For Women Only: An Ordinary Woman's Diet, Fitness, Weight and Beauty Log and Diary: Jars of Clay

For Women Only: An Ordinary Woman's Diet, Fitness, Weight and Beauty Log and Diary

I want to glorify Christ in my body, and I am learning how to do that. My name means "womanly," but what does that mean? When I became a new wife and Christian, I went on a mission to understand Biblical womanhood, focusing on her from the inside. In more recent years, as my body succumbed to the pull of glutony, gravity and aging, I am focusing as well on my physical appearance. I am learning how God would have me live as a beautiful woman (and aren't we all?) in this world for His glory.

Tuesday, March 07, 2006

Jars of Clay

The treasure inside of this clay jar is of God and not of me. The jar itself, while made from the dust of the earth, is still is precious to God and formed from His hands. With that in mind Lord, help me to honor You in my body.

Lord, establish Your way in my life and the life of this body! I don't want a life apart from You! I lay down this body of flesh as a living sacrifice. Fill Yourself in me. Give me wisdom and proper motivation to run this body, to manage it. Glorify Yourself in this clay pot.

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At 9:25 AM, Kimber said...: What a great prayer - I am praying that too!

Well, week one is done for me - and I am happy to say that I have exercised every day (at least 60+)- a victory for me and my busy schedule :)

kept the calories from 1400-1300 everyday - and lost almost 2lbs for week one - not as much as I would have hoped - but at least a loss!

I will continue to press on and ask God to have his way with this flesh of mine!

Nice to have someone on the journey with me!

Love your site and your posts!
At 5:31 AM, An Ordinary Christian said...: Kimber: Wonderful! That is a lot of good hard work that you did! Yes, scheduling exercise is tough. But it really important to prioritize, for health, stewardship and example. Glad to have you with me.

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I am an "ordinary Christian". In this world I may be, as all of God's children, extraordinary (Gen 1:27). In Christ I can do extraordinary things (Phil 4:13). But I like to identify myself as an ordinary Christian because I want to serve Christ according to the pleasure of His will, as His bondservant, as a slave, one owned by her Master. As such, every extraordinary thing I may do in Christ is standard fare, expected and a reasonable service of worship. With my view of Christ on my cross, I do not evaluate my service according to my own judgment. I do not choose to think of myself more highly than I ought, but rather I want to think of myself with sober judgment (Rom 12:3). Anything good I do is by the grace of Christ given me. I have no ability to measure what I do or don't do. I desire for my eye to be single and good. This is why I am an ordinary Christian. After all, Paul called himself "chief of sinners." Is it anything unreasonable to be known as an ordinary Christian?

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Tuesday, March 07, 2006

Jars of Clay

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