Snow...what to do?

Today completes my second full week of working out. It was been a very interesting week here in the lovely city (enter laugh here) of Alpine, Texas. I have a wonderful support base of friends who are helping me stay motivated to continue on this journey.

Monday was a great day to work out. Addie, my roommate, joined me and we ran more than I have ever ran before. I think we ended up walking/running for 2 1/4 miles. I think I ended up running for half of that time. A few other friends joined us in the gym. We had to go to the gym because the track was frozen over!!! I was quite sad because the monotony of running around the gym started to get to me after a while. But it was nice to catch up with Addie, as we hadn't really had a chance to hang out since school started. Tuesday and Thursday were Pilate's days! Oh boy, how I am starting to love the gentle stretching and ease of Pilates. Wednesday was running at the track with several wonderful women of God. Ended up walking 1 3/4 miles and running for 1/2 mile without stopping! I was super excited.

Today I ended up back at the gym because of frozen snow everywhere. This was a great exercise in not dying on the way to the gym because of black ice! Any way, I got on the stationary bike and ended up riding for 6 1/2 miles! Woo Hoo! So tired now! Worked with some weights and stretched to end this great week. I will tell you though, getting out of bed was very hard for me this morning. I went to bed late for the past two nights trying to fix my computer which makes for hard early mornings.

As for my body...I feel as though I have been hit by a truck! I am very sore and tired, but I know its worth it. I have lost approximately 5 lbs in the last two weeks! Starting to be able to fit back into my clothes after the unfortunate event of one to many cookies at Christmas time. Now, I'm starting to eat better and continue on this work out battle.

This week I realised that it is tough sticking out this walk. I have more energy than ever and my metabolism has skyrocketed; however, having the gumption to continue is tough. I know how my muscles are going to feel, but I still push on. Hopefully it will get easier from here.

This week there was a man who came to church named Keith Luker. He is a very talented musician and worshiper of God. It was a blessing to have him here and to pray for us. He prayed over several people, including myself, about receiving a double anointing to reach the unreached. I realised after this that worship for me has a much bigger burden than before. It surprises me that this has happened, simply because it was unexpected. But my Jesus is amazing. I said in a Bible study last night that my heart bleeds to worship Jesus. I don't know if that makes any sense to any one else, but it does for me. Basically saying that worshiping Jesus sets an unquenchable fire in my heart. Communicating with Jesus while worshiping is changing my heart for Him.

Any way, this week was good. I will update this blog next week as the work out saga continues.

Be blessed my beloved friends,
Eden

Week One

This week I started working out. Eight months ago I was told by the Lord that I should start running. I was not running like I was told, but am now doing my best to get into shape and to run as well as I can. The first few days were really tough; but as time goes on, I start to feel much better. I was envisioning all of my hopes and dreams when I was at my breaking point. The breaking point I speak of is the place when your body is tired and doesn’t want to go on any more. When I hit this, which at first was right off the bat, I started thinking about the wonderful husband that I will one day meet and the lovely children that I will one day have. With them in mind, all I could do was run because I knew that I needed to be healthier for them.

I found it interesting that this was a great depiction of a physical manifestation of what happens in the spirit. I know that battle is not against flesh and blood, but against principalities and things of the spirit. Running for me was a physical picture of a battle. I was tired, worn out, and out of breath. I thought that if only I could quit for the day, then I could pick it up later. Through this whole thought process, I knew that if I were to quit, then I would never start up again. This is a life changing act and I can’t quit. As I pushed through this curtain of pain and seemingly death of the flesh, I knew that I could continue and change my life.

Fighting weight and looks is not the only thing. I was at a party last night and all I could think about was how I didn't fit in to the general mold and shape of how a young lady should look or act. As I was feeling completely rejected, I realized that this was another battle that was not of this world. This was a battle that I was allowing to happen in me, which all started with the thought that I was a reject. Along with the thought that I didn’t fit in, I thought once again that there would be no husband for me. For any man that I would love to marry, I knew he would be much better suited for some other amazing young lady.

This is a strategic move against me. For I know who and whose I am in Christ. I know that my Bridegroom has already been handpicked and chosen for me. This rejection battle is just that, a battle. It is not a struggle against people or even the words that they say. This is a struggle against the principalities. So I put on my full armor of the Lord and stand strong against this war that is raging.

I need to know the King of Kings. I need to know Him more than anyone else. I need to love Him more than anyone or anything else. My desire needs to be for Him alone. I don’t know how to achieve this, but I know that He is worth everything that this world has to offer and more.

I do not want to be tired and complacent any more. I choose to be actively seeking out my own faith and relationship with the King of Kings. As this occurs, I will jot down some more issues that I come up against.

Walking the Walk

I decided to start blogging about walking the walk. You might think that this has something to do with being a Christian, but that is not the only thing. Last week I started working out on a very serious level. With this change, I decided to share my experiences with the cyber-world. I started writing last week, so my next post will be that blog. I hope that this will help spark a work-out ambition!