The Purpose Driven Life

I've been wanting this book for some time and I came across it in a thrift store the other day so I snatched it up for $1.00. JACKPOT!

The book is about creating a spiritual journey, which I'm really into, but as I was flipping through the book last evening, I realized that a lot of these principals can be applied to weight loss as well as other parts of our lives that have to do with change (For me: empty nest, divorce, mid-life crisis (sometimes I think I'm having one) and transitioning to a new phase in my life).

Here are a few excerpts that I wanted to share:
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Growth is often painful and scary.  There is no growth without change; there is no change without fear or loss; there is no loss without pain.  Every change involves a loss of some kind.  You must let go of old ways in order to experience the new.  We fear these losses even if our old ways were self-defeating, because like a worn out pair of shoes, they were at least comfortable and familiar.

Believe God is working in your life even when you don't feel it.  Spiritual growth is sometimes tedious work, one small step at a time.  Expect gradual improvement.  The Bible says, "Everything on earth has its own time and its own season."  There are seasons in your spiritual life, too. Sometimes you will have a short, intense burst of growth (springtime) followed by a period of stabilizing and testing (fall and winter). (I feel that I'm in the fall and winter stage in so many parts of my life.)

Remember how far you've come, not just how far you have to go.  You are not where you want to be, but neither are you where you used to be.

Be patient with God and yourself.  God's timetable is rarely the same as ours.  You may feel frustrated with the seemingly slow progress you're making in life.  Remember that God is never in a hurry, but He is always on time. He will use your entire lifetime to prepare you for your role in eternity.
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I love that:  Remember that God is never in a hurry, but He is always on time.  Just soak that sentence in.

I will keep Faith, moving forward doing the best that I can do every day, knowing that God has me exactly where I'm supposed to be.

 

I am ready.  Are you?