Revived!

Happy Lord’s Day!

*** Please note tonight's blog is more personal and spiritual.  It is where I'm at today.  Food and diet took a bit of a backseat!

Rise and Shine at 7:15am… coffee… shower… hair….make-up… clothing…food … drive… arrive… PRAISE!

Coffee: 3 TBSP of SF vanilla creamer (45cal)

Breakfast: part of an apple and a smoothie comprised of ¼ of cup of FRS and 1 scoop of whey protein (210cal)

PRAISE!!!  We had another amazing revival service today at church! The Holy Spirit was rocking that little church.  Every service with Brother Jack issues a challenge to my heart.  It questions where I am with Christ and where I need to strive to be.  The past couple of services he has made a statement ‘Just because you are a Christian does not mean you are a believer. ‘  Wow that’s a powerful thought… Am I… are you truly a believer? I mean do you truly believe what is in the bible? Do I believe it or do I just go through the motions of being a good Christian? Wow…. That really gets you thinking… or… at least it got me thinking… I know right now I can say yes I truly believe in Christ… I do believe that He was on cross giving His life for me so that I could live freely and someday enter the Eternal Kingdom of Heaven.  My sins have been paid for I have been washed clean in the blood of the Lamb.  I think if you would have asked me a week ago what I believed I would have told you something very similar, but I don’t know how much conviction I would have had behind it.  I don’t know if I would have thrown it out there in my blog and said ‘Yes! Christ died for ME!’

 However I feel as though my eyes have been reopened… Light has been shed on some dark spots on my soul and in my heart.  I’ve been revived, refreshed, and thankful that in Christ I’ve been reborn and renewed.   I realize now where I’ve been going wrong in a few aspects of my life… Christ has been revealing things to me and showing me how to live better how to be better… The hard part is we have the choice… Christ doesn’t decide how we act, what we think, and what we do.  We decide those things.  It’s keeping the focus on Christ so that we make the right choices that I need to learn how to do.  I need to learn to rely on Him and His strength! 

Lunch: We went out after church to DeFelice Pizza Buffet! Utoh! J  It’s ok… I stayed in control… for the most part… I’m learning to trust myself around food more and more… Again today I was with my friend Karen and this time her father…. It really helps to eat around someone who will keep you accountable!  I started with a big salad! I followed that up with 2 slices of pizza, ¼ of a pepperoni roll, 1 bread stick, and some Italian sausage with veggies.  I then had two cinnamon sticks…. I should have probably left those on my BF’s plate!

I then had some running to do… I went to Wal-mart and had my oil changed.  I bought a few groceries… Then I went to Kroger’s to finish out my shopping… I got some great deals on Greek yogurt and some apples….

I’ve since then been holding down the couch waiting to go back to church for evening services… I had a 40cal SF fudge pop….

Dinner: I was still really full from lunch so I decided to have something light.  I went with a Greek Yogurt.  One of the new ones I purchased was a Fage brand 0% fat with Mango… This was only 120 calories and very tasty!

Praise round 2! I’ll just say this was the song we ended on ‘Hallelujah, Thine the glory Revive us again. Hallelujah, Thine the glory Hallelujah, amen’  it was such a blessed and amazing weekend praising, worshiping, and loving Christ!

Evening snack: I know at this point I’m over my calories for the day because I had such a calorie dense lunch.  I decided to have an iced latte from McD’s with Fat Free milk and Sugar Free French Vanilla Flavoring.  I also ate a fiber one bar.

I’m beat! It has been an uplifting, fun, Spirit filled weekend! I’m going to bed praising the King of Kings for I know that His blood was shed to set me free <3

I’m going to have another busy week and I failed to pre-plan my food this week like I normally do.  I’m hoping this doesn’t end up spelling disaster for me.   I know if I stay faithful to the Lord in all things great and small that I’ll find my victory.  Whether it is what I eat or the words that come out of my mouth.

The only other thing that is weighing on my heart that I’d like to share with you is a small bit of sadness… I realized yesterday how many of my friends are not Christians.  I had posted on FB an open invite to the revival at my church and I got no response… Yet if I would have said ‘Hey guys kegger at my place’ I’m sure I would have got a ton of ‘likes’ and a bunch of comments and people excited to come… It made something that Brother Jack’s been touching on the past few days really hit home for me… I’m a minority…. Believers and followers and lovers of Jesus Christ are a minority.  That breaks my heart.  See I know… I repeat… I KNOW what Jesus can and will do in my life… once I accepted Christ my life did a 180… I am a different person… I am because of who He is…. It breaks my heart that my friends and family don’t know Christ.  It breaks my heart that once our time comes I may never see you again… 

Xoxo