Had a great weekend

This weekend I got the wonderful privileged to attend a wedding! I would say that this has been the best wedding that I have ever been too but truthfully it's the only wedding that I have been to besides attending a few when I was a teenager, and my own of course ;) .Anyways, it was a fantastic wedding and I am so very happy for my friends.

My husband had the privilege of being a groomsmen in the wedding and with that privilege comes some responsibilities as well as some extra events, and these extra events means extra food! I was a little nervous going into the weekend because my husband and I were given the gift of a much needed getaway at a hotel without children :) So I didn't have my usual on-line pt tracker with me, I also didn't get to attend my usual weekly weigh in so I wasn't real sure how it all was going to turn out but I am proud to report that even with extra foods being served and extra deserts (all of which I did enjoy a little bit of ) the Lord still blessed me with another weight loss of 0.8pds. Almost a full pound! How awesome is that! Which means that I am almost about to say good by to the 280's only less than a pound left :) Woo Hoo! God is so good.

I wanted to share here some thoughts that I shared with a friend about about this journey. I have been reading the book of 1st Chronicles for my bible study and today the following really struck me.

vs 9-10 of 28 says " Solomon, my son, learn to know the God of your ancestors intimately. Worship and serve him with your whole heart and a willing mind. For the Lord sees every heart and knows every plan and thoughts. If you seek him, you will find him, But if you forsake him, he will reject you forever. So take this seriously. The Lord has chosen you to build a Temple as his sanctuary. Be strong, and do the work."

Oh how I want to make this my prayer, that I would know the Lord intimately and worship him with all my heart. Facing my food idol and throwing it away has made me face other idols and begin to throw them away and has left me feeling closer to God than I have in a long time, there doesn't seem to be any more competition, and the more I continually seek him the more I come to know him. I think we all have hidden idols in our hearts some where, things that we just don't want to give up or turn over, things that we may not even see that our idols, but the more we seek to know God intimately and to worship Him, the more our hearts don't have room for those idols and we will begin to throw them away.

I think there are days and moments when we begin to realize that the idols of our hearts take up the place where God and Jesus are supposed to be and if we don't toss them we won't be able to know our God more intimately. I am so thankful for the magnificent work that God is doing in my heart and life!