E is for Everything

I decided to pick back up on my alphabetical journey last week and wrote the title of this post with no idea what I was going to say. So I left the"E is for Everything" post black. Then today I made a decision and opened up my blog to document it... and unbelievably it fits perfectly into the title I had pre-created.

So I have a lot of personal struggles, one of the worst being a lack of self control... in many areas of my life. So I made a decision today while reading the story of Daniel and how he decided to show God's power by only eating vegetables and water. No... I am not going to only eat that or even attempt the Daniel fast program. But I did realize how being mediocre is never glorifying to God. Yes, God is able to show His strength in our weakness... but I don't think we should hide behind that to rationalize living in weakness.

So what I decided was I need to start cutting things out of my life that are definitely not God glorifying. As far as food goes, I am going to really try (because I have been faking it for weeks) to follow the Paleo diet that my healthy husband is convinced is best for our family. That means mostly cutting out the junk that I waste money on. Money management will be a by product (gold star for me!). Also I wanted to cut out some time and productivity wasters. Nick always says that you should take action on a goal within 24 hours if you want to succeed... so I uninstalled both Facebook and Pintrest from my phone immediately.

I will try to be on the look out for other little things I can cut out... because I really want to give Everything to God. That's almost a funny statement, considering everything is God's, and He gives it to us as a gift. So what the heck are we sing with it!?

Every time I have an urge to break this goal, I will remember both God's grace, and his expectation of obedience. This will be a war with many battles and I covet your prayers and partnership.