Yesterday we celebrated Easter Sunday - the day that Jesus rose from the dead after being crucified, giving all of God's children forgiveness of their sins and a fresh start in Christ. We get to do away with past mistakes, and look to the present and future to be the people God created us to be.
This year, Easter's renewal is followed by April 1st...a brand new month, with a chance to improve upon what we did last month (or in the months before) and strive to be better. Better at our relationship with God and relationships with others, better at breaking bad habits...really, better at whatever we have discovered we need to be better at - and what God had told us we need to do to be better for His purpose.
I know for me (and most of you who read my blog) this includes being better at health, fitness, and nutrition. There are times we don't do well in these departments, but we need to shake that off and start fresh. Did you eat a lot of Easter goodies yesterday? Did exercise fall by the wayside as you prepared for the celebration of the Resurrection - including both religious activities and fun stuff for the kids and other family members?
I gave up diet soda for Lent, already knowing it was bad for me yet having had a problem giving up the addiction in the past. I decided giving it up for Lent would cause me to do it for Jesus - not myself. With this mindset (and plenty of prayer), I was successful in staying completely away from it from Ash Wednesday all the way through Holy Saturday. On Easter, I had one sip of Diet Pepsi...and one sip was it. It didn't taste all that great, so I didn't have any more. But I know addictions can creep back up if you're not careful. So I'm continuing to abstain from diet soda from Easter on, still as a sacrifice to God who gave me a body, mind, and soul that I need to take care of for Him. I also need to cut back on sugar again after those Easter treats!
No matter what happened, you don't have to stay in that rut. Ask God to help you out of it and into His grace. You are forgiven for your sins...AND any slacking off you may have done taking care of your body - God's holy temple.
It's the day after Easter...so remember all that Jesus has done for you, and take April and RUN with it!!!
6 comments:
Congrats on abstaining from pop! I agree when you say to ask Jesus for help! I find many of us don't think to ask for that kind of help - that it's something too insignificant or that we should be able to take care of itself ourselves.
He cares about everything - even giving up Diet Pepsi; which is so wrong in the first place. Diet Coke is harder to give up! LOL
Thanks Lisa! What's funny is I prefer Diet Coke over Diet Pepsi...but my family likes the Pepsi and it happened to be what was served at Easter dinner. LOL God really does care about everything, and he is there to help when we think something can't be done! :o)
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