June 12, 2013 - Say Yes To The Dress

I am so excited to announce that I am pitifully sore this morning. After months of sitting and writing, I entered the world of water aerobics again last night. Months of sitting had caused some of my giggly places to giggle a wee bit more and while I tried to convince myself that my eyes were tired - they were not. A lack of exercise after months of intense exercise allowed gravity to do ugly things. But praise be to God the second phase of my devotional cookbook has been uploaded and I am no longer a "self-imposed" couch potato. In my defense, I work long hours at church and when in a writing phase, sit hours at night writing as well. It can be torturous, BUT GOD! I have one of the sweetest young ladies in my life getting married in October and she so proudly announced to me yesterday, "I said yes to the dress." We all screamed and hugged and did the "girl thing" (sorry guys, give us a moment) I was so happy and elated for my precious one. When we find "the dress" all the world is happy. I am reminded of the scripture in James 1:17 that reminds us that every good and perfect gift is from above. Wedding gowns also. Now I have always joked and said, "Food is both GOOD and PERFECT and God gave it to me and I WANT all the GOOD and PERFECT GIFTS that come from the Father of Lights." Doesn't that sound holy? The only issue is that I was never speaking of green beans or jicama. I was confessing good gifts in the form of brownies and pizza. When I said the blessing over my meals, I think I pronounced it more vigorously when the pizza had triple cheese too. Am I the only one? "I thank you God for these most perfect beets." UGH, no way! God DOES consider our food a gift and I consider the ability to CHOOSE a gift as well. We are not robots and forced to eat things we hate. Our Father spread a table of healthy choices. Mankind has chosen to provide some "not so healthy" choices as well. In our weakness we may gravitate to bad choices, but God is proved strong in our weaknesses. We all know the ill benefits of poor, health choices and we must petition the Giver of GOOD GIFTS to grace us, again, with the ability to choose well daily. "Ask and it will be given to you." Matthew 7:7 a Then, when you ask - expect. When the healthy options present themselves say, "yes to the dress," or in this case the beets. LOL Make great choices today and smile as you conclude the day giving honor to your Heavenly Father who helped you. PK