The Musings of A Wandriously Flawed Introvert

"Don't you realize that your body is the temple of the Holy Spirit, who lives in you and was given to you by God? You do not belong to yourself, for God bought you with a high price. So you must honor God with your body." ~1 Corinthians 6:19-20~ Y'all, I'm going to be honest. I had a totally different blog scheduled for today but I got so convicted by today's Bible verse of the day and needed to write about it. Ever since I can remember, I've struggled with weight. Growing up, my family did not think too much about the food and what it can do to you. We didn't have to. That was before food became very industrialized so things that are horrible for you now weren't as bad back then. And kids did not sit for hours and hours on end. Our parents made us go outside to play which meant always exercising.  As I grew up, I discovered food made me feel better when I didn't know how to process what I was feeling and I became an emotional ...

You know that interview question that you always seem to get asked, "What are your plans for the next 5 years?" Always that or some variation. I very much dislike that question and think interviewers should strike it from their questionnaire. Most of the time, I don't know what my plans are for next week let alone 5 years from now. I know where I'd like to be but that doesn't matter. "Every day of my life was recorded in Your book. Every moment was laid out, before a single day has passed." Psalm 139:16 (NLT) The question above doesn't matter because God holds my future in His hands and has since before I was born. What I am doing an hour from now was preplanned by God when He set the world in motion and all I need to do is have faith and trust. Being intentional also helps because He also gave us choice. :) With that said though, He knows what decision we will make and guides us to that decision, even the terrible ones. Because He uses even o...