Bow-flexin it

God has been SO good to us lately. We are very pleased about the good deal we got on a Bowflex Home Gym. Mike started a diet 2 weeks ago and has last lost 17 lbs already! I am SO proud of him for the determination in his spirit and the discipline that ONLY God has given him. He is walking a couple miles about 4-5 days a week and eating lots of salads and fruit. No, I haven't converted him into a "vegyman" yet, but he is making great strides! Since he knew he needed to tone while he lost weight, yet he didn't feel comfortable going to a co-ed gym, we decided to bring the gym to our house. It has only been used for a month, and we got it for $300 less than retail price. It's made very well, as compared to some others we looked at, and it does like 60 different excercises...WOOHOO! The only negative is that the only place we could put is in the middle of our den. This was a big act of SUBMISSION on my part, that I am sure the Lord is taking notice of *SMILE* Fortunately, we do have another sitting area in our living room. It will have to do for now, until the Lord blesses us with another house with a BASEMENT (our dream). Lord knows I will be willing to do anything I can to help my hubby reach his goal (knowing that reaching his goal will have MANY benefits for ME TOO)!

Well, today is the day that my mom is tying the knot. I would love to be there in her support... if it was a biblical marriage. My dad is still living and still loves her. But she chose to go her own way several years ago, and has experienced great heartache over the years because of her decision. Although the man she is marrying is super-nice and I know will treat her well, she is still one-flesh with my dad. Upon confiding with my husband (and other trusted church leaders) we decided that it would not be right to attend a marriage that was not honored in the sight of God. I did have the opportunity to give her all the scriptures concerning divorce and remarriage, but her mind was already made up. Satan is so tricky to blind our eyes to the plain truth of God's words, when it is not what "WE" want. This has been an EXTREMELY HARD decision, I guess because it's my mom, and we have always been so close. Being the only member of my family in the church, I am sure my family thinks that my husband and I are weird-os. But I do not regret standing for God and his word, for that is all that will matter in eternity. The Bible says "he that loveth father or mother more than me, is not worthy of me". As grim as things may look in the natural, I am still believing God will give her another chance before she dies. I thank God for the abundance of strength he has given me through this trial and for my husband that has been my ROCK. As the song says "God is faithful, he's faithful to me".