The best things in life often come with challenges. Think about it, in order to get to the scrumptious morsel of crab meat, you must take on the tedious and at times painful task of opening the shell. To save money by working on your own car, you must spend time and energy reading a repair manual only to almost certainly come up short on some very important detail. To become the father you want to be you must be selfless and long-suffering. To become the husband that you need to be you need to love the Lord and love your wife more than you love yourself.
There are many examples of things that are very difficult, painful, annoying or heartbreaking that we encounter in life that require perseverance in order to get the full reward. I mentioned in my very first blog entry some of my own struggles. I am making positive progress with regards to some of my struggles. One area that I really feel like I am progressing in is my relationship with the Lord. Please let me tell you that at times this is a real struggle. I really enjoy reading, but my appetite is often greater for other books than it is for the Bible. My desire to talk to the Lord is increasing, but it still isn't where I want it to be. I am becoming more eager to share the greatness of the gospel of Jesus Christ when given the opportunity and I am getting better day by day at the challenge of denying myself. You see, I have a desire to have a constant, minute by minute relationship with my Lord. I am not where I want to be, but every day I am getting closer.
I am excited that I have lost weight for another week. Yes, the weight loss is slowing a bit, but the end result is my focus not the temporary result. I will take a 2.6 pound loss because at a pace of around 2.6 pounds per week I will still be under 300 pounds by Labor Day!
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