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Day 17: Ramblings

Not much going on in my brain these days. I feel like I'm in overload mode from all the goings on in the world. First it was COVID-19 stuff and we were all stuck without family & friend interaction. Then, as things start "opening" the next big American topic hits the country hard, the death of George Floyd. The injustice of what happened triggers protests on police brutality and riots with looting, lots of prayer sessions and personal reflection. But anyway, that's neither her nor there, just things going on in the world around us. 

As for my faith and health journey, things seem to be puttering along. No amazing results or huge breakthroughs, but at least I feel like I'm going in the right direction. I was slightly discouraged on Monday, if you recall from my last post, that I had gained weight over the weekend. Honestly, I should expect it as that is a trend with most people, but it's still super annoying when it seems like you've done good at keeping up the activity and eating better. Anyway, I weighted myself this morning, and according to the scale, I dropped those lbs that I had gained over the weekend and then 2.5 extras. So needless to say, I'm super happy with my weekday progress. I am positive I can keep the trend going down, but the weekend does start, so hopefully my Monday post won't be with the heartbreak of gaining 3 or more lbs over the weekend like I did last weekend. Fingers crossed.

The faith journey part, I've made sure to read my bible plans throughout the week, and even attended a church wide prayer session on Wednesday where the focus was on the craziness going on in the world with the fallout of the death of George Floyd. I think all of it is still trying to sink in my mind. It hits you hard, but maybe I'm not as compassionate as I thought I was cause I'm just not as broken up about it. Yes, his death was a tragedy, but he isn't the only one and he certainly won't be the last. I do agree that black lives matter, as I feel all lives matter. I also get that all lives can't matter until black lives matter. However, I feel like we're missing something here. Jesus DIED on the cross for ALL of us. He didn't say that he's wiping the sins of just Jews, or Hebrews, or heck any sect of people. HE DIED FOR ALL. And while I agree, that things in our world need to change, and these instances shine a light on those situations, be it police brutality, or racial injustices. It still comes back to truly being the Christian we were designed to be. If we truly seek his guidance and the peace that he gives us, and follow his teachings we can make progress. The injustices in the world will never go away. Jesus encountered them all throughout the Bible, and we will continue to encounter them as God gave his creations free will from the beginning and we let Satan in. Satan has a stronghold on a decent percentage of the world's population, so we as Christians need to Listen and Act, not stand in the background. Jesus would not have just stood back and watched, he would have ACTED. So we need to LISTEN to God's word and ACT for the betterment of all of his children. He has shown that through HIM ALL THINGS ARE POSSIBLE, we just have to trust.
Make every effort to live in peace with everyone and to be holy; without holiness no one will see the Lord.
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