If Peter Can Start Over, So Can I 2010-01-06
Whether your goal is weight loss or any other goal, follow these simple but powerful biblical principles...

Cheryl's 30 Day Weight Loss Challenge- Day 19 2009-12-10
" I never planned for getting sick during this 30 day challenge but this is life.I cannot make up all the days missed but I can get back on track."

Cheryl's 30 Day Weight Loss Challenge- Day 15 2009-12-06
Mid-way point of the challenge and ahead of the game!

Choosing Doing Over Feeling 2009-12-05
My challenge to myself during the next 27 days is to be not led by my feelings. I will rely on my goals to motivate me and continue to do what I need to do everyday regardless of what mood I’m in.

Cheryl's 30 Day Weight Loss Challenge- Day 13 2009-12-04
This is HUGE. I am down 8lbs...it feels good...but more importantly, I am committed to not losing these same 8lbs again...this Christmas or next.

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Posted 2009-11-17 by CathyMorenzie

How to Trust God for your Weight Release

I pray that during these trying times you also see your inability to do anything on your own, and give your trust to God's ability to strengthen you.

For when I am weak, then I am strong. 2 Cor. 12:10

Today it really feels like I will never have victory over my binge eating, harmony in my relationships or control over my finances. It's hard to connect with my faith. I'm just so tired and frustrated.

Have you ever felt this way? At times like this, it's hard for me to stay positive or remember any of the coping techniques, affirmations or prayers that I know so well... much less do them.

What do you do when you don't even seem to have the energy to use the tools that you know with a certainty will move you to a better place?

Prayer is the last thing I want to do, but I'm so grateful that I had the wherewithal to grab for a favorite book that always turns me around. It's called "Humility" and it's by Andrew Murray. His words are like medicine healing my soul.

The author defines humility as "simply the disposition that prepares the soul for living in trust." Wow!! On page 85 it says, "Place yourself before God in your helplessness; consent to the fact that you are powerless to slay yourself; give yourself in patient and trustful surrender to God. Accept every humiliation; look upon it and every person" (and here I'll add, and every piece of food) "who tries to trouble you as a means of grace to humble you."

He reminds me that in my own flesh, I am powerless to change myself. These "lapses" are meant to bring me to an even stronger need and expectation from God. I am to look upon every one of these dark moments as a way to experience God's grace, as an opportunity to come to the end of myself and to allow the start of God's work in my life.

I pray that during these trying times you also see your inability to do anything on your own, and give your trust to God's ability to strengthen you.

So what are the next steps?

• If you're in the midst of binging, then take the focus off yourself and your weakness and put the focus on God -- He promises us that His grace is sufficient. (2 Cor. 12:9)
• Every day, remind yourself of your emptiness, and acknowledge your dependence on God.

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