Unto YOU, O YAHWEH, do we give thanks, unto YOU do we give thanks: for that YOUR NAME is near YOUR wondrous works declare
I do want to give thanks unto YAHWEH
for HIS great love towards me. How can someone who knows me so well love me so
much? That is far greater a mystery to me than the theory of relativity!
My name is Stacey and I am twenty-two years old. I have been seeking to keep my physical body in shape as best I can for five years now. This is a small token compared to the importance of our spiritual walk with YAHWEH but I still believe HE is pleased when we put forth an effort to care for the bodies HE gave us. HE tells us in HIS Word that our bodies are tabernacles for HIM. Would you invite YAHSHUA into a filthy, run down house?
I did not always care for the body HE gave me. As a matter of fact, I used to abuse it. I was a young teen-ager so I didn't care what I put into my body. Whether it was tons of junk food or hours of television. I had an eating disorder that you do not hear of much. I used and abused food to make myself happy if I had a hard day, I ate when I was bored, I ate to celebrate. Anything was a good enough reason for me to eat.
I stopped attending public school when I was fifteen for home schooling. I did not want to be home schooled because I was not saved and I wanted to be with my "friends". Leaving school sent me spiraling down into depression. My weight boomed from an already to heavy 170lbs to 225lbs. I am short, 5'2, so you can imagine how terrible I looked.
Praise YAHWEH that was not HIS will for me! HE saved me shortly after I was 16. Being born again opened my eyes in so many ways. I saw not only my spiritual shape but my physical shape as well. I started to exercise but not really diet. I was still very young so I was able to burn the fat fast.
To make a long story short, I lost all the excess weight within two years. I lost the bulk of it within six months but the last few pounds were stubborn. I have since had a child and had to deal with losing extra weight again. YAHWEH gives me strength to walk, which is my favorite exercise, and to watch what I eat. I have a wonderful and encouraging friend to walk with, Sister Jean. She is my mother, friend and motivator! YAHWEH also has taken the lust for food from me. I am so thankful because I know that is not a battle I can win by myself.
If you find yourself battling the flesh like I have in the past, trust YAHWEH to be your strength and your comfort. HE cares for all of you. Not just your spiritual self but your whole self. HE wants us to prosper in our bodies as well as our souls.(3 Yochanan verse 2)
Moreover, to show forth YOUR power in the sight of all men; YOU have singled me out an hapless wretch and worked a wonder in me. Passing me like gold through the furnace, even through the action of fire; and like silver in the crucible of the smith, to bring me forth; sevenfold pure. From the Dead Sea Scrolls
HALLELUYAH!
Sister Stacey