So here we are at the last blog hop for the Proverbs 31 Ministries Online Bible Study for Made to Crave. This week I want to talk about making good choices or in other words "Intentional Sacrifices". Roughly 17 years ago, my husband and I made a decision that involved intentional sacrifices. My husband joined the Army Reserves as a reservist. In 2004, we made another decision that involved intentional sacrifices when we decided it was time to go into the military full-time as an Active Duty Army Reservists. We knew this might involve sacrifices on our part of moving from our friends and family. For our first duty station, however, we were blessed to stay right where we were.
During this time, we changed from sending our children to public school to homeschooling. It has been a tremendous blessing to our family through the years. It has caused us to stretch and grow as a family.
Then in 2008, we received orders that moved us from Eastern North Carolina to Western Pennsylvania. We stayed there until 2012, when we received orders to move to Central Pennsylvania. So we moved and received blessings from the move.
Just like these major life changes, I have to seek God in my food choices as well. I can make the intentional sacrifice of eating everything I see to eating what is good for me in God's eyes. When I choose to eat right and exercise, I feel better and accomplish more. It is a matter of not looking at things as being deprived of some things, but instead being excited and focused on all the good things I can have.
I am blessed to truly like most vegetables and to enjoy salads and water. However, I have to say, I also enjoy chocolate and other types of sweets. I can intentionally sacrifice the junk for what is good and the physical benefits I achieve from it. God is good and He provides for our every need - if we just seek after His will and purpose.
It's so true when we eat right and exercise we do feel better!! So it always amazes me when I choose to do the opposite when I know the pitfalls to that. Amen to God is good and He most assuredly provides for His children!! Thank you all for your service to our country and thanks for sharing your words!! Awesome post!! Blessings to you!
ReplyDeleteTrish (P31 OBS Blog Hop Team)
This comment was submitted by Heather M, but it was accidentally deleted by mistake: So here is the post:
ReplyDelete"I like how you connect your life choices with your food choices. For those of us who struggle with food, we need to seek the Lord in the food choices just like we would our food choices. Sometimes that is hard for me. I have to remember that God cares about EVERY aspect of our life - big or little. God is SOOO good!"
I want to thank you for commenting on my blog post. And to also say thank you for sacrificing in service to our country. I hold our military families in very high esteem. You are correct - life choices and food choices are all the same - choices to make. I have learned that I can most glorify God when I make intentional choices 24-7-365. And what freedom there is when we set boundaries, God-inspired boundaries! At our ladies gathering yesterday, God gave me my way out of the chocolate fountain temptation! I was involved in a "Thrift Shop Fashion Show" which kept me closeted up in a room with the other models and away from all of the goodies! After the show, there was time to indulge. I chose one single pretzel rod, stuck the very end of it in the melted chocolate, and happily munched it with a bottle of water while relaxing and chatting with my friends. A taste of chocolate, not a dessert portion of cookies, marshmallows, and other sweets. Thank you, God for being faithful to the promise you made in scripture to not allow temptations beyond that which I can resist. And God bless you and your entire family, Patti!
ReplyDeleteI also want to thank you for commenting on my top 10 blog post for P31! :) I am a home schooling Mom as well! What a blessing we have in this opportunity to mold these little souls. I am reminded of the sacrifice this entails, often. We all help one another grow in virtue around our happy little home school and I thank God for it!
ReplyDeleteThank you for your intentional sacrifice to support your husband in his service to our great nation. You both serve, generously! Thank you and God bless you!
Kristen