INSPIRASUNS

We’re beginning the first full week of the new year. So I guess you could say we are officially in 2025. Last week in this little blog I talked about New Year resolutions versus commitments. I mentioned that I wasn’t making any resolutions, but instead, I’m making commitments as they are more binding in my opinion. I chose today to start keeping those commitments specifically because it was the first full week of the year.

As I was having my morning time with Father, I was thinking about the commitments I chose to make to myself. I asked Him to help me hold myself accountable. I asked Him to give me the strength I need not to make poor decisions that will ultimately break the commitments I’ve made to myself. I’m sure this will not be the first time I ask for help to keep me on track, like I’m guessing about noon time I’ll be looking for more of that assistance 🙂 .

At the end of the day, we are accountable for the decisions we make, however big or small they may be. The good news is that there is forgiveness when we fall short or make a not-so-good decision. Jesus is there to give forgiveness and there to help us start anew. However, there is still accountability.  If I make a wrong food choice, then I’ll be set back in the pursuit of my goals, my weight goes the wrong direction and I’ll just feel like crap.  Yep, I’ll be held accountable in some fashion.

I’m kind of taking a long way around to get to what my thoughts are this morning, sorry for that.  As I talked with Father this morning and asked what message I could share, the words that immediately popped into my head were “Tough Love”.  Hmmm, ok, I think.  Sometimes we have to go through this, we have to face the music, pay the price, whatever you want to call it.  However, we could avoid the tough love in many cases if we would just start with our Lord before we make a not-so-good decision.  If we start each day, start each decision-making process, if we begin with Him and ask for direction, we might find we are making better decisions.

I asked Jesus to walk next to me today, to help me as I begin this fitness journey again. I asked Him to keep me focused on where I need to be and to guide me. As I said earlier, I’m pretty certain I’ll be doing more of that over the coming days, well even hours. But you know what, that’s ok, because not only will He be there, I’ll grow even closer to Him.

Tough love, I think we can avoid it. Father first, in all that we do. We got this friends. Have a great day and new year. Prayers today for all those in the “arctic blast” areas, and for sweet Emily Rea, may she come home soon.

Hebrews 12:11
For the moment all discipline seems painful rather than pleasant, but later it yields the peaceful fruit of righteousness to those who have been trained by it.