So short blog tonight, because I really need to try and get some sleep! But this week has been slightly momentous so far, so I had to share.
Back in early September, I joined a group known as Chi Alpha. It's kind of a youth group for college students, but that barely scratches the surface of describing the impact it has on your walk with God. Anyways, I'm part of this group now, and yesterday our oh so fearless leader announced that he and the d-group (small bible study groups) leaders were fasting, in some way shape or form over the next fourty days. And he encouraged us to join.
So I was thinking what all I could cut out of my life, that I don't need or that hiders my relationship with my Lord, and I decided on 3 things
1) Soda - specifically Mtn Dew, because for whatever reason I happy to love the stuff. However, it is EXTREMELY unhealthy for you, so I decided to cut it out.
2) Clothes - okay not all clothes, because we must wear them! But since this summer I have developed a very unhealthy obsession for shopping. I have a walk-in closet FULL of clothes (as in if I am being really lazy, I don't have to wash a single shirt for over four weeks if I change 2-3 times a day...I'm telling you it's bad. But I have vowed to not buy a single article of clothing for myself (unless it is an emergency) for the next fourty days.
3) Food - now I am by no means cutting food out of my life, but I have decided to eat healthier (yogurt instead of pudding; more fruits and veggies; etc.) , and eat less, instead of stuffing myself in the typical American fashion.
Let me just take a second to tell you how Day 1 went:
I found out that having absolutely no caffine makes me beyond hyper. That is like the complete opposite effect that it is supposed to have. I literally could not sit still today. My fingers were drumming on something or my leg was bouncing up and down. I'd start talking, and wouldn't shut up. This was so uncharacteristic of me because I have beyond normal self-control when it comes to my behavior, but I was just crazy all day today.
I actually payed attention to the amount times "Oh I need to go buy this" went through my head today, and while I don't have an exact number for you, after really seeing it, I was quite appalled at myself. This materialism that I have slipped into is filling my life up with unnecessary junk. I don't need half of the things I own. Heck, I don't even really use half of the things I own, so I am even more solidly resolved in my promise than I was before.
Dinner: I ate healthy. I had a salad and a crab cake, and LOVED it. However, I didn't stop when I was full and I ate the entire gargantuan salad, and the whole jumbo crab cake, and had an awful stomachache for the rest of the night. Those foods should not have hurt me as bad as they did, so I think God was kinda pointing out, "Look, we are gonna do this together, and I am going to help you, but you gotta listen to me and your body when we say 'Stop eating, you are full'."
I have also decided that as I go through this, I am going to read through the book of Proverbs as I eat my breakfast in the morning. I really need to start focusing my life better. I need to put my thoughts where they should be, and start my days off the right way.
So, that was a little longer than short, but all-in-all I feel like today was very successful (despite the fact that I have this weird hyperactivity thing going on, but I'm sure we will get that worked out). It was full of discovery, and acknowlegement, and I look forward to what tomorrow brings!
Love,
Lacy Brianne
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