Week 6

“I appeal to you therefore, brothers, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and acceptable to God, which is your spiritual worship. Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewal of your mind, that by testing you may discern what is the will of God, what is good and acceptable and perfect.”

~Romans 12:1-2 

“Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a great cloud of witnesses, let us throw off everything that hinders and the sin that so easily entangles. And let us run with perseverance the race marked out for us.”

~Hebrews 12:1 

Be transformed by renewing your mind. Throw off everything that hinders you. 

Such clear advice, but still not easy.

This has been another week of putting short-term comfort above long-term victory, but I'm trying not to let myself feel defeated by it or agree with the enemy and label myself as a failure or sink into the depths of despair, as Anne of Green Gables would say. There's a lot of time left, and I need to just pick up and follow God from where I am right now...

I saw this on FB recently, and it made me laugh and seemed appropriate for this week:

In the middle of Dad telling me how well Mom was doing Monday night, I had an emotional breakdown which involved me crying on the phone with Dad, then Rachael, then Mom (3 different phone calls -- sometimes when it starts, it's hard to turn it off). Turns out being totally drained from lack of sleep and worrying about things you can't control is not a good combo, especially when you pair that with a Disney movie that makes you cry... so I blame Dory. lol (Thank heavens for the "protein powder funeral" for Chad on the Bachelorette making me laugh really hard after all that!!)

I'm doing much better now, and so is Mom, thankfully! She's getting stronger and able to do a little more each day, and she has her one week follow-up doctor's appointment tomorrow. I've been thinking a lot about the importance of physical health and how many things we take for granted, and it makes me realize I really do want to take better care of myself and the body God has given me. So I'm going to pray and renew my mind and run with perseverance this coming week (which is week 7, which is the perfect number)! It's time to pull it together and choose the hard right over the easy wrong!

That's all for today.