I want to loose weight. It’s an odd thing for me because so much of my life I have been under-weight. Health and fitness has rarely been a concern for me over the years but now that I am getting older and heavier I want to make sure that I don’t miss a thing. I know what to do. Eat healthy, exercise and make wise choices, however a lifetime of eating and drinking whatever I want makes the change difficult. Living with God can be very similar. The hard truth is, we hold ourselves back. God is always there with arms stretched out waiting to love and accept us. However, for so many a life time living “out of bounds” can make it intimidating or difficult to switch paths. He has so much love for you and accepts all, but he has given you free will and is waiting for you to CHOOSE him. He has sent his son Jesus with wonderful teachings and they all boil down to two things. 1) Love God with all you mind, body and soul. 2) Love everyone like you love yourself. Two simple rules but they can be rather daunting to follow after a life rife with sin. Think baby steps, God understands. God led Moses 40 years through the desert to get the Jews to the promise land on a journey that would take mere weeks if done in a direct route. The reason, God wanted his people to change their mindset and ways so that when they got to the promise land they would be ready for it. Think baby steps, first pray and tell God how you feel and where you want to go. Then find a church to attend so that you can have a community that can stand with and behind you to help you on your journey to a new life with God. It may not be easy in your mind but what God asks for is easy to do. It all begins with that first step. No one can make it for you. The only one that is holding you back is you. We so often tell ourselves that things are impossible, but ALL things are possible with God. The question is, are you ready for God’s love that fills the heart like no other, or are you too in love with you?
Mark 5:21-43
21And when Jesus had crossed again in the boat to the other side, a great crowd gathered about him; and he was beside the sea. 22Then came one of the rulers of the synagogue, Ja'irus by name; and seeing him, he fell at his feet, 23and besought him, saying, "My little daughter is at the point of death. Come and lay your hands on her, so that she may be made well, and live." 24And he went with him. And a great crowd followed him and thronged about him. 25And there was a woman who had had a flow of blood for twelve years, 26and who had suffered much under many physicians, and had spent all that she had, and was no better but rather grew worse. 27She had heard the reports about Jesus, and came up behind him in the crowd and touched his garment. 28For she said, "If I touch even his garments, I shall be made well." 29And immediately the hemorrhage ceased; and she felt in her body that she was healed of her disease. 30And Jesus, perceiving in himself that power had gone forth from him, immediately turned about in the crowd, and said, "Who touched my garments?" 31And his disciples said to him, "You see the crowd pressing around you, and yet you say, `Who touched me?'" 32And he looked around to see who had done it. 33But the woman, knowing what had been done to her, came in fear and trembling and fell down before him, and told him the whole truth. 34And he said to her, "Daughter, your faith has made you well; go in peace, and be healed of your disease." 35While he was still speaking, there came from the ruler's house some who said, "Your daughter is dead. Why trouble the Teacher any further?" 36But ignoring what they said, Jesus said to the ruler of the synagogue, "Do not fear, only believe." 37And he allowed no one to follow him except Peter and James and John the brother of James. 38When they came to the house of the ruler of the synagogue, he saw a tumult, and people weeping and wailing loudly. 39And when he had entered, he said to them, "Why do you make a tumult and weep? The child is not dead but sleeping." 40And they laughed at him. But he put them all outside, and took the child's father and mother and those who were with him, and went in where the child was. 41Taking her by the hand he said to her, "Tal'itha cu'mi"; which means, "Little girl, I say to you, arise." 42And immediately the girl got up and walked (she was twelve years of age), and they were immediately overcome with amazement. 43And he strictly charged them that no one should know this, and told them to give her something to eat.
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