Weight loss update

I have lost 25 lbs and need to lose 20 more.  Half way there!

Weight loss journey

Well I have decided its time to lose weight. I have not felt the best since I gained back the extra weight and its just time to get my life together. I joined Weight Watchers with my mother. So far I have officially lost 7 pounds at their weight ins. I can't wait to see what I weight next time. It is nice to have a buddy to diet with. Mom lives with me so we can keep on each other to eat the right things. Whats funny though is that my whole family is losing due to the changes in the food we are bringing in the house. My daughter who is not even trying to lose has lost 6 pounds. thisis because she is eating more protien and fruits instead of the junk. Awesome.

What a week

I work in a school and the kids came back Wednesday. It has been a hard week. So many new kids to enroll. One thing that was clear this week is how the economy has really affected our students and their families. There are so many families that need to live with others in order to survive. You wouldnt think it in our small town we would have so many combined households. We go on living ojr daily lives not truly  knowing the world right around us.

Ephesians 3:7

Today I went to the nursing home to sing for their church service. On my drive home I decided to turn off my music and meditate and pray. Eyes open of course to se the road. After several minutes of doing this I started thinking the scripture Ephesians 3:7. I had never read this and I do not remember ever hearing this in church but maybe I did at some time and just don't realize it. Well when I got home I read the scripture and it blew me away.

Ephesians 3:7 of which I became a minister according to the gift of the grace of God given to me by the effective working of his power.

Why is this significant to me? For a awhile now I have had thoughts and discussions with my best friend about starting a womans prayer group and ministry. Also God has been opening doors for me in the music ministry of our church. Thank you God for what you are doing in my life. I pray that Your will be done in my life so that I serve you the way you want me to.

It just kind of confirmed to me that I need to work on my knowledge of the bible so that I can do this kind of ministry.

What I want out of this new year

To start off the New Year what should I do? Make resolutions that really don't mean anything. NO A deeper commitment to my relationship with God YES. Trying to change and grow into the person God wants me to be. How do I How do I serve better? How do I become what God expects. This made me think about all the things I do that keep me from being the child of God I should be. So here are my commitments:
1. Study Gods word more fervently.
2. Work on serving God and others instead of focusing so much on myself.
3. Change my eating habits because they effect my health and how I feel about myself. Stop stuffing down my feelings with food and allow Gods word to fill those voids.
On we go!

Death and rebirth

It has been a long time since I did my first post on here. I thougth maybe I was just being silly at first posting to this. Letting my fears over ride what I feel my heart is telling me to do. Well that won't be the case anymore. I want to share what I learn as my journey continues in spiritual growth. Today at church our Pastor was talking about the meaning or reason for communion. Not only is it a time to remember Jesus's blood covenent but it is also a time to relect upon ourselves and why we are taking communion as stated in 1 Corinthians 11: 26-28. (26 For whenever you eat this bread and drink this cup, you proclaim the Lord's death until he comes.27 Therefore, whoever eats the bread or drinks the cup of the Lord in an unworthy manner will be guilty of sinning against the body and blood of the Lord.28 A man ought to examine himself before he eats of the bread and drinks of the cup) When we take communion we need to do it not for show but to repent and celebrate that Christ gave his life for us to free us from ours sins. While the preacher was preaching a thought came to my heart. Jesus died for us then he rose again. When he died and rose again  it sealed God's covenent to us. Why then can we not let the old us/me die so that we can live a new life in service to God. I am not talking about the physical death of the body but the death of the old ways you used to live your life. Letting go of the old desires and bad habits we have that do not serve God. Allowing for god's will to take over in our daily lives. Living eating breathing in the word of God.
Here is my prayer for today.
God let the old me die so that I can live a new life in service to you. let your will be done in my life from this day forward. Help me to live and breath the life you want for me.  Amen

The Little Things

It amazes me how the little things we do can bring us so much joy. I thank you God for allowing the little things in life to bring joy into our lives. This is an example of something that brought me much joy. Recently my nephew Brenden sent me Flat Stanley. I little paper cut out of a charactor from a story his class was reading. Stanley had a bulletin board fall on him and this is how he becomes flat Stanley. He then discovers all the adventures he can go on.  We had to keep for 5 days and take with us everywhere we went. He sent is as part of a class project. When Flat Stanley is done visiting we will send him back to Brenden's teacher so that she can share his adventures with the class. I had a blast trying to come up with activities Flat Stanley and I could do together. Doing this for my nephew. I got excited at the prospect of  doing this for my nephew and it brought me so much joy. I took Flat Stanley to the NC Zoo to visit the animals.

I also made cards with flat Stanley for the fun of it.

I called to update Brenden on what has happened with Flat Stanley. He and his mom are really excited to see what adventures Flat Stanley went on while he was here.