Letting go of a heavy burden (375.0 pounds)

Some of the most profound things I have ever learned have been from my children.  Things like unconditional love and never ending mercy are both given to me by my children and received by my children from me.  I learned a very interesting life lesson a while back while reading a book to my daughters called More Stories from Grandmas Attic that has added freedom to my life.  The author was sharing an anecdote about her grandmother growing up.  Grandma had an adversary at school that she really let get under her skin.  Grandma was talking to her mother about this girl at school one night lamenting about this girl when her mother told her a wonderful truth.  "Great Grandma" told her that if she really wants to rid her heart of bitterness towards her enemy she needs to start praying for her.  She surmised that you could not have hatred in your heart for someone that you were actively praying for.  That little quip hit me like a 2X4 right smack dab between the eyes.  There is not anyone in my life that I hate, but sad to say there are a couple of people in my life that I have to pray very hard for not to hold a grudge against.  It has been awesome though since that day praying for those few people and seeing how God has taken my ugliness and improved on it.  I am still far from perfect, but I am getting better and it is like letting go of a heavy burden.

Another great weigh in this week.  I lost 5.4 pounds bringing me to a 60 pound loss on the button in just 10 weeks.  There is no doubt in my mind that God is doing a great work in my life and in my body.