jenifriend

God is so good.  God is sooo great!!  In writing my first health plan I noted that I have been praying about my desire to have a working body that can better serve God.  This morning, according to that plan I had a 1-on-1 with the Lord.  Do you know what He gave me??  The Effective Prayer.  Yes!!  The Effective Prayer!!

“Keep on asking, and you will receive what you ask for.  Keep on seeking, and you will find.  Keep on knocking, and the door will opened to you.  For everyone who asks, receives.  Everyone who seeks, finds.  And to everyone who knocks, the door will be opened.  You parents – if your children ask for a loaf of bread, do you give them a stone instead?  Or if they ask for a fish, do you give them a snake?  Of course not!  So if you sinful people know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your heavenly Father give good gifts to those who ask him.”  (Matthew 7:7-11)

Really?  I mean, really?!  Did He just so sweetly remind me that through my prayer He will give me what I ask for??  For someone who is lacking motivation, I surely enough was just handed a spark to ignite my fire!!

But that’s not it.  That’s not all He gave me today.  And it’s only 1:13pm CST.  I am sitting here reading For Women Only during my morning break from Training, and the chapter I begin to read is…are you ready…The Truth About the Way You Look.  For those who haven’t read this book…READ IT!!  If He hadn’t given me enough motivation as it already was through the scripture I read this morning, He made it a point to remind me that He is not the only one affected by my lack of motivation and desire to take care of myself.  My husband (okay, HTB but let’s pretend for a moment shall we?) is extremely affected by my unwillingness to take care of myself.  HTB always tells me that he doesn’t care about the extra poundage I’ve gained in the year-point-five we’ve been together, and I believe him.  But this book has made it very clear that what he isn’t telling me is that my desire to be lazy reads like I don’t desire to look beautiful for him.  That is so untrue, and yet I am giving that vibe like woah when I only put makeup on to go out with my friends or to work, or when I lay in sweats all day and don’t take a shower the entire holiday vacation.  Thank you Lord for reminding me that while I need a healthy body to serve you, I also need a healthy body to serve my husband.

xoxo.jenifriend