6/09/10 "First Fruits"

Sometimes I feel like the woman in this picture walking on a high wire.  There she is trying to keep her balance as she moves forward while the waves of distraction try to knock her off her course.  Does anyone else ever feel that way?  What is the high wire and what is below it?  What are the obstacles?

Why does it seem so hard to see my little victories lately?  I do a lot of things right like preparing my food before work, but at home I don't always choose nutrient dense foods.  I'm keeping up with my T-Tapp exercise incredibly well though.  I do my exercises wherever I may be in the world even without the dvd.  I've done them so much I know every exercise by heart.  It's like I turn on a tape of Teresa Tapp in my head and go to work.  I even find my self saying to myself "Yes you can!" and "You did it!" like Teresa says faithfully each work-out.

                                                                                    

I see the inches coming off slowly now and there isn't much weight loss.  I keep telling myself that I'm losing fat and gaining muscle which is why I'm not seeing much weight loss yet.  Is the 15 minute a day T-Tapp Basic Work-Out Plus isn't enough for me right now?  Should I double up?  I am determined to make the 15 Minute Basic Work-Out Plus work for me.  I've seen the results others have had from doing just this work-out alone which is a real inspiration.

I've done a great job keeping off the sugar.  I did have a small bite of lemon cake a friend prepared for tea the other day, but it was out of politeness and not a craving.  I may be doing great with sugar, but sometimes I do get a hankering for cheese or meat.  The day I came home from my last work trip I took a small 8oz tub of cream cheese which was 2/3 full and ate it with a spoon.  Funny huh?  Well, then I took a few clawfuls of meat off a rotisserie chicken and devoured it.  I felt like I was breaking the law or something!  Most of the time I eat veggies and fish.  Sometimes more fish than veggies though.
                                                         

To me what's really missing here is something so basic, obvious and important.  It is the key that got me started on this path to health and kept me steady.  That missing link is my scheduled prayer and scripture time.  I've been winging it by praying here and there and looking up scripture when it suits me.  I've not made my time with the Lord my first priority of the day or as they say, I'm not giving Him my "first fruits."  Without the Lord as my foundation for each day of my life, I might as well just be a leaf blowing in the wind.

It's time to redirect and rededicate myself to the goals before me.  "Prayer that is born of meditation upon the Word of God is the prayer that soars upward most easily to God's listening ears."  R.A. Torrey