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What Can I Do?
I had a doctor appt in December.
He told me the inevitable.
Many of us have been there, maybe right in the middle of it right now.
He said there are 3 numbers I have to lower.
My weight, cholesterol, and BP
None of this is too serious right now, but I’m 58 and over time related issues will get serious.
Wouldn’t it be nice if there was a pill.
But there is, or are.
And, maybe necessary.
Taking pills for body chemistry doesn’t really excite me.
When I was younger, and not too much younger, I was able to control all this w/ a disciplined approach to diet and exercise.
So, the obvious question is, “What happened?”
If I had the numbers down before why are they up?
Simple.
I hate exercise and I love bacon cheese burgers.
So, I quit exercising and kept eating!
What now?
I need a do-over before it’s too late.
I’ve got a family history that I need to be honest about.
I’ve got family members who use BP meds.
And, some have been in the news lately for some bad side-effects.
And, I’ve got family members who have trouble w/ statens.
So, what can I do?
One option is to do nothing.
Hope those numbers down on their own.
That will probably just make my BP go higher as I stress over what’s not happening.
Or, pray and do nothing.
Expect God to do it all for me.
But, that’s not how God normally does things.
Suck it up sister and get to the gym.
Maybe I just need to suck it up sister and go to the gym.
Putting on my big boy pants and work out has a whole different meaning.
I’d never been bigger.
I have no legitimate excuse not to.
I’m just speaking for myself here.
I know some of you can relate to what I’m saying.
But, I also know some of you this just doesn’t work for you and you need another approach; maybe the meds.
And, still others, maybe, this just isn’t an issue.
The point is, sometimes we find ourselves in situations where we need to do something and we can do something but it’s just hard.
It’s stressful.
To live in denial and passivity is stressful b/c we know we’re not addressing the issues.
We’re just avoiding them and they aren’t going away.
Eventually, the inevitable will eventually happen.
But, it’s also stressful to do what we can when it’s hard.
And, we may not know if we really can do anything about it until we try.
So, we have to start w/out knowing.
There are very few things more stressful than needing to do something that we just can’t do.
But, I can do this.
I can do something.
Compounding it all is I know God could resolve my issues w/ a word from heaven, snap his fingers, wiggle his nose, whatever.
And, He hasn’t.
So, I have to do something.
Does that mean God is uninvolved?
No.
It means He’s involved w/ me in the process of doing what I can b/c He gave me the ability to do it.
He expects me to use what He gave me and He’s not going to do it for me.
He gave us that ability, too.
Like any good parent.
God has given me everything I need t/b self-disciplined He just didn’t make me self-disciplined.
I need help.
Change clothes and head to the gym every evening.
But, do you know how cold that room is this winter?
And, they don’t have the satellite working over the winter.
I am intelligent enough to come up w/ 100 reasons why I don’t need to work out today.
But, I’m a mental midget when I get there and my mind scrams quit after 5 minutes.
I need help only eating what I’m supposed to eat.
Do you know how many cookies and donuts there are in the fridge right now?
Every afternoon when my stomach starts to growl; Help!
Suck it up sister!
We’re in a series called “Do-Over”
We need do-overs b/c we didn’t do it right the first time.
We could have, but we didn’t
I did for a while, but I quit.
For whatever reason, rebellion, short-cuts, denial...
This time, I need to do it right.
And, it’s hard.
It only gets harder so waiting isn’t an option.
When you get a do-over what are you going to do w/ it?
This morning we’re in where Israel is in the middle of their do-over and they are in the process of rebuilding the wall.
What Nehemiah and Israel practiced here is something we need to get for hard things that God has told us to do that He won’t do for us.
To do it right this time, we need help from God to use what He gave us to do what He told us.
In this chapter Isreal faced opposition and some of it was fierce and terrifying.
But they had to keep working to finish wall in spite of the threats.
How did they do it?
Heart
Threat: Ridicule
We met these critics last week.
Same ones.
These voices from outside were saying:
You’re feeble.
You can’t do this.
Why do you even try?
You’re weak.
You don’t know what you’re doing.
“Finish in day.”
He means you never considered what a big job this is and how long it’s going to take.
Quit now.
“Offer sacrifices” meaning “you will never finish” b/c the sacrifices will be offered when it’s done.
Even if you start and try you’ll fail in the end.
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