough" to be a Christian again. It took me a long time to understand and accept what the Lord meant in Hebrews 10:18 "And when sins have been forgiven, there is no need to offer any more sacrifices". There is no period of time between asking for forgiveness, and receiving it. If you go to God with a pure heart, ask for forgiveness, it is there, right away. Not in 5 hours, not in 5 days. Do not let the enemy tell you otherwise. Do not let him tell you you have to jump through hoops to regain your position with the Lord. It is a lie. A common lie to make you feel like you fit in better with Satan and his crew, more than with Christ. Don't waste time trying to make up for the mistakes you have made, for you will only end up tired and weak. Get out of the "sacrificial ditch", and set your feet straight on the path the Lord has given you!
Hebrews 12:12-13 So take a new grip with your tired hands and strengthen your weak knees. Mark out a straight path for your feet so that those who are weak and lame will not fall but become strong.
Love you all-
Jen
Hebrews 12:12-13 So take a new grip with your tired hands and strengthen your weak knees. Mark out a straight path for your feet so that those who are weak and lame will not fall but become strong.
Love you all-
Jen
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