Day 10

C Spend time with God

This has now become the first thing I do in the morning and I’m to a point now that if something keeps me from doing it first thing I feel like something is missing in my day.

Early on in my 30 day dare I asked God to keep me accountable and he has. At first he used to the dog to get me up. Now he gently wakes me in the morning and we sit together in the quiet of the morning and talk.

F Pray! Pray! Pray!

Never stop praying, pray about anything and everything. When things are good it is easy to send up a quick thank you, but my prayers have been more than that. I’m praying more specifically for my family and friends. My prayer life has become a bigger part of my life. I have given myself a pointer finger because this part of my life has improved and is getting better; I’m looking forward to my prayers being more meaningful and answers to be more obvious.

“pray continually” 1 Thessalonians 5:17

C Get Active

I feel so much better now that I’m walking again. I have more energy and don’t hurt like I use to, when I get up to just go from one room to another I can move so much easier. Before I started the dare my legs, feet, hips and back hurt most of the time, I also had headaches most every day. Now it doesn’t hurt to get up and my headaches are so much better, if I have a headache I can put a reason (sinus) with it. My feet hurt some but that is because 1. I’m fat and 2. I might need to get new shoes, not because I’m being lazy.

I’m walking at least 1.5 miles every day, some days twice a day. I have not been doing my extra workout so I need to work that into my day. I have not failed since I am doing more than I was two weeks ago.

C Make wise food choices

As long as I keep the right foods in the house it is easy to make wise food choices. Right now I’m trying to find new recipes for cooking nutritious meals so that I don’t feel like I’m always making the same thing. I like a lot of vegetables and fruits; I can eat chicken, ground turkey and have found turkey or chicken sausage. I miss pork and some beef (not my favorite meat). So since I do like these foods I just need to find out how to cook with them for variety.

D Manage my time

Let just leave it at Needs much improvement. L

Romans 8:1-17

Being fit and healthy is about more than the physical; sure what you eat/drink and getting plenty of exercise and sleep are important, but you also need to have a relationship with God. When we build that relationship then we want the same things that God wants for us. God wants us to be fit and healthy physically, mentally, emotionally and spiritually. The physical fitness is out ward what you and I can see in our self and each other; mental health we can sometimes hide put a mask on and emotional only those closest to us can tell when that isn’t as strong. Spiritually is when we are certain in what we believe because we have that relationship with God. We can see him working in our live and those around us. We also quit hiding and remove the mask.

We are all sinners, we can’t get away from that fact, and it is part of our nature. But when we are walking with God we want to give up our sinful ways, we want be like Jesus. Yes we will always sin and sometimes trip over sins we thought we had moved out of, but don’t give up because that sin has come back ask God for forgiveness and move forward.

Choose to change.