Long time no blog: and a story.

Well, I fell into the trap of business again and let the blog suffer. Please know, it was not intentional. In fact there have been nights where it's bothered me so bad, that I couldn't sleep. I know, that sounds way overdramatic but hear me out. It's not so much the blog aspect of things, it's the "I started something and didn't finish" that is driving me insane! I am, however, pausing a little bit of the focus of true beauty I was on. I will be open and vulnerable with you, I have had some stuff going on lately, and don't know how effective my writing will be. I do want to share something with you, and get some feedback:

What's something you do to glorify God that isn't traditional? I have been dieting and working out for months, and I had to get to a place of This is for God before I started seeing results. Now, I wish I could say that I stuck to that motto the whole time, but even I get distracted by the opposite sex and do things for the wrong motives. Recently, on top of other things, that hit me like a ton of bricks. I gave it back to God, and I am slowly but surely seeing results again. I want to eat healthy for myself yes, but more importantly I want to be healthy for God. My body is a temple, and an instrument used by God. I want to be fit and strong for the same reasons. My heart is in third-world countries right now, and I want my body to be fit as possible to better serve. Since I am so passionate about this, and have grown closer to God in it, I am also attacked for it. Days I don't work out, the devil often torments my mind, and of course, I tell him where to get off. I often struggle with guilt for eating, but something I have realized lately, is God created food! He even created it before the fall, it was intended to be good and not sinful. Even looking in the Bible, people entertained with food! He created it, and it is good! Cheat sometimes, it's ok.Don't let satan have authority over what you eat. Let me tell you, we are humans, and I shamelessly ate a lot of ice cream last night. (Carb smart, of course ;p) lol but in all reality, nutrition facts should have nothing to do with it. It's your attitude about it. I can eat all the healthy food I want, and if I'm still putting that food before Christ, it's a sin. I still struggle with it sometimes, I'm a girl and sometimes there's not enough chocolate for the day! I have made the personal choice to eat a restricted diet, but that doesn't mean it has to be that way for everyone. It's what's best for me, and some of my health problems. I try to eat healthy though for God, and myself. It doesn't matter what everyone else thinks. As far as exercising goes, I love it. I have to watch myself with that too, I ended up hurting my back a while back. All things are good in moderation. While exercising is great for my body, and another way I glorify God, I have to be careful with it. If I hurt myself and don't give myself a break, I'm not benefiting that temple at all. I am still an avid fan of "no pain, no gain" though. Discipline, and hard work is good for the body, soul, and mind.
So to answer the question I started out with: I plank to glorify God. I often pray through it, or do it when I feel I need to get over something. The other night I felt I needed to keep going, and I made it 16 minutes, and 10 seconds. That was not me at all, and when I finished I laid in the floor about to cry of joy and thanked Jesus. It's something that God, and I like to do together. =)

That's all for now folks, see you again soon!