Desperation to Determination

Great visual to start the video off toda - Lysa showed a bucket with 3 holes. The bottom home was medium sized, the middle one was smaller, and the top was the largest - now which to do you fix first??

Without a solid foundation on which to build we are likely to fail. Several verses come to mind and they are from Luke. Luke 6:48-49:

"He is like a man building a house who dug down deep and ladi the foundation on rock. When a flood came, the torrent struck that house but could not shake it, because it was well built. But the one who hears my words and does not put them into practice is like the man who built a house on the ground without a foundation. The moment the torrent struck that house, it was collapsed and its dustruction was complete".

So it is with this journey. If I do not repair the foudation - my Want to, when temptation comes I am going to collapse. When I am so tired and/or so hungry my resolve is going to give way, I am going to be desperate for something to give me energy and that is going to lead to defeat. When I have the right want to, I can be determined, I will want success so I will plan for it. I will have quick, healthy options in the apartment - I won't have to run through the drive thru to get something, I can grab a yogurt, piece of cheese and an egg or apple and have a great healthy mini-meal.

I am no longer desperate to loose weight for the vainity reasons, if a guy is not going to like me because of my outward appearance (or not give me a chance) then do I truly want to be with him? Though I must be very cautious on this front as I am very guilty of this myself. This can lead to a whole other blog topic.

I am desperate in the sense that I want to serve God, I want him to use me to further His kingdom. Because of that, I am turning that desperation into determination and using His strength to be successful. After all, I am a Jesus girl. I am Chosen, Blessed, Adopted, Accepted, Redeemed, and Forgiven: I'm believing God!!!! I cannot take credit for this - got from the Beth Moore Bible study Believing God.

I am absolutely LOVING how the Bible studies I am doing are fitting in so perfectly with Made To Crave. I know that none of that is a coincidence - it is GOD!!!