Days 28, 29

What I did:

I thought about posting last night - I really did, but I thought I had already posted in the morning. Wow...I was just wondering why the countdown meter didn't match my postings. It's going to be a day off just for the fact that I'm now posting the next day regarding the previous one. Guess I really spaced it yesterday!

I have been watching what I eat a little more lately, and am already seeing a difference on the scale. After two days of really stepping it up and deciding to eat healthy, I lost four pounds.

I have my grandson all week this week due to unforseen circumstances with my daughter's regular daycare provider, so most of my time has been spent chasing him around. I have a theory about men: I figure they are so active when they are little, they use up their lifetime quota of energy - thus the need to sit on the couch for the rest of their lives watching TV. I think my grandson is going to be a very tired adult! :) Hey, maybe that's why I lost four pounds in two days - I never sat down!

I also had a conversation with my accountability partner, and we're planning on getting together this Friday. She seems pretty excited about it, and so am I.

What I learned:

I'm still learning to reach out. It's kind of uncomfortable and not normal to me. So often we try to do so much on our own and we create our own loneliness because we just don't know what will happen to us if we put ourselves out there. It's all part of being authentic, even if things get difficult. Walking through life with other people who have such a broad range of personalities can be intimidating and at times, frustrating (maybe that's why we're commanded to love each other - it's not always easy). Good or bad, these situations have always caused me to learn more about myself in relationships.

My maternal grandmother did something so neat when I first really "met" her as a grown woman. She asked me if I would share my testimony with her, which basically meant that she wanted to know when I knew I wanted to have Jesus Christ in my life, based on my faith that He died for my sins on the cross. I timidly told her about my relationship with God, and then she told me about hers. Even though she and I had missed an entire childhood of getting to know one another, I felt very close to her that day, and I barely even knew her when I walked through her door an hour earlier!

I think that's a great way for people to break the ice and tell each other a little bit more about themselves. My foster dad used to say that two people are ministered to when we teach a child a Bible verse. The person teaching the verse gives the child a blessing by opening up the scriptures, and then the child blesses that person back when they recite the memorized verse back. I believe telling our testimonies to each other is another form of giving and receiving a blessing.

I have decided to mention my thoughts to my accountability partner and see if she wants to begin there - with our testimonies. What a foundation for any relationship!

Until Tomorrow~~~Elizabeth