The blog is back people!
Seriously, i'm going to try and post a little more often than once a year... i promise... no... i'll try... no... we'll see.
Well with this new year comes resolutions right?
What are my resolutions, you ask?
Well...
GET INTO SHAPE. Sadly, at the beginning of the year i weighed in, ashamed, at 190 pounds. That, my friends, is over weight. Type 2 diabetes runs in the family, on both sides, so it is time that i get into shape. For those who didn't know me in HS, i was 140lbs with a 1000 pack (6 pack really) and i could run the mile in about 4min and 30secs (no joke). Now, i have a 6 pack (of coke or dr. pepper) and i can run the mile in 40min.
BUT ALL OF THAT IS ABOUT TO CHANGE! I PROMISE!
Since January 2nd I've worked out everyday, only taking sundays off as a rest day. And I have not eaten fast food (Subway doesn't count) since the year started. My diet has been restricted to about 1600 calories and I am portioning what I am eating very heavily. My goal by August is 155lbs, 35 pounds lighter then when I started.
Progress? down to 184lbs but 4 inches off my waist!
What is the point of this post you ask? Since I really don't think you cared too much about my new years resolution...
There are a lot of things in our lives that we are committed to: our lifestyle, girlfriends/boyfriends, school, friends... And these things are all good. And because you're committed to them your life style has changed.
But why can't we be committed to something or SOMEONE who has given everything to us.
He has given us breath, life, grace, and a relationships with Him. Yet our lifestyle doesn't change to be fully committed to Him. I know my whole life hasn't.
Has yours?
In Luke 14 Jesus tells a crowd that if you can't follow Him unless you hate your father and mother, your brother, and even yourself then you cannot follow him. Now Jesus, doesn't really mean that you should hate everyone except Him, in the Hebrew, it is more of a preferential treatment. So you one should not PREFER his mother over God.
What do you prefer over God?
Better question.
What DON'T you prefer over God?
Being a follow of Christ means that you put God in front of everything. In when you're doing that, your life should reflect that. Following Jesus means your life changes.
So how has your life changed?
