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.
Last PM I had my son's left-over (can you believe that?) ice cream sundae. Life is hard. Today was about a 5-6 out of a 10, got a "C-" at the dinner hour. I don't want to talk about it. I exercised 4 hours so far this week. That was good.
posted by An Ordinary Christian @ 7:21 PM
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?
2 Comments:
oh girl - I'm there with ya - had two doughnuts this weekend - why??? well, scale neither up nor down....you guessed it - depressed!
Did workout 6 times last week - oh well - this is a new week right :)
It's a new day, honey, a new week and His grace is new every morning! I feel your pain! You may bring your confessions here! I've been there - I'm there in my flesh but held by His grace. Day by day by grace. Stengthened in His power.
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