Lay Aside the Weight

 It’s time to check in on my weekly fitness progress; spirit, soul and body. This has been a busy week in so many ways, but I accomplished what I set out to do. There were a couple of challenges, but you know me, I overcame them.

The Bible (Hebrews 12:1) instructs us to lay aside every weight that so easily beset (weigh down) us. So, I must do what I was instructed to do. And that instruction is for every area of our lives, including forgiving others as well as ourselves. If you have any ought against ANYONE, find it in your heart to forgive and release them. You’re not doing this for them, but you’re doing it for yourself. It is a heavy weight and will hold you down, without you even realizing it. So FORGIVE THEM.

So, here is the account of my fitness report for the week:

Spirit:
I am continuing on the Fast the month of August. One day was a real challenge, because I was so busy working on something else, that I forgot to eat before 7:00 pm and when I realized it, it was almost 8:00. So, I just left it as such and waited until the next morning to eat.

Also, on Saturday morning, I attended a Women’s ministry event at church and received confirmation of some things that I had been praying about. The Pastor’s wife was ministering to the women about walking through the ‘right’ door, Jesus Christ. As she was wrapping up, she asked everyone to bow their heads and pray. She then asked for those who wanted special prayer to raise their hands and she would come around and pray with them. The person next to me raised her hand but I DID NOT. However, as the Pastor’s wife was coming around to pray for those who had their hands raised, she passed the person next to me and came straight to me. It startled me at first, because as I said, my head was bowed and my eyes were closed. She placed her hands on my head and began to pray over me, confirming what God had spoken to me. And let me clarify something. I am new to this ministry. I just joined in July and I have NEVER spoken about my vision or purpose with her or anyone else there at the ministry. So, I knew that it had to be God. WOW! Talk about spiritual fitness progress.

Soul:
I realized that I needed to release and forgive two people. I’m not the type to hold anything against anyone; at least I didn’t think so. But God showed me that I had not forgiven these two individuals. On Sunday, the Pastor was preaching about the unforgiveness that we may still have in our hearts. When he began calling out the titles of some people whom we still had ought against, those two people immediately came to mind. One of the persons I haven’t spoken to in a while, but Saturday, this person’s name came to me three times, in three unusual ways; one was a street sign with the name on it, spelled exactly the same way, which has an unusual spelling. I asked God what was the meaning of all of this (3 times in the same day), and on Sunday, he revealed it to me. Forgive this person. OK. So shall it be. It was a weight that I needed to lay aside, so I did it. I forgave and released both people. I feel lighter already.

Physical:
I worked out everyday (some 2x/day) per the instructions of the challenge. I made some substitutions with the menu, because I don’t eat asparagus, nor do I eat the cheese sticks. Overall though, I feel good. The details of the physical fitness report can be found on That Which Is Me.


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