Woke up this morning and realize that it was time for my monthly weigh in. Not looking forward to it because I know it has been a not-so-good kinda month. I know I have failed myself in so many areas in regards to my health. I have not been a good steward of the body God has given me to take care of. Way too many desserts and not enough exercise. Larger portions of food and not enough water. All these "excuses" run through my mind during the 5 seconds it takes me to walk to the bathroom. All negative thoughts.
Nothing positive and uplifting to say to myself and I have not even gotten on the scale yet. With all these facts running around in my head why should I be shocked when I look at the scale and see an increase? After all didn't I just accuse myself of being lazy and not doing enough? Turns out that what I was calling it is what it became. I was calling it a month of failure and it was. I was calling it a month of being lazy an just letting too much slide by. Why was I surprised that everything that I had been speaking over myself had come to pass?
But in the midst of all these thoughts swirling round in my head I can still hear the loving voice of my Savior telling me that today is a new day and has no mistakes in it. Today I have a whole new set of mercies. Today I can start fresh and yesterdays excuses are just that, they belong to yesterday. What a peace! The decision is in my hands.What am I gonna make of this new day? This new chance to get it right? I can either live under the condemnation of what I have done wrong or I can try again. I can grab this new day with an excitement and anticipation that this is the day that I took the control back. This is the day that I stop finding excuses to not do what I know is right. After all isn't an excuse just my finding a reason to not do what I know I should do?
