I know what God wants me to do. Today I was reminded of how much it stinks being overweight and how much it is affecting my life. Just this past 4 weeks my health has been an issue all because of my weight. Everything I have been having problems could be due to my weight, although no one can say for sure.

So I am on medicine, and getting ready to go fill up another prescription. I want to take my daughter to a play but am afraid I won’t fit in with the crowd among other things. I’m uncomfortable. I’m upset. I’m so ready to change this, and I know God wants me to focus on losing this weight.

I don’t think life will ever stop just because I’m overweight. God’s will for my life will be fulfilled whether or not I lose this weight. But I know it needs to be done for me, my family, and for my health. Too often the word “Cancer” was mentioned to me this past four weeks and it just made me realize I need to take care of myself. Cancer isn’t causing all the issues I’m having – which is awesome! But my weight IS.

I know what I need to do…why is it so hard for me to stay focused on that?

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It seems lately that I have been on the “short end” of the grace stick. This happens sometimes, but this month it seems that the day I needed the most grace I didn’t get it. Isn’t that how it always happens though? It’s as if people expect you to never need the grace.

Grace is contagious, so is lack of grace. When I didn’t receive the grace I so desperately needed I found that the next day I was not even willing to extend any kind of grace. I thought to myself “Why give grace when no one will give it back to me when I NEED it?” I felt like I was being taken for granted.

But then it occurred to me, maybe the people who didn’t show grace towards me had been on the short end of the stick themselves. Not by me, but probably from someone else very close to them. Yes, it hurts when they didn’t show me grace. But the only way I know how to react is to show them grace back. I need to try and understand that their actions are only a reaction to the way they have been treated.

If someone doesn’t show you grace, then it is likely that someone has recently treated them the same way. Just remember back to the day where you weren’t treated with the grace you needed and then turned around and took it out on someone you love. We all have our moments. Life is too short, let’s show each other some GRACE!

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