Another One of Those Moments

Welcome!

I know I've talked about those serendipity moments before, but I just seem to keep having them and I feel so blessed. They make me smile and feel like God is close.

This morning I thought that today was the day to take that first step...again. Like they say, "Everyday is a new day to begin again." I wasn't liking my diet routine. This may sound funny, but it was making food feel like it was too much up in my face. It was all I thought about when it was the last thing I wanted to think about. I don't want to think about food that much. I don't want track it. I don't want to weigh it. I just want to eat healthy, lose the weight I need to lose and be done with it. I know how to lose weight. I want to do my plan, not someone else's.

So, I'm on a new journey. It's almost a new month. This one's goals are over. Time to start new ones. I love this month by month goals instead those new year's resolutions, like I talked about the first of the year. This is so much better!

February's goals:
1. Continue to lose weight
2. Continue to exercise
3. Continue to study
4. Send a card to friend

My serendipity moment this morning was getting a quote in an email by Henry Ford.

     Failure is simply the opportunity to begin again, this time more intelligently."

Although I really don't feel like a failure, since I lost 5 pounds, it was more about the starting again part that made me smile. And doing it more intelligently. :)

I loved this spot by a lake we camped near a couple of years ago. Such a great place to sit and commune with God.

Gratitude:
1. Lakes to camp near
2. New beginnings
3. Sun on a crisp winter morning

Blessings,
Deborah

Ephesians 3:16
I pray out of His glorious riches He may strengthen you with power through His Spirit in your inner being.

One Step at a Time

Good morning!

I made it through yesterday and today looks a little brighter.

I began 2020 with some old left-over goals and made some new ones. I like the new idea of making goals for one month at a time instead of for the whole year. Very few of us achieve the goals we make for the whole year and this just seems a better way. I don't like feeling like a failure. None of us need those extra burdens. Life throws enough of them at us; we don't need to pile more on ourselves.

One old goal I carried through to 2020 is to take off the rest of the weight I wanted to lose last year. I managed to take off 25lbs., put 10lbs. back on and now, since the 1st, I've taken 5 of those back off. Yay, me! I want to lose a total of 20lbs. this year. When I reach that goal I will see if I need to lose more. I'm sticking with Weight Watchers, as that diet works for me. I am riding my exercise bicycle 3x a day for 30 minutes each time. I love to read a good novel while I'm pedaling and that seems to make the time fly. I got discouraged yesterday, thinking I was working so hard and the weight wasn't coming off as fast I'd like it to. That was part of the funk yesterday, too. Then this morning as I was reading Psalm 18 and then my devotional, "Jesus Calling," both gave me the same message. It says in

 Psalm 18:33 He makes my feet like hinds' feet, And sets me upon my high places.

Then in "Jesus Calling," today I read in

Habkkuk 3:19 The Lord is my strength, And He has made my feet like hinds' feet, And makes me walk on my high places. 

Don't you love those serendipitous moments when you get gobsmacked with an answer?!! In "Jesus Calling," I also read we have to walk the path with Him and not try to run to the high places alone. I'm not going to wake up tomorrow 20lbs lighter. I have to take each step each day to get there. I have to do the work, slog through the deep water, climb step by step up my mountain of weight loss with Him cheering me on! And He is.

I can do this!
I'm also doing a 45 day sugar fast. I'm sailing through this one. I've got this!

Blessing, Deborah

Psalm 18:36
You enlarge my steps under me,
And my feet have not slipped.

Must Be Cabin Fever?

Welcome and blessings!

It's only been two days since I was out and about, so the fact that I feel like I have cabin fever makes no sense to me. Here is my backyard today and my driveway.

Even though I've lived here for 13 years, I still don't like driving in this stuff and stay home when it looks like this. Yes, retirement is nice. I'm usually so excited when it snows and can't figure out what this funk is all about. I do have a sick friend I wanted to visit and finally exchange Christmas presents with, so that is part of it, but I can't figure out the rest. Oh well, this to shall pass. It won't last forever. Eventually it will melt. 

I'm working on a winter scarf for my oldest son in his favorite color. Whenever I make something for someone I always pray for them while I create the item. Makes me feel close to them. My son lives about 6 hours away. We don't get to see each other very often. I miss him dearly. 

I hope you have a very blessed day,
Deborah

Numbers 6:24-26
The Lord bless and keep you;
the Lord make His face shine on you
and be gracious to you;
the Lord turn His face toward you
and give you peace.

Time flies...

Happy New Year 2020!

Wow! 2020 and over a year since I've been here.
Weren't we just freaking out that it was Y2K and panicking that our computers might not work on January 1, 2000?
That couldn't be 20 years ago? Really?

To catch you up with my life, I've started writing a book (Wow, again) joined a local church and found my deep spirituality again.

Not quite sure what my plans are for this blog. Still pondering that one. Lots of thoughts on the subject, just can't quite pin it down yet. But I do have a love for writing and sharing with you.

My favorite quote I recently read somewhere and I'm sorry that I don't know who said it is:

                     "I'm about to walk into the greatest year of my life!"

That's my plan.
May it be the same for you, too.

Blessings,
Deborah

He who began a good work in me will be faithful to complete it.
Philippians 1:6