Now faith

Now faith is confidence in what we hope for and assurance about what we do not see. Hebrews 11:2 NIV

Verse Reflections:  I get so frustrated when I don’t see the pounds dropping off.  Eating healthy foods does not mean I drop 10 pounds in one month but I have dropped 10 pounds in three months.  This is a good verse for me to focus on.  I have to have confidence that eating right, eating God foods will give me “what I hope for”—a body that is at a healthy weight, a weight that will allow me to wear the clothes I am used to wearing.  I must continue to have faith –confidence in what I hope for.  I must be assured that my body will change even when I do not see the changes quickly.  I allowed myself to gain so much weight that I can barely notice ten pounds visually.  I can notice it in my clothes but I do not look in the mirror and cheer.  We must have “assurance about what we do not see”.  If I keep eating this way I will have lost twenty pounds by the end of June.  That will get me back into my clothes.  But more importantly, I am eating in a way that I can eat the rest of my life.  By allowing myself to have one non-God food a day, I do not get myself back into the evil- good game I tend to play with myself.  Bad foods, good foods.  I would tend to chastise myself on the “diets” whenever I would go “off” the diet.  This way I can live with the extras.  If I have three then I just stick with all God foods for three days.

Prayer:  Lord, thank You for this verse.  After 90 days of trying to adjust my eating habits, I have yo-yo’d on this plan but I am getting the hang of it.  Thank You for the power Your word gives me.  I see and feel the difference when I come to You in the morning and pour Your word in my heart.  Thank You for giving me the confidence through this verse for the body and health I hope for.  Thank You for giving me assurance through this verse for the body that I do not see right now.  I know if I keep eating the way You have instructed and provided for I WILL have these things.  I fail, I fall, I go back to bad habits, but I know deep in my soul that I am healing, I am eating better, I am reducing the cravings.  Thank You for this.  Today I go to work with confidence and assurance that we are going to be successful with God Plus 1.  I love You.  I hope today I can give you a little confidence in me as I take confidence in Your plan.