Be joyful in hope

Be joyful in hope, patient in affliction, faithful in prayer. Romans 12:12

Verse Reflections:  We will choose to be joyful in this journey of learning to eat right.  We will be hopeful that we will lose weight.  Wewill be patient when we do not lose weight because we know it will happen.  We will faithfully go to our Father in prayer, knowing that God wants success for me and you.  Every day we eat God foods we can know that God is in charge of our lives, our health, our successes.  We can be joyful in the hope of life changing habits.  Already, my psychological changes have far outweigh my physical changes but I do believe they are just as important to my future.  I am being patient in waiting on the physical changes.  I am being faithful in walking beside and with God on this journey.  These choices are giving me joy.  God’s prevenient grace is grace that goes before us.  He has led us to this point in our lives of choosing this healthy way of living.  He fights for us, even when we don’t know He is fighting.  We are alive, we are healthy enough to make these decisions.  Now take this day, and be joyful in the hope that today we are changing our eating habits for the rest of our life.  We will be patient in this process.  It will not be a fast journey but it will be a healthy, forever life change that we can make happen.

Prayer:  Father I come to You in joy today.  I am so hopeful that this way of eating will change my life.  I am going to be patient even though patience is not my strength.  I am going to come to You in prayer, being faithful in bringing You with me on this journey.  You and I both know if I am not faithful to You it will not happen.  I have to walk this journey with You.  Take my hand.  Go with me to the grocery story, cook with me in my kitchen, grab the spoons with me as I choose portions and then sit with me at the dining table.  Please be faithful to me as I come to You in desperate prayer.  Fill me with joy as we work together to change our lives.  Fill me with patience on the weight loss as I look forward to making this a lifetime commitment.  I plan to live decades more so I do not need to try to lose the weight in a few short months.  I need to be patient and let the weight loss happen on Your time schedule.  We know we are eating right.  Here’s to joy, hope, patience and faithfulness.  The perfect four emotions for a lifetime of eating healthy.  I love You.