When you stop trying to control your life and instead allow your anxieties and problems to bring you to God in prayer, you shift from worry to watching. You watch God weave his patterns in the story of your life, you realize youare inside God's drama. As you wait, you begin to see him work, and your life begins to sparkle with wonder. You are learning to trust again.
A Praying Life..Paul Miller
Tuesday, July 21, 2009
Friday, July 17, 2009
Prayer
When you know that you can't do life on your own,
then prayer makes complete sense.
A Praying Life by Paul E. Miller
then prayer makes complete sense.
A Praying Life by Paul E. Miller
Sunday, July 12, 2009
DAY 34
Solve Problems
Thinking clearly about a problem will help you to be less upset.
First step define the problem.
Then identify negative thoughts running through your mind.
Is this neg thought true or is there another way to view this?
What would I tell a friend in this situation?
What should I do now?
Be realistic. Sometimes there is nothing to be done about a problem you have no control over. But taking the steps to examine your thinking and identifying that there is a problem will go a long way to helping you to handle it without overeating.
Sometime you just have to feel the emotion or do the uncomfortable task. You need a helper. You may need a person and you definitely need to cry out to God.
Thinking clearly about a problem will help you to be less upset.
First step define the problem.
Then identify negative thoughts running through your mind.
Is this neg thought true or is there another way to view this?
What would I tell a friend in this situation?
What should I do now?
Be realistic. Sometimes there is nothing to be done about a problem you have no control over. But taking the steps to examine your thinking and identifying that there is a problem will go a long way to helping you to handle it without overeating.
Sometime you just have to feel the emotion or do the uncomfortable task. You need a helper. You may need a person and you definitely need to cry out to God.
Back From Vacation
Before I left for vacation (me and my sisters watching fireworks) I prepared in the way day Day 32 instructed us to, and it worked. I decided ahead of time on a plan all the way down to saying I can have 1/2 of a cinnamon roll at Grandma's. I lost 2 pounds on vacation! I got the hang of stopping before I was stuffed also and that felt so good to not HURT at the end of a meal. It feels really good to eat "just enough". Try it sometime. It was also easy to distract myself with relationships on vacation. They were more satisfying than the food. Now the battle begins. The stress of real life is back and I am tired and sick. I need to get back to the plan before I gain weight. I need to apply what I learned on day 33 about not eating because I feel bad. Because I do feel bad and I just wanna eat.
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