Happy Monday! Our church wrapped up a sermon series yesterday on the 7 Deadly Sins. They were all powerful messages but our family was anxiously awaiting the one on Gluttony, which our pastor delivered yesterday. I knew it would be powerful because obviously it my biggest struggle, but also it's the one our pastor has struggled with as well. He lost over 70 pounds in the last year and during his sermon shared a very vulnerable journal entry he wrote 10+ years ago. It was a very moving message and very helpful to hear a biblical perspective on Gluttony and our relationship with food. I will link it below if you want to take a listen, this is just the sermon without the singing etc from the morning service. The full service is on their channel as well under the Livestreams.
Hopefully you can join me tonight on the Livestream here in this group at 7pm est. Have a wonderful Monday!!
Cheese is good! I ate a block of chipotle oven baked cheese with lunch yesterday and it was divine. I love it, but know that it halts any progress I'm making, and will even trigger eating in excess to where I'll gain weight. It's sad but I have accepted it. If I eat it in small quantities with a meal, it's ok, but I really have to work to keep it in check.
What's your favorite cheese? How do you incorporate it? Do you see negative results when eating it?
Happy Sunday! Sharing a video today from our week, one of the highlights. This was Wednesday evening church, normally they have a more casual prayer meeting where someone plays the guitar, but they were doing some construction in the fellowship hall so they had their prayer meeting in the sanctuary. No one was there to play the piano so my my Grandma did it, she's been playing the piano in church for probably 80 years.
For context, she's 88, she had a really bad fall 5 years ago now and hit her head and ended up with a lot setbacks, similar to having a stroke. She has a lot of dementia like symptoms also (I am sure related to her Type 2 diabetes), she really can't read music anymore, and she has trouble seeing well, and she needs to wear hearing aids to hear but hates wearing them, so on this night she didn't want to wear them. My 93 (almost 94) year old grandpa takes care of both of them on their farm. Anyway, on this night she sat down on the piano and led worship as people called ...
Happy Saturday! I hope you are all doing well. I know some people in the group have had some recent tough news for themselves or family members. It really puts the day to day issues we face into perspective, and reminds me to just focus on doing the best I can to be as healthy as possible. To those who are having a hard time, we are all here for you and sending you some prayers and support. 🙏🏼🙏🏼 Just focus today on doing the best you can and remember that food isn't going to bring you the comfort you are looking for.
Here is a little video of Penelopes performance from her piano recital l last night, she's been taking lessons for about a year and a half. 🎹🤍🖤
*Livestream Monday night at 4pm pst/7pm est
Happy Monday!! I'm a good 94%, just need to get my ears clear. Today should be interesting at work. I am going n the phone all day and my ears sound like I'm underwater. I have a call into the chiropractor. Thank you Father God, I'm not coughing much anymore!
Chicken salad for lunch and chuck roast for supper.
See you all tonight!!
Happy Sunday! I am going to Livestream here in Locals for Supporters tomorrow (Monday) at 7pm EST.
Are you meal prepping anything today for the week? What are you eating today?
Happy Saturday!! We have absolutely no plans today, which I am sooo excited about. Looking forward to playing lots of games with the kids, getting in a long walk, going to the sauna, and a family lunch. At some point this weekend I am going to make some jerky and meat trips for my work trip I have next week. I might even get crazy this weekend and clean out my closet too. 😂
What are your plans for the weekend?
