Getting my mind in the game, sort of speak

Dear Lord,

Help me to lose weight and when I do, help me to realize that this is a journey.  I have to keep up with what I have learned.  Help me to not only love, but to respect myself.  I have done enough negative self-talk and it has hindered my weight loss.  I wonder if I were to learn to love myself then I could lose the weight and keep it off by living a healthy lifestyle.  I didn't fully understand the concept of a healthy lifestyle until now.  There is so much that I have to learn and that is not easy.  Help me to do the things that I believe are not easy. Thankfully with You, all things are possible and that nothing is too hard for You.  I believe that I need to learn to love and respect myself and with You even that is possible.  Help me to see myself as a beautiful person, inside and out.  After all, Your Word says that I am fearfully and wonderfully made.

Thank You, Lord

In Jesus' name,


Amen

Longing

Dear Heavenly Father,

I definitely look forward to Jesus' return.  I long for His return.  I am here to say that I thank Him for saving me and for His grace and mercy.  Both grace and mercy endure forever.  I am not sure what You have in store for me, but I know that You have plans that are greater that I cannot imagine.  I know that they are greater than I what I can dream up.  Thank You that I have a purpose for living here.  Thank You for saving me.

In Jesus' name,

Amen

Thank You, Jesus

Dear Jesus,

Thank You for saving me.  I ask that I will be transformed due to the renewal of my mind.  What is it that I need to repent of?  Cleanse me from secret sins and secret faults.  Set a watch over my mouth and my mind. Help me to guide my heart with all diligence. I know that out of it flow the issues of life.  Help me to understand what that means.  There are a lot of things that I don't understand.  I hope to do so one day. Show me how to apply Your word to my daily life so that I may not sin.  I know that I have sin in me and that I will sin but I won't take ungodly advantage of Your grace.  However, I feel like I have done so, and for that, I am sorry and I ask for Your forgiveness.  Thank You for all that You have done for me.  Thank You for guiding me with Your Eye.  I praise You, Lord.  Thank You, Jesus.

In Your name,

Amen

Getting caught up in the Lord

Dear Heavenly Father,

Help me to live a life that is pleasing to You.  I feel like I haven't lived up to my potential.  Actually I haven't lived up to Your potential.  I feel like I have failed not only myself, but You.  I have no idea how to live for You in these days.  If You were to come back, and I was raptured up to Heaven, I wouldn't know what to say.  I will be judged of course but I have my doubts of receiving a reward.  What kind of reward would I receive?  I guess because I have been caught up in the things of the world and have been obsessed with what to watch on television.  Help me to overcome this obsession for it is bothersome.  I feel like at times that I am fighting a losing battle.  Anxiety due of obsessive thoughts are not a good feeling to have.  I ask that in those times that You would give me peace of mind.  I certainly need it in those days.  I long for Your return and I still do.  Give me the patience to wait.  Thank You, Lord, for Your answers.

In Jesus' name,

Amen

Feeding an obsession

Dear Heavenly Father,

Help me.  Help me to not feed my obsessive thoughts.  I realize that I have to learn to accept my thoughts as just that: thoughts.  It took me long enough.  I have done the inevitable: I decided that these thoughts are just thoughts and that they don't control me.  I won't let them control me.  I have spent too much time on things that are irrelevant.  Give me rest and peace of mind, Lord, that I may resist the temptation to allow those thoughts to overpower me.  Give me wisdom that I may know how to handle the fear that I have now.  It is about a fictional character who I believe may be more adulterous that I thought but I haven't watched the show.  I have an obsession with TV and adultery.  Your Word says that I will set no wicked thing before my eyes and that may qualify as setting no wicked thing before my eyes.  Help me to guard my heart with all diligence and my eyes as well.  Give me the strength to overcome this so that I won't feed the obsession.

Thankfully,


Letters to God

Stories to relate to

Dear Heavenly Father,

I can relate to the stories of the people of the show "My 600-lb. Life".  Granted, I don't weigh over 500 pounds, but I do have struggles with my weight.  One of the things that scare me is that I will never get healthy.  I don't want to take my health for granted.  I feel horrible for those who are in need.  They are "trapped" in their own bodies and that is so sad.  I am not trapped nor do I feel trapped but sometimes it is as if my body is failing.  I know some of it is aging but some of it is other things.  It is stressing me out.  Help me to deal with the stress that comes with having a multitude of conditions not to mention worry and anxiety. What does Your Word say about the situation I am in?  I ask for wisdom, guidance, and healing.  I thank You for healing me and giving me guidance and wisdom.


Sincerely,


Letters to God

Being realistic

Lord,

I just read through a blog entry about women being comfortable in their own skin.  The truth is, I do want to lose weight.  But I don't know what You think about it.  I cannot do this on my own.  I need someone to hold me accountable but I wonder if they were to have the same goal in mind as I do.  Where would I go to find a person?

I am motivated but I am overwhelmed at the same time.  Losing weight I have discovered is not a puzzle.  It isn't about trying to fit pieces together.  It is about something else.  It is about wanting to be whole, whatever that means.  I am not content right now.  I am not happy or healthy.  I don't like the way I look.  I feel guilty about gaining all more than 100 pounds over the years.

But I also wonder why?  Why do I feel guilty?  Life was never problem-free for me.  I was either bullied, teased, gossiped about, disliked, or feeling down regardless of my size.  I would however, like to feel better about myself.  What scares me most is the world around me.  Would they see me any differently than they do now?  How would they see me?  How will I be?  If I were to weigh what I did 20-25 years ago, would I still be happy?

Am I happier now?  I can truly relate to this blog.  I do want to lose weight but I want to do this for me.  I have an appointment this week and I am concerned that I won't have anything to show for it, which I don't.  The truth of the matter is, I have not produced any results that I am proud of.  My diet isn't healthy and I don't exercise enough, apparently.  I have gotten lazier and more clueless over the years.  That may not be the case, but that is how I am feeling at the moment.

I don't know what I am doing.  I am asking for guidance.  I am too stressed out about my health and that is making my health worse I think.  Things are not improving because I am not improving.  I am just not trying.  My thinking is all wrong and it is time that I open my eyes, which is what I ask for You to do.  Lord, open my eyes that I will able to see for I lack wisdom and I am blind.

Help me to set a realistic goal for myself and I trust You.  I leave everything in Your hand.

In Jesus' name,


Amen