Aging Encouragement Dieting - by DianaDee Osborne

APRIL 14                                                                    SUBSCRIBE  
I'm not thrilled about getting older.
In the "old days" I could eat anything I want and my weight would never
vary by more than 3 or 4 pounds.... and then would quickly drop.

I'm less thrilled about the alternative to getting older....
I'd like to serve God longer writing music, writing blogs like this,
playing with children and visiting family and teaching guitar....

So I will continue to plod away each morning renewing my effort to
"eat healthy" and "exercise".... and Reading God's Many Promises of hope
for those of us who are already getting gray.... and for those who are 
already bald and who will never gray thanks to boxes of hair color!.... and all:)

Promises from God like in Isaiah 46:10          CLICK HERE FOR LINK

"I will be your God throughout your lifetime—
until your hair is white with age.
I made you, and I will care for you.
I will carry you along and save you."

PRAYER

LORD GOD, it's so intriguing that PSALM 46, the pattern that
goes with ISAIAH 46, also is about TRUSTING you, resting
with peace in your promises!                                           Psalm 46:10
                                                                                  WAIT ON GOD.

Sometimes I get frustrated in my diet and other things I fail at.
Please help me. And please help me serve You by helping others...
we each..... and I pray in the Mighty Name of Jesus, our Prince of Peace.

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Yet Again Dieting - by DianaDee Osborne

APRIL 13                                                                     SUBSCRIBE  
This morning I awoke, yet again sleepily got on the scale, and
yet again said to God, 
          I   GIVE   UP !!!       
And of course, yet again apologized to God.

Yet again
I've drifted into wrong thinking:  BECAUSE >>>>>
   What  the  SCALE  says  is  not  that  important:     
God doesn't care about the NUMBER.
He cares about ME.
He cares about me SEEKing to do what is right,
    what is healthy,   what is not selfish....
He cares about me SEEing that ANYTHING
I'm always thinking about more than about Him
is in idol....
not just food.
Yet again
The LORD God encourages my heart:
1.   Keep praying... First Corinthians 10:13      LINK
2.   Keep plodding....  an ACTION must follow ^ > FLEE.
3.   Keep hoping.....    God is Faithful who Promised

4.  Keep ignoring .... all Satan's lies he puts in my head:
           John 8:44, 
Praying
Plodding
Hoping
Ignoring.....   POETRY RHYME words that continue:

James 4:7 ...

5.   Keep GOING:  Run away    from angry hopeless thoughts
          toward God... PRAYING and SAYING:
               God loves ME .  
That's why He sent Jesus.
                   EASTER joy all year... all places...
      Even on that scale.

PRAYER

LORD GOD,  I *feel*  discouraged when Yet again that scale
won't go down after I've "been good" for a few days... or weeks.
Help me to over and over Yet again  TRUST Your love even when my
"diet fails"..... To remember that my Health STILL BENEFITS
with each exercise and good food I put in my life
Yet again .... with YOUR loving help!
I pray in the Mighty Name of Jesus, our Prince of Peace.

Supporting scriptures:

First Corinthians 10:

12 Therefore let him who thinks he stands take heed

             lest he fall.  

13 No temptation has overtaken [come to]   you

          except such as is common to man; 

but God is faithful, 

who will not allow you to be tempted beyond 

what you are able, but with the temptation will also make 

     the way of escape, 

that you may be able to bear it.

14 Therefore, my beloved,   flee from idolatry.
(Including the idol of FOOD.)

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Formula Music Hit Dieting Parable - by DianaDee Osborne

APRIL 12                                                                     SUBSCRIBE  
As a professional musician working with two studios, 
I try to keep up with
new tools for songwriting and recording.
There's a program that will take your song,
analyze it, compare it to FAMOUS songs....
and tell you how popular YOUR song would probably be.
I REFUSE to use this program!
And the reason is related to every part of
our lives... from skills & hobbies & dieting & on:


I make each of my songs UNIQUE.
Why would I  WANT  my song to be very similar 
to another person's?

God made each of US  also quite UNIQUE...
Psalm 139 is just one reminder.
Sure, related to dieting, I do wish I looked more like "popular" women.
But God reminds me that my goal should be Health,
longer life for serving & worshiping Him & drawing others to see How Great He is!
     But most of all:     
     RELATIONSHIP WITH GOD.   
Whatever the number on some scale. Whatever pants size.

And God has not made another person just like me... or you.
Diet is just a small description of our groove.... He wants our Whole heart.
Which He LOVES being  quite  UNIQUE  :)  

PRAYER

LORD GOD,  I *feel*  unimportant as I see so many people better than I am.
More thin. More muscular. More Pretty or Handsome.
More talented. More popular. More.... more...... mor.......
HELP ME, I pray, to remember that You Love ME just as I am:
Not the things I do that poorly reflect You                 2nd Corinthians 3:18
and yet You love ME 
Just as I am.... without one plea..... except that I trust Your Promises.
Your Love.  I  *DO* want to better reflect you in all I do & think.
Including about food and exercise choices.  
Please Help me. I cannot without You.
I pray in the Mighty Name of Jesus, our Prince of Peace.

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True Heart Goal Dieting - by DianaDee Osborne

APRIL 11                                                                     SUBSCRIBE  
God inspired PROVERBS 31:30 > 
"Charm is deceitful & beauty is passing, 
But a woman who fears the LORD, she shall be praised." 

We can say the same for men: 
PHYSICAL looks don't matter at all. HEART does. 
 

First Samuel 16:7, "The LORD said to Samuel, 
'Do not look at his appearance or at his physical stature, 
because I have refused him. 
For the LORD does not see as man sees; 
for man looks at the outward appearance, 
but the LORD looks at the heart.”

So what as for dieting

Yes:  If you're following this blog, you probably wish
you were more thin, more pretty, more handsome, more ___.
BUT GOD says:
Seek to follow HIM. Love HIM more than you or anyone.
Choose to diet NOT to please people or yourself,
          or even just for health:
When we choose to diet because we earnestly want to
REFLECT  OUR  LORD ... 2nd Corinthians 3:18    LINK
and show others how great GOD is, not us:
It's SO much easier to diet... and to pick ourselves up
(with God's help we prayed for) after we have failed.

PRAYER

LORD GOD,  I *feel*  frustrated because I fail so much.
Help me remember my true goal in dieting or ANYTHING I do should be
this one thing: to give YOU pleasure. No: TWO things >>>
To show to OTHERS what a great God   You are, 
that  they might be led to give YOU pleasure.

I LOVE You Lord. Thank You for loving me, no matter what I look like.
I pray in the Mighty Name of Jesus, our Prince of Peace.

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©2015 (by DianaDee Osborne (all material),  all rights reserved.  
FREE personal usage; see website.
** But feel free to print with copyright info, & share for nonprofit usage!
Contact via:  https://www.facebook.com/dianadee.osborne
With thanks to BlueLetterBible.org  for providing God's Word in easy-to-research format.  Additional encouraging resources at 
http://DianaDeeSongStories.blogspot.com