One day recently I woke up with a phrase running through my head… “train yourself for godliness”. Not sure what to do with that, I moved on with my day, but that continuous thought wouldn’t go away. So I started asking the Lord what He was trying to tell me and what this was supposed to mean for my life.
While processing through this phrase, I was really convicted of my current life. One of the blessing of being 27 years old and single and that I get to do what I want. Its really true. I do what I want, when I want to do it. I eat when I want, I sleep when I want, I go out when I want, I stay home when I want. I’m not responsible to anyone for making sure the kids get naptime or wanting to have dinner ready when my husband gets home. If I’m not careful, this becomes a very selfish stage of life. And I don’t often have to tell myself “no” about anything.
Unfortunately, I believe that this lifestyle trains me to just do what I want. So when temptation comes, it is hard to resist because I am so used to doing what is easiest for me.
To this end… I was really convicted that one way to “train myself for godliness” was to practice saying “no” to my fleshly desires. So that when temptation comes my self-control isn’t so out of practice. For me, this looks like food and exercise. I like eating what I want to eat and I don’t work out b/c I don’t like it. Having self-control in both of these areas would be of great benefit to my life.
All that to say, I joined a gym. Against my heart’s desires :) But so far so good. I go with my friend Abby and my goal is 3x/week. If I go 4, I get to buy a smoothie. HA! I still need motivation, and smoothies are healthy, right? These don’t have any sugar! So today I ran a whopping half-mile. That’s right, and I was proud of it. But I did walk a lot longer than that!
Here’s to self-control and training for godliness…
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