My weightloss journey so far -Phillipians 2:13 style

About two months ago, the woman that was praying for Tim's weight-loss started seriously praying for mine. Since then I have lost around 31 pounds. My eating habits and cravings have dramatically changed and the Lord is bringing me into full health and restoration. I am so thankful as yall who know me know that I have never been able to continue in a healthy lifestyle. Either I was depriving myself to lose weight or I was overeating and feeling helpless and did not care, but finally, I have ideas of what foods to combine to eat and maintain healthy glucose levels and thyroid balance. So thankful for precious saints like Brenda that will pray! I sure needed it! Here are my pictures thus far of what my Daddy is doing in me! 

Started at 326

14lbs down

23lbs down

27lbs down

Today at 31lbs down

5/3/16 EVER BEEN BROUGHT OUT OF LO DEBAR?

Reading in the life journal this morning and came across these scriptures that stood out to me. 

Mephibosheth was Saul's only remaining relative. Typically, the new king would typically kill off all of the old predecessors heirs to the throne to keep from uprising or revolt, but  David as a man after God's own heart and chose to show kindness and mercy instead. 

2 Samuel 9:3-4 NLT

http://bible.com/116/2sa.9.3-4.nlt

“The king then asked him, “Is anyone still alive from Saul’s family? If so, I want to show God’s kindness to them.” Ziba replied, “Yes, one of Jonathan’s sons is still alive. He is crippled in both feet.” “Where is he?” the king asked. “In Lo-debar,” Ziba told him, “at the home of Makir son of Ammiel.””

2 Samuel 9:13 NLT

http://bible.com/116/2sa.9.13.nlt

“And Mephibosheth, who was crippled in both feet, lived in Jerusalem and ate regularly at the king’s table.”

So King David's Mercy rescued Mephibosheth from a place called Lo Debar. The name means place of no hearing or no pasture. Have you ever been in a place where you couldn't hear God speak? Where you didn't even know if you were walking with Him or not? A place of silence, when you really needed to hear from the Lord? A place where you felt like you couldn't walk forward? 

Man does not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceeds forth out of the mouth of God. We all need fresh, living, active Word in our lives daily. We all need to be able to sit at the Kings table and eat His food. Jesus Christ made a way for us to be able to sit at the King's table even we couldn't walk on our own he carries us to His table. We are brought from a place called "Lo Debar" where there is no pasture or no word into a place of fellowship with the Lord through his Holy Spirit. Jerusalem (where the King resided) means to send forth Shalom (Peace- wholeness, completeness or "unbrokenness"). So we are indeed brought from a place of no Word, no pasture, no relationship to a place where He sends forth His Shalom and makes us whole.

Lord, we thank you for carrying us to your table. We thank you when we deserved judgment, you gave us mercy instead. We thank you for the Almighty Grace that you've given us and we ask you to bring us to that place of true shalom. Help us to bring others to the table that they may walk in that same peace that passes all understanding.!