Day 23 -
Skipped again. I don’t know if I’ve fully decided to quit and just admit defeat. Or if I can say to myself, Molly, you can do this. Just try again.
But I can tell you that I’m reading a new e-book called Hope for the Weary Mom: Where God Meets you in your Mess. The scripture I just read was much needed.
But he said to me, ‘My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.’ Therefore I will boast all the more gladly of my weaknesses, so that the power of Christ may rest upon me. For the sake of Christ, then, I am content with weaknesses, insults, hardships, persecutions and calamities. For when I am weak, then I am strong.
2 Corinthians 12:9-10
Isn’t that perfect for my situation? This is surely a weakness. Feeling like I’m a failure after trying so hard to do this 30-day challenge. But maybe if I boast my weakness, God will show me the power to get through it.
What if this is a God thing? What if my decision to quit is just showing me a weakness. Is He letting me know that I can create power out of this weakness? I would feel better knowing that He is challenging me to finish.
p.s. the book is currently available for free download on Amazon.
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i skipped a few days on the Shred. it’s not the end of the world. your body needs a break. i think if you do it 4 days a week you’re doing well. this coming from someone who’s not working out AT ALL. so you’re already way ahead of me!
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I downloaded this book last December and I am at a time where I NEED to re-read it. I think it’s a God thing that I read this post today and am realizing my own weakness in life and how I need to just give it all to Him. Thanks Molly!
I think that doing anything, even something you love to do, is a challenge to do every day (Therefore doing something that you don’t really enjoy, or crave is that much more of a challenge!). Life happens, and even the most structured routine has bumps every now and again. It’s easy to get into an “all or nothing” mindset, but life isn’t like that. It comes in a variety of shapes, colors and sizes. Why should this one area be any different? So, maybe your body or your mind needed a break for a few days. There’s nothing saying that if you miss a day than you have to start over. Just pick up where you left off when you feel up to it and go from there. You’ve already done more than you have before, so why stop now?
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Thank you! All that you say is true, Amanda. I appreciate your encouragement.
HIS power is made PERFECT in our weakness… this is a reminder for me on a daily basis as I am weak in SO many areas. His grace is sufficient.
Hang in there… and push through, lady! YOU CAN DO THIS.
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You can start up again any night, do it Molly, do it!
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