Right
Living
Can
Save
Your Life
Scripture
Proverbs
10
Observation
I
was challenged this weekend by how I have been neglecting my body by
a lack of discipline over what I have been eating. Of course, in my
head I know exactly what I should be doing, what I should be eating
and not eating, but it was the influence of the words of someone else
this past Sunday that has influenced me and has moved me to action. I
told Kathy yesterday that we are going to start eating differently.
Kathy has been wanting to eat better but she has my negative eating
influence that keeps getting her sidetracked.
So
how did this happen? Who had such a powerful influence on me? I will
tell you. I was meeting with a young couple for a marriage
preparation session after our church's “Fried chicken Sunday”
this past Sunday and it was because the couple didn't stay for the
lunch that led us to talk about food. The young woman shared with me
that she had been on a special eating and exercise plan for almost a
year along with her Mom, and sister. As she shared about this journey
I marveled at the amout of discipline that it has taken for her to do
this. Amazing!
Her
and her future husband's prayer requests as we finished up the
session was this, “We want to have the discipline of having a quiet
time every day.”
So
I took time and shared with them how I have grown over the years in
the discipline of a daily quiet time. I hope that my words about the
spiritual discipline and importance of a daily devotional time with
the Lord has as much of an impact on them, as her words challenging
my poor eating habits has had on me.
“As iron sharpens iron,
so a friend sharpens a
friend.” Proverbs
27:17
Application
Right
living includes taking care of my body. I will discipline myself in
the area of what I am shoving into my mouth. How about you?
Prayer
Heavenly
Father, it is so easy to get lax and eat stuff that I know that is
not good for me. Thank You for using the influence of a disciplined
person to speak to me in the area of my life where I need to exercise
discipline. I pray for people reading this blog who need conviction
about the way they are neglecting their bodies. Use someone in their
life just like you did for me. I pray for those who desire the
spiritual discipline of maintaining a daily quiet time. Give them
victory in this area Lord. Show them that they can do it. Give them
the spiritual strength!
Daily
Bible Reading: 1 Samuel 8,9,10; 2 Corinthians 10 … I added Psalm
10, Psalm 40; Proverbs 10
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