A little less talk, a little more action

Perhaps with healthy eating comes clarity. 

I'm on day four of my health reboot, and I see more distinctly.  I can see the bigger picture now.  As opposed to seeing my hardships which then I turned around, and fed with junk food.  It was a vicious cycle. 

I have had a sour approach to my life since I moved, and let me preempt this upcoming message by saying I naturally have a "glass half empty" mentality.  It's a daily struggle.  Doesn't mean it won't flare up again at some point.  Forgive me, but I am human. 

That is a beautiful segue to the epiphany that God handed me today.  We are all human.  We sin.  Jesus was the only human that ever accomplished a sin free life, even he was tempted.  He is what we are all striving to be.  It's all we can do to be Christ-like.  Try.  I have many non-Christian friends, and I struggle with thoughts of being a terrible example of what a Christian should be.  But aren't we all terrible examples?  Much like my addiction to junk food in constant battle with my desire to be healthy, our human nature is fighting to break free.  As Christians, it is all we can do to not let our human instincts flare up.  We surround ourselves with other believers.  We feed ourselves with the word of the only perfect one.  We try. 

So, all I can say to my non-Christian friends is....LOOK AWAY!  LOOK AWAY!

(Yes, I quoted Bridesmaids.  Like I said...human.)

This message stemmed from the sermon I've been listening to on the Sermon on the Mount.  I am going to add the link so maybe you can listen too on your next road trip or grocery store visit.  He speaks this idea much more eloquently than I ever could.

As Jane Austen once said...."I cannot speak well enough to be unintelligible." 

http://realityla.com/category/teachings/  (Start with The New Society: Living the Dream.)

There is so much more in his message than this but this was on my heart today, so I just had to share with the dear void.

"So, Goodnight, dear void."

Oh wait, one more thing.....my second week in LA I went to hear a guy play at Hotel Cafe in Hollywood.  You know that moment you hear a song or an artist and you stop and recognize, "My life is never going to be the same."?  It happened that night.  In the middle of Hotel Cafe in downtown Hollywood people were praising Jesus, and we ended the night with singing the hymn "I'll Fly Away."

................................................................................That was me. speechless.

I will leave you with this song that pretty much sums up the theme of this post.