From The Inside Out
Almost three and a half years ago I decided
I needed to make a drastic – much needed change in my life. At first I thought the change I needed was
entirely outward until a dear blogger-friend, Mary Murphy, sent me a special
message that literally brought me on a journey that would change my life from
the inside out! She sent me her book and
workbook called, Winning the Battle of Bulge – It’s Not Just About the
Weight.
At first I looked at the book as another
diet plan – yet the book has NOTHING to do with dieting! Instead it has everything to do about
changing your life from the inside out! I
had never applied Romans 12:1, 2 to my battle with my weight. Yet as the title of the book says – It’s Not
Just About the Weight! I needed to
present my body to God – my whole body, mind and spirit to God! He cares about all aspects of my life –
including my weight! As I began to focus
on the Who I needed to follow instead of following the worldly who and what –
diets, what society says I should look like, etc.; my life began change from
the inside out!
This journey I am on is a life-long
journey, a life- long battle – yet a battle that Christ has already won! I just
have to believe it and claim it! The
Word of God is my battle plan and road map for my life – everyone’s life! We just have to be willing to lay down our
lives – our own will and follow His best plan for our lives. Why should we settle for anything less than
the best? Yet every day we make choices
that are opposite to His best for our lives!
My journey has included weight loss surgery
due to medical conditions, yet as many know, weight loss surgery is only a tool
– I still can gain all the weight back if I go back to my old ways and not
follow His plan – His way for my life. Even though I have lost almost 220 lbs.
to date, I still struggle just like everyone else – so over a year ago I
decided to start a Becoming a Healthier Me Support Group utilizing Mary Murphy’s
book/workbook. We do not stop after the
12 week study, we continue meeting at least twice a month until each January
when we start the 12 week class all over again to welcome others to the
group.
It is so exciting to see and hear how the
Lord is changing each man and woman in the group – from the inside out! Each participant has said they first come to
the group to lose weight but within weeks they share they have become a new
person – from the inside first. Their relationship
with the Lord has grown and their outlook on life as well as their battle with
weight has completely changed for the better!
We all support, encourage and pray for one another as we find ourselves
changing from the inside out.
Do you desire to change your life for the
better? Why not practice what the
Apostle Paul says in Romans 12:1,2?
Transform your life – from the inside out!
“So here’s what I want you to do, God
helping you: Take your everyday, ordinary life—your sleeping, eating,
going-to-work, and walking-around life—and place it before God as an offering.
Embracing what God does for you is the best thing you can do for him. Don’t
become so well-adjusted to your culture that you fit into it without even
thinking. Instead, fix your attention on God. You’ll be changed from the inside
out. Readily recognize what he wants from you, and quickly respond to it.
Unlike the culture around you, always dragging you down to its level of
immaturity, God brings the best out of you, develops well-formed maturity in
you. Romans 12:1,2 (MSG)”
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