Have you ever been SO frustrated after 2 “Good” weeks....
or 4.... when the scale still would not go downward.
But if you had just a few “bad” days, it seems to soar?
If so, you'll enjoy where God's Bicycle parable
is heading.... hang in a few more dieting days!
Click HERE to view PART 1 of the BICYCLE DIETING PARABLE
Click HERE to view PART 2 of the PARABLE (where it's going)
Click HERE to view PART 3 (slacking off because you see no bad results)
May this BICYCLE PARABLE as it develops
bring you MUCH JOY in dieting or fighting ANY temptation..
THE SETUP from the May 22nd blog:
1. Your mom loves you dearly and knows that having a bicycle would give you great joy.
And seeing YOU have joy gives HER joy.
2. So Mom makes an offer that you agree to.... You'll do 10 things for 6 months.
PART 4 -- QUESTIONING......
Suppose after a few
weeks of trying to do the
10 things Mom says to do to earn your
bicycle,
you start looking around at all your other friends.
They
might not have a nice bicycle like you're trying to earn,---
but they
have all sorts of other great things.
Video games, skateboards, cell
phones,
designer clothes, …. and your Mom didn't get you
THOSE
either. Those 'blessings' just 'came' to your friends...
THEY didn't have to do any work like YOU do.
THEY didn't have to wait 6 months of hard work first....
The comparison is
really bugging you. What do you do?
My suggestion may surprise you:
ASK MOM.
You already know Mom loves you.
You know she likes to talk with you .... as long as
you're being respectful. If you start blaming her for not
giving you what your friends have, that conversation
will NOT lead to pleasant results for you.
But a respect-filled, honest question? Mom might
say "you'll understand more later."
OR she might answer. What can it hurt to just ask?
you're being respectful. If you start blaming her for not
giving you what your friends have, that conversation
will NOT lead to pleasant results for you.
But a respect-filled, honest question? Mom might
say "you'll understand more later."
OR she might answer. What can it hurt to just ask?
As dieters... or fighting ANY thing,
including illnesses, financial stuff, loss of friends, frustrating jobs.......
It is a JOY to reach a point of honestly just asking our loving God for answers....
respectfully, of course. While asking for help.
It's a logical question: Why do some dieters struggle while others easily shed pounds as soon as they start cutting back to the same number of calories? (Why do some people seem so blessed by God when others seem to struggle for each "bicycle" in their lives?)
respectfully, of course. While asking for help.
It's a logical question: Why do some dieters struggle while others easily shed pounds as soon as they start cutting back to the same number of calories? (Why do some people seem so blessed by God when others seem to struggle for each "bicycle" in their lives?)
.... We have 2 choices:
1. Trust that Mom's method of teaching me to work for the bicycle is for my good.
Philippians 4:13... Practice in prayers that You'll help me IF I ask.
2. Get angry that Mom seems unfairly hard.
Between the two, which attitude honors our God Who knows far more than even the best of Moms?
God's supporting, encouraging Words: Hebrews 10
35-36 Therefore do not cast away your confidence, which has great reward. For you have need of endurance, so that after you have done the will of God, you may receive the promise:
38 Now the just shall live by faith; But if [anyone] draws back, My soul has no pleasure in him."
38 Now the just shall live by faith; But if [anyone] draws back, My soul has no pleasure in him."
God cares more about me than my
weight... or my "bicycles" in life.
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