O is for opportunity

I had a list of "O" words, but opportunity was the first one I thought of and decided to run with it.  Each day is an opportunity; a chance to begin again, to move forward.  This blog site began as a place to meet for dieting encouragement and it soon morphed into a site where we can discover what God is saying to us.  It is my prayer that the words I write, He can use.  It is my prayer you can see and feel Him moving in your life.

I am afraid of the scale.  Anyone with my on this?  I will walk to the other side of the room just so I don't have to face the scale.  The scale measures my defeat; the scale shouts out my failures; the scale is not my friend.  The scale is an inanimate object, so how could it be a friend?  Many weight watching programs tells us not to become obsessed with a scale, but to only weigh in once a week.

I need to rely more on friends, on my accountability partner for encouragement.  I want to take every opportunity I have to turn to God for the strength and direction I need to make wise choices.  I am discovering that life is a series of choices and opportunities.  In this one area of my life the food choices I make determine success at the scale.  More important than this is the opportunity I take advantage of  to get myself closer to God.  He is the one who schedules our seasons of opportunity.

Scripture encouragement for today is found in Galatians chapter 6.  The entire chapter is worth the read, but the verse I am using to encourage us to find a partner to walk this road with is verse 2.  "Carry each others burdens and in this way you will fulfill the law of Christ."

Grace 'n Grins,
Judy