This challenge is an opportunity to honor God by being a good steward of the body God has given me.
Just last October I was a mere 155 lbs however here we are at the close of August at over 200 lbs. I went from being the fittest I have ever been in my adult life to the heaviest I have ever been in my entire life in less than a year.
I squandered my fitness by not being a good steward of the great opportunity I had to live a new healthy lifestyle.
I can blame it on the stress of enrolling in the master's program at seminary (I graduated college over 10 years ago and am rusty at book learning) or on the stress of finding out that the company I worked for for nine years is moving their business out of state and is laying off hundreds of people by October.
I am sure stress played a small factor in my weight gain but I think it really comes down to stewardship and making excuses. God is not honored when we don't put our trust in Him for all things. I let stress rule me.
This time I am prayerfully engaging in this challenge..not to prove that I can do it.. but to display my humble reliance on Christ. Stress is not going to be my excuse.
Solo Deo Gloria