I kind of look at it this way. I didn't put those pounds on overnight, and
they will come off  in the same  manner. Expecting differently is asking
alot of myself and my expectations, yet with that thought not losing hope
or finding excues to not get it done. I'm in the process, if I can get the
time to get it set up, to bring my weight bench down stairs and continuing
to work out... I've had a bit long sabbatical lol. I have this vision to be
a buff 50 year old dude and beyond. I have ten years to shape myself into
what I'd want to see myself as fitness es concerned and now is the time to
start. I still have time to reach that goal way ahead of schedule and don't
want to get in catch up mode.

Brad

At 11/18/2003 on Tuesday, you wrote:
>Hey, Family
>
>I just wanted to share a few quick reminders the LORD gave me early today as
>a sort of praise.  No deep Scriptures He reminded me of or anything, just a
>few simple thoughts.
>
>This morning I weighed myself and was frustrated to find that even though
>I've been exercising more than ever for the past week and eating healthy I
>still haven't lost much weight (although thinking about it again I do think
>I lost about 5 pounds).  Anyway, I said to myself "Even if I don't lose any
>weight, I'm going to keep eating right and keep exercising anyway, because
>it's the right thing to do."  Just then I thought "That's what we need to do
>as Believers, too.  Even if we don't see any results, we need to keep on
>keeping on and not give up because we know it's the right thing to do.  And
>we will see results at Home in Heaven if not before."  (Come to think of it,
>there is a Scripture "Do not grow weary in well doing, for at the right time
>you will reap results, if you don't give up.", Galatians 6:9)
>
>Then, right after this and while I was still getting ready for work, I saw a
>clip of the Wizard of Oz and Judy Garland singing "Somewhere Over the
>Rainbow."  It sounds sissy, but as a boy I'd sing that song, alone and
>brokenhearted in a very strange household, longing to be free and having no
>way out.  And I suddenly realized, perhaps for the first time, that the LORD
>had done it...He got me out of there. And I really have had wonderful
>adventures for years that I couldn't have imagined back then.
>
>Richard Bach (the author of "Jonathan Livingston Seagull" and "The Bridge
>Across Forever" is a wacko new ager.  But he did have one thing right, that
>sometimes it's good to not forget where you came from.  His New Age thing is
>to write a note to the child you were.  I don't know about that, but I know
>it's a blessing to realize the LORD has brought me through a lot of stuff to
>a wonderful new world "over the rainbow."  And all of this is nothing
>compared to the glory that awaits in Heaven.
>
>Then, just that fast, the enemy snuck in the thought of how it could all be
>gone in a moment, from sickness (flu shots...grin) or loss of job or
>demotion at work, etc.  But thankfully, the LORD came back with an answer
>that it's okay, I'm just a pilgrim and not to be setting up camp here
>anyway.
>
>So, nothing big, but an interesting way to start the day and praises I
>wanted to share.  And maybe they'll spur some praises in you.
>
>Paul