Self Control--WOW!

Self control, I feel like this has been my nemesis. It is something I have struggled with, as a Christian, and knowing it is a fruit of the Spirit, something I felt ashamed to not be able to exhibit. Clearly, with my weight it was not something I excelled at. I could offer a lot of reasons/excuses, and before anyone reminds me, I know it is covered by grace. Still, who doesn't want to see the fruits of the Spirit in their lives?

However, the Lord so gently guides us, and beautifully grows those fruits in us, in me. It is exciting to see the Lord build something new in me. It was something I never doubted He would build in me, I just wasn't sure what it would look like. At this point it looks like almost 40 lbs. gone, and the scale still going down. It is not to my glory that He builds it, it is His, and that is something I do not want to forget.

So today, I want to say thank you Jesus! You are the rock on which I stand, and the wind beneath my sails. When I'm discouraged you lift my head. I'm thankful this is the time, and this is the way you are leading me daily.

This blog, today, has not really gone the way I had thought in my mind, but it is flowing from my heart. I'm so overwhelmed by God's amazing love, and that even in this He is lovingly guiding me.

But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, long-suffering, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, self-control. Against such there is no law. Galatians 5:22-23