Amanda called again last night. She is still having so much fun. They were shopping in Old Montreal when I spoke with her. The new “people mover” type bus that our church just purchased has apparently broken this week. I think they think it is the transmission, but they are now taking the subway around town and will be taking the bus in to the shop today. Hopefully this won’t delay their homecoming next weekend, because I miss her! Anyway, please continue to pray for her safety. I am so glad she is having such a great experience. My campers are still pooped out. Emelia said it was the best week of her life. She is 9 years old and didn’t get homesick one minute… Bailey had a good time too, but was glad to be home.

I’m getting ready to get ready to take Izzy to Bear in an hour or so… I just wanted to get this devo posted for those of you reading them. I am going to stop off at the Christian bookstore to see if they have more copies.

Day nine~

“For bodily exercise profits a little, but godliness is profitable for all things, having promise of the life that now is and of that which is to come.” I Timothy 4:8

There is an old adage that says, “Don’t put the cart before the horse.” Many people try to lose weight without a specific goal in mind. Often people set a goal that is unrealistic. In our attempts to become more Christian, we grow a little at a time. God doesn’t expect us to be perfect right away. He knows that our growth takes time. The same is true of our attempts to lose weight. We need to take it a little at a time. Crash diets and heavy exercise programs are not the way to go. Our Christian growth should provide us with an example. Let us approach our diets with patience and take it a small step at a time.

Todays thought: Dieting is easier if we try to lose weight little by little.

Well, Matt & I finally made it out to celebrate our 18th anniversary. We went to Steak & Ale… I had the chicken gratella. Here’s what it looked like…

It was pretty good, but I brought 3/4 of it home. Since I have been doing the diet devotionals I have really had such a knowledge of when I am full. I just stopped and pushed my plate away. Matt offered to polish it off for me (after his 12 oz steak :o) but I thought it would be good to have it for dinner. It was mashed potatoes, grilled chicken with artichoke hearts, sun dried tomatoes and blue cheese, all drizzled with balsamic vinegar. Sounds odd, but it was pretty tasty. I raked most of the blue cheese away. Too much flavor. We had a nice meal together and then did some shopping… we got a new weed eater & saw Izzy’s ST at lowes.

After Izzy’s blog redo I was inspired to rework my friend Julie’s blog… so I made her a new header and changed her background. click here to view it.

Here’s day eight…

“This is the bread which came down from heaven–not as your fathers ate the manna, and are dead. He who eats this bread will live forever.” John 6:58

Face it: Dieting wouldn’t be so hard if food didn’t taste so good! Like anything good, we want to get as much of it as we can. It’s easy to place a high value on the food we eat. But there is such a thing as too much of a good thing. God has given us many freedoms, but one we should not abuse is the freedom to consume as much food as we want. No one can limit what we eat except ourselves. We need to realize that our daily bread supplies what we need, not what we want. Excessive eating is selfishness, and selfishness is sin. When we feel the urge to overeat, let us turn to God and nourish ourselves on the true bread that comes from Him - His word.

Today’s thought: God’s bread of life is nonfattening!