Well, I've been letting God do a lot of work on me lately. I've decided that if it matters, I'm just gonna do it--No procrastinating, No excuses!
That being said, one way I'm living that out is by working out. I only worked out twice last week. This week so far I'm up to three nights. Monday I stepped for 30 minutes. Tuesday I stepped for 20 minutes (sore calves and all). I also weighed myself for the first time in a few weeks. I had lost the .2 pounds I gained over Christmas bringing me to an even 139. It was nearly 10:00 before I could work out tonight so I ran for 10 minutes. I somehow managed to lose .7 pounds since last night. I'm at 138.3 which puts me back at my pre-Garrett weight. Unfortunately I cannot get into my pre-Garrett clothes the way I could then.
I told someone tonight that there is nothing more important to me and nothing I'm more passionate about than raising three godly young men. Ironically this conversation came a short time after another completely unrelated conversation wherein someone asked me how I do it with three boys. She said she has a hard time with one boy! (though she does have a little girl, too) I took it as quite a compliment.
The reason for my passion is in Deuteronomy 6:1-9(NIV):
1 These are the commands, decrees and laws the LORD your God directed me to teach you to observe in the land that you are crossing the Jordan to possess, 2 so that you, your children and their children after them may fear the LORD your God as long as you live by keeping all his decrees and commands that I give you, and so that you may enjoy long life. 3 Hear, O Israel, and be careful to obey so that it may go well with you and that you may increase greatly in a land flowing with milk and honey, just as the LORD, the God of your fathers, promised you.
4 Hear, O Israel: The LORD our God, the LORD is one. 5 Love the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength. 6 These commandments that I give you today are to be upon your hearts. 7 Impress them on your children. Talk about them when you sit at home and when you walk along the road, when you lie down and when you get up. 8 Tie them as symbols on your hands and bind them on your foreheads. 9 Write them on the doorframes of your houses and on your gates.
That being said, one way I'm living that out is by working out. I only worked out twice last week. This week so far I'm up to three nights. Monday I stepped for 30 minutes. Tuesday I stepped for 20 minutes (sore calves and all). I also weighed myself for the first time in a few weeks. I had lost the .2 pounds I gained over Christmas bringing me to an even 139. It was nearly 10:00 before I could work out tonight so I ran for 10 minutes. I somehow managed to lose .7 pounds since last night. I'm at 138.3 which puts me back at my pre-Garrett weight. Unfortunately I cannot get into my pre-Garrett clothes the way I could then.
I told someone tonight that there is nothing more important to me and nothing I'm more passionate about than raising three godly young men. Ironically this conversation came a short time after another completely unrelated conversation wherein someone asked me how I do it with three boys. She said she has a hard time with one boy! (though she does have a little girl, too) I took it as quite a compliment.
The reason for my passion is in Deuteronomy 6:1-9(NIV):
1 These are the commands, decrees and laws the LORD your God directed me to teach you to observe in the land that you are crossing the Jordan to possess, 2 so that you, your children and their children after them may fear the LORD your God as long as you live by keeping all his decrees and commands that I give you, and so that you may enjoy long life. 3 Hear, O Israel, and be careful to obey so that it may go well with you and that you may increase greatly in a land flowing with milk and honey, just as the LORD, the God of your fathers, promised you.
4 Hear, O Israel: The LORD our God, the LORD is one. 5 Love the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength. 6 These commandments that I give you today are to be upon your hearts. 7 Impress them on your children. Talk about them when you sit at home and when you walk along the road, when you lie down and when you get up. 8 Tie them as symbols on your hands and bind them on your foreheads. 9 Write them on the doorframes of your houses and on your gates.
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