MD on DL
Found Here.
Do I really want to give this up?
It has been an interesting time the last couple months as I have returned to my desire to buckle down and loose some weight. As I returned to phase 1 of South Beach once again I found myself looking at food and wondering if even after phase 1 (three weeks of fun and excitement) I would be willing to give these things that are bad for me up. My vice is soft drinks. You can have all the deserts in the world as long as I get to keep my Sunkist. mmmm Sunkist ………………… sorry Then I realized that this seems to be reflected in my sin life as well. I try to barter with God and be like ok God I won’t run stop signs but I still get to speed cause that really doesn’t hurt anybody. I realized that the smaller sins I...
Painful
Yes it makes me cringe… on the inside.
Living my faith in community
I am aware that the title of my post has so many overused Christian words, but I have been thinking over the past couple days about my faith. The aspect that I have been thinking is that perhaps my faith needs community to really live. Don’t get me wrong this isn’t to say that my choice to accept Christ wasn’t a personal one, but rather the day to day living out of it for me may very well require living in fellowship. What I mean is this: I don’t pray very well by myself. I don’t get jazzed up about the Gospel or Heaven by myself. I don’t worship well by myself. While this may be a indictment on my spiritual life, when you add fellow believers, all of those things start to work for me. I pray with conviction. I...