We talk openly about the health problems associated with smoking and excessive drinking. Well, I'm tired of obesity and the health problems that go hand-in-hand with it. Let's call it what it is: an undisciplined hunger drive that oftentimes becomes life-threatening.
You're ruining your children's lives when you let them become overweight as kids. Encourage them to make healthy choices in their eating habits or just do it for them if they are unable to do so themselves. Kick them out of the house and get them involved in physical activities. Take a walk with them. A bike ride. I'm tired of seeing overweight kids who will turn into overweight adults with a wide variety of health problems stemming from their weight problems.
Overweight parents don't set good examples for young children. Get off your butt, get away from the unhealthy foods, and start setting a good example for your children by exercising and making healthy choices in your eating habits. Don't expect them to improve their lifestyles if you aren't working hard to make the changes in yours.
http://geoparent/. com/health/wellness/familyfitness. htm
Sunday, June 21, 2009
Saturday, June 20, 2009
Time
60 seconds in a minute. 60 minutes in an hour. 24 hours in a day. 7 days in a week. 52 weeks in a year. 79 years in the average lifetime.
We have so much time and we spend the majority of this time following daily routines. Day by day, week by week, month by month, year by year. Think about all of the things that consume your time, your energy, your everyday life.
Now ask yourself, what of all of this really matters?
Keep in mind, sometimes what really matters isn't necessarily what you're doing, but how you're doing it.
We have so much time and we spend the majority of this time following daily routines. Day by day, week by week, month by month, year by year. Think about all of the things that consume your time, your energy, your everyday life.
Now ask yourself, what of all of this really matters?
Keep in mind, sometimes what really matters isn't necessarily what you're doing, but how you're doing it.
Friday, June 19, 2009
Failed attempts to try
Why do we choose not to try some things?
There are instances in our lives when we look at what we can choose to do or choose not to do. We weigh the possible outcomes that will result from our attempts or lack of attempts. When we choose not to try our hand at a task, do we make this decision based on a fear of failing? Or do we not even try because we fear that we may actually succeed? Perhaps we are so unsure of how we will handle success that we choose to not try at all.
Other times we choose to make the attempt. But why? Are we really trying to succeed? Common sense tells me that, yes, an attempt at something is an attempt to succeed at that something. But some recent attempts promt me to ask, are we really looking to fail?
There are instances in our lives when we look at what we can choose to do or choose not to do. We weigh the possible outcomes that will result from our attempts or lack of attempts. When we choose not to try our hand at a task, do we make this decision based on a fear of failing? Or do we not even try because we fear that we may actually succeed? Perhaps we are so unsure of how we will handle success that we choose to not try at all.
Other times we choose to make the attempt. But why? Are we really trying to succeed? Common sense tells me that, yes, an attempt at something is an attempt to succeed at that something. But some recent attempts promt me to ask, are we really looking to fail?
Monday, June 15, 2009
Following the Leader
"Now the mind of the flesh is death from sin, both here and hereafter. But the mind of the Spirit is life and peace." Romans 8:6
How many times have we found ourselves so torn between two choices when both choices seem like the right one to choose? How are we to know in which direction we should go when both paths look like the right direction? God gives peace with His desires if His desires are what we seek. If we are holding on to our desires and reaching for the desires of God, we will not be at peace. We need to let go of what we want and then His desires will become our greatest desire and we will be satisfied.
"You will seek me and find me when you seek me with all your heart." Jeremiah 29:13
How many times have we found ourselves so torn between two choices when both choices seem like the right one to choose? How are we to know in which direction we should go when both paths look like the right direction? God gives peace with His desires if His desires are what we seek. If we are holding on to our desires and reaching for the desires of God, we will not be at peace. We need to let go of what we want and then His desires will become our greatest desire and we will be satisfied.
"You will seek me and find me when you seek me with all your heart." Jeremiah 29:13
Monday, June 8, 2009
3 Rights of Love
3 rights of love:
1) Right person.
2) Right place.
3) Right time.
So often love is offered to us in one right or another but rarely do all three rights coincide.
Are we doing something wrong if we choose to wait until all three rights intersect before we plant a seed of love? Is it really fair to anyone if we take a chance at love with the wrong person? In the wrong place? At the wrong time? Are we really giving love a chance to blossom or are we just setting the stage for failure?
1) Right person.
2) Right place.
3) Right time.
So often love is offered to us in one right or another but rarely do all three rights coincide.
Are we doing something wrong if we choose to wait until all three rights intersect before we plant a seed of love? Is it really fair to anyone if we take a chance at love with the wrong person? In the wrong place? At the wrong time? Are we really giving love a chance to blossom or are we just setting the stage for failure?
II Peter 1:5-8
"Make every effort to add to your faith goodness; and to goodness, knowledge; and to knowledge, self-control; and to self-control, perserverance; and to perserverance, godliness; and to godliness, brotherly kindness; and to brotherly kindness, love. For if you possess these qualities in increasing measure, they will keep you from being ineffective and unproductive in your knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ." II Peter 1:5-8 NIV
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