Posted by Wilber Jeffcoat/Thoughts on Pastor Clay's message and our experience with the RVL Weight Management System-call us for details.
We had a very interesting message this morning, Clay was right on the money with the fact that obesity is epidemic. The last figures that I saw placed 34% of the US population with a BMI ( body mass index) of 30+ (that means obese) and 77% with a BMI ranging from 25 to 30 - so overweight to obese. Did you also know that a "Child" that is overweight at age 11 had a 51%+ chance of being Morbidly obese as an adult?? If you want to see what morbidly obese looks like ~ watch the biggest loser when the men first start and take off the shirts-sad to say the "VERY" least. When Margaret and I started our weight management program my BMI was at 30 and a year ago it was way over 30. Now mine is 24.8 and going down.(24.9 is the top of the normal range), Margaret is not talking, that is OK-she is on the program and losing weight and feeling great everyday and satisfied. I also see that she has taken her eyes off of the Food, Margaret is growing in the Lord and I know that he is helping her step by step.
We learned this morning that John 4: 31~34 tells us that we can have our physical needs satisfied with spiritual food. When we are doing or working to achieve our God given purpose he spiritually satisfies our physical needs and that means food too. To me it always boils down to one thing and that is taking our eyes off of us and keeping them on the Lord. He will satisfy all our needs and desires-we just have to let go and let the Lord. As Clay said we have all been involved in some event or activity and simply forgotten to eat-we sure didn't die or go mad-we made it through- we were working on the purpose God intended for us to be doing at that time and maybe for our lives.
This has been an issue in my life as well, forever. Momma and Daddy were both children of the Great Depression and with many siblings at the dinner table they always had to fend for themselves come meal time. They never went hungry, they raised most of the food that went on the table, so when it came time to raise their own families they made sure we had what they did not and lots and lots of it. You would not dare leave the table at breakfast, lunch or dinner with out cleaning your plate (there were children starving in China-never could figure out why my over eating would help some child in the far east). God help you if you took seconds and did not eat it all-that was a sin above all others and you really did not want to go there. Over the years the added calories started to add up and before you know it the familiar spare tire started to form, eating more than you burn up started to add up in my adult life as well. The yrs I spent in the Air Force did tend to thin me out as it were, they usually don't want fat people on air crews and working as a flight engineer on a rescue helicopter made that go double. But the last forty years of wedding photography every weekend and all those ham biscuits(my weakness Clay) at the reception have added up. Funny how you never see one bite at a time coming until you wake up one morning and look at a "FATTY" in the bath room mirror.
The last nine weeks (yes I said 9) have been wonderful for the waist line and the life line. Clay made a statement this morning that I have heard 3 or 4 time prior this year-"We all have a Story to Share" ! What is "My Story, what does it mean to his will in my life." The other point that I heard made was that I (we) have no right to deny others our story-Think about it this way-if we don't take care of the body that the Good Lord gave us we may not be around to share that story with others. As Clay was talking about the Uncle that died 10yrs ago and then his grandson that died in a car accident this past yr, was Grand Daddy meant to be here to talk or mentor the grandson, might he still be alive today had Grand Daddy taken care to keep living-Well God knows and we all will some day. The point is that we have all sorts of ways that we can take care of ourselves with proper nutrition, exercise, proper rest, loving others and our selves, Loving our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, or we can take our own lives (God Forbid) and that can be fast or slow-over eating can be just as deadly as any other form of suicide it just takes longer and is usually far more painful - emotionally, spiritually and physically.
Clay challenged us to ask God to show us the finish line in our lives, there is no clock with our name on it, it's not a matter of your time is up. I want to live life as fully as I can, having lived so that when I leave this place for Heaven that I will still be young inside, that I will have fulfilled God's purpose here. Join us this Thursday as we fast for at least 2 meals-we give up that to show our love for our Lord and Savior.
Remember Please that
A. We all have a Spiritual Gift
B .We all have resources to share-time, possessions, knowledge, finances, etc.
C. A Story to Share
John 4: 34 This is a spiritual issue not a food issue/ God has a reason for us to be here!
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