FINISHING THE JOB
Guess I ate too much Indian food on Saturday night - and leftovers of it after church Sunday. Didn't get to the gym yesterday afternoon either as I took Jonathan into Manhattan instead. Put all that on top of a week with too many deviations off course and that all conspired to a weight gain of 2.8lbs at my Weightwatchers meeting this morning. Not a good thing.
Now, if you're sick of hearing about my weight, health, or whatever, feel free to check back in tomorrow and skip the rest of this. Sorry if it gets boring, but next time you succeed in a major effort, you try keeping quiet!
Anyway, here's the point.
Since I passed the 100lbs weight loss goal five weeks ago, I haven't lost a whole lot more. With around 30lbs still to go, the major milestone I passed has proved to be a major hindrance. It's difficult to shake myself out of the satisfaction of shedding so much and get my head around the fact that there's still more to be done to finish the job.
Here's the preacher making a connection ...
In decades of pastoring I've met a lot of church people who have those same kind of problems with developing themselves and reaching their full potential for God. The majority come so far, are happy with what has occurred in their lives and never rise above mediocre.
It's true of churches too. But Grace's epitaph will not be that we came a long way and then stood still. We're going to finish the job, which means constantly pressing forward.
Our future is leaner and meaner!
Now, if you're sick of hearing about my weight, health, or whatever, feel free to check back in tomorrow and skip the rest of this. Sorry if it gets boring, but next time you succeed in a major effort, you try keeping quiet!
Anyway, here's the point.
Since I passed the 100lbs weight loss goal five weeks ago, I haven't lost a whole lot more. With around 30lbs still to go, the major milestone I passed has proved to be a major hindrance. It's difficult to shake myself out of the satisfaction of shedding so much and get my head around the fact that there's still more to be done to finish the job.
Here's the preacher making a connection ...
In decades of pastoring I've met a lot of church people who have those same kind of problems with developing themselves and reaching their full potential for God. The majority come so far, are happy with what has occurred in their lives and never rise above mediocre.
It's true of churches too. But Grace's epitaph will not be that we came a long way and then stood still. We're going to finish the job, which means constantly pressing forward.
Our future is leaner and meaner!
posted by Roger Blackmore | 7:25 PM
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