New Month... New Moment!

[ela]

Here I am, Lord, so thankful for this new moment... full of Your grace. I have nowhere else to go, but to You. You have blessed me so generously for so long.

I need Your help right now as I am feeling tired and heavy laden... with beliefs about needing to be better at communication with someone with whom I work closely. I lay these burdens at your feet as I remember Your Word:
28"Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest. 29Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. 30For my yoke is easy and my burden is light." Matthew 11:28-30 (NIV)

Thank You.

[norma]

Dear Ela,
I am sorry for this tough time. Cast all of your cares on Him for he cares for you.

[ela]

Thanks for the encouragement, Norma!

My prayers were answered and I found the rest I needed and the words I needed to communicate clearly in the work situation. I am so thankful for the tender, loving care.

The drive home today was a breeze through relatively light freeway traffic. I am thankful to be back home for a few days and looking forward to the Thin Again online group tomorrow.

I have been eating consciously, moderately, peacefully, and joyfully again today. What a blessing for which I thank God for His mercy and His grace.

[ela]

If you are happy in this moment, say "Thanks, God!" Thanks, God!
If you are happy in this moment, say "Thanks, God!" Thanks, God!
If you are happy and you know it and you really want to show it...
If you are happy in this moment, say "Thanks, God." Thanks, God!

I am happy right now. And God is the source of all my happiness. I have been praying and praying and listening and listening and praying and praying and reading the Word of God and praying some more. My goal is to continue this practice for I am absolutely convinced that it really is the Father's good pleasure to give us the kingdom. And I have no doubt whatsoever that the kingdom of heaven is here now in my communion with God. So whatever I am doing and wherever I am going, I am doing it and going there with the love for God in my heart, mind, and soul.

There are many tasks screaming for attention and with God's help, I intend to get to some of them, but I am convinced that it is of primary importance to seek His kingdom first and trust in His promise that every human need will be met as a result of seeking and trusting Him.

The joy of the Lord is my strength.

[yfrender]

Ela,

Your tagline of Nehemiah 8:10 has just rocked my world. The Lord is talking to me a lot about greed (as in not sharing) recently.

Thanks for including it!
Yvonne

[ela]

Thanks for sharing your joy and gratitude. It gives me more about which to rejoice!

[ela]

Wow! I haven't written here for several days. I have been working, playing, and praying! Some of the playing has been with food and some of the working has been a set-up for extra food. I have made a couple of conscious choices to eat before 0 and I have unconsciously gone past 5 a couple of times. Sugary sweets have been involved each time. The thought that I SHOULD stop eating sugary sweets altogether keeps coming up as a reflexive reaction, and my reflective response to that thought is:

God, please help me. Please guide me moment to moment in my eating, not eating, thinking, not thinking, doing, not doing. Please keep me alert to Your voice, Your direction, Your Truth, Your Love, Your peace and harmony. Thank You for forgiving me for forgetting to come to You when there were temptations to eat when there was no need to. Thank You for this moment in which to rejoice and be exceeding glad because of what I just read in Matthew 5:3-12. Thank You for moving my focus away from the mistakes of the past few days and the fears of continuing to make similar mistakes to Your still, small voice speaking to me NOW... this moment. Thank You for the opportunity to rejoice and be exceeding glad because I know You and love You and am blessed by You in so many ways that I could spend every moment giving thanks for some evidence of Your grace.

[lonesomeprairiewind]

I was doing so good...!?

This started yesterday.

My husband left yesterday after Church Dinner (2:30 p.m.) to go to Vancover, Canada on a Mission Trip. I started eating shortly after he left. Felt terrible. Too much food. I'm not used to eating that much and it was just too much.

My second oldest daughter was here doing laundry (oldest daughter went with my husband) and I STILL did it. My mind just racing...!

Didn't sleep well, but was still able to get up at my normal time.

Went for a walk this morning a little after six. We were getting heavy snow but there was no wind and it wasn't that cold. It was pretty and quiet outside. I headed out to just be outside.

I came back, did a few things and then wandered the house. Not knowing what to do. The kids got up around eight. So started my eating for this day.

I am THROUGH!

I will not fear!

I need to get a hold of my mind. And heart.

I wish I wouldn't do that. Turn my eyes off Him.

My husband (and daughter) will be gone for 2 weeks. I want to rely on Him.

I want Him to be my peace and assurance.

Lonesome Prairie Wind

[Julie]

Lord please be with Lonesome Prairie Wind as she journeys through this time. Speak to her Lord, comfort her, be present with her, love her. Thank You for the work that You will do in her life. Amen.

[ela]

It has been about five days since I have written here. I was being pulled in a number of directions. I kept calling out to God and God kept calling softly to me. I was conscious about eating and not eating, but I was not always eating consciously... as in using the keys to conscious eating. I was eating more sweets than I thought were beneficial. I began to get concerned about that, and legalistic thoughts started to flow through my mind. I kept praying often throughout each day, but was resistant to getting quiet and still which is what God kept telling me to do.
Yesterday, that started to turn around and I started to use the keys to conscious eating more than not. I only ate a few chocolate chips in the evening and none before that... no other sweets other than fruit all day.
Today, I paid attention to the numbers:
7am 0-4 Glory to God!
Noon 0-4 Praise God!
3pm 0-5 Thank You, God! (I ate 14 m&ms this time, the only sweets so far today other than fruit. Thank You so much for this precious gift, my dear Lord!)
I am so very thankful. I feel like I have been born again!
I know it is only by the grace of God that I am at peace in this moment and I am rejoicing in His love for me that is so very, very powerful and satisfying. I am so thankful for my receptivity to His awesome out-pouring of Love right now. I am thankful that I can enjoy food/eating. I am even more thankful that I know a higher enjoyment which is communion with God.