Yes dearest friends.
The Lord has BEEN convicting me for the longest time ever to get my act together, start eating right and exercising on a regular basis.
Old stubborn me said: Why bother? I look good, I can fit into MOST dresses and I stiiiiillll attract attention from men (albeit the wrong kind) soooo why bother to change myself? Isn't the goal to love myself even if I don't like what I see in the mirror?
Note to self: you cannot change what you have not yet accepted as is.
Enter the Holy Spirit: "Your body is on lease to you for a short time, when you give it back to the Lord, what will He see? That you took good care of it or treated it like garbage and filled it with garbage?"
"Whoever can be trusted with very little can also be trusted with much, and whoever is dishonest with very little will also be dishonest with much." Luke 16:10 (NIV)"
CONVICTION
I am fearfully and wonderfully made. I have been given this body as a gift and as a the vehicle by which I can do God's work. It is my duty to take care of it, and be good to it and treat it well; after all, this is the temple in which the Lord lives in. If I can not take care of what little it takes to care of my body then how can He entrust me with taking care of other more difficult tasks?
CLEAN SWEEP
If I am a vessel for the Lord, how can He use me if I'm not willing to do the work required to be just that?
It simply isn't wise for someone in the profession of running around after children to be overweight and lethargic- what message does that send to children?
SO:
I prayed and the Lord answered within an hour. A sister from church posted a tweet about her experience with being trained by one of our brothers in Christ.
LIGHT BULB MOMENT
Fast forward to later on this past week to me signing a 20-session contract for personal training with Steven Bell from Soldier Bell Fitness ( his own business).
How blessed am I to go to the same church as my personal fitness trainer? Blessed and highly favored is the correct answer.
Lord, you are so good to me :)
The funniest part is that I had never intended to become a part of Bibleway Ministries (our church) in the first place.
I asked the Lord to place me in whichever church He wanted me to be in where I could serve Him best and that is where He led me....I'm beginning to see why.
So this past week has really been about me getting my diet in order; being conscious of the amount of fruits, veggies, proteins, grains and water I consume throughout the day.
INTERESTING FACT: If you look throughout the Bible, and think of the time that Jesus
lived in, He would most likely have been following a "Mediterranean
diet" which is mainly fish, grains and veggies
Since I don't eat meat anymore this has been really challenging in terms of finding protein substitutes that I'm not familiar with- beans for one -_-
BUT NO FEAR!
Apparently there is a way to prepare and cook beans in a way so that they don't give you gas; I will post the details in a later blog.
To conclude, I'm thankful for the Lord's goodness to me, his patience, and most of all his love for me.
I'm still trying to understand what a daughter really means to a father and He is showing me DAILY what that means and it's healing my heart in places I didn't even know needed healing.
We really do serve a mighty God *amin*
Thank you for your staying on this journey with me fellow readers.
I appreciate it and may God bless you xox
-Mbula Enobong,
daughter of THE King
