Canvas of the Heart

“It is written: Man must not live on bread alone, but on every word that comes from the mouth of God.” Matthew 4:4 (HCSB)      In January, I found myself needing to kick my recent efforts (to get healthier) up a notch. I visited my doctor and when I asked her “What’s up?” she said, “Your cholesterol!” Okay, not really, but I did learn that I need to bring my cholesterol down. I had already been focusing on my health some for my own reasons, but this moment was a catalyst for me to begin thinking more about being healthy… long-term. Long-term is the hard part. Long means…well long. I can go on an occasional 3 month health-sprint, but a health-marathon, that’s a whole other thing!      As I started learning about many changes I needed to make,  a little voice in my head said, “you can’t make this kind of lasting change.” But just after, I felt the Holy Spirit whisper into my heart, “you can’t, but I can.” Suddenly, I realized why I had only been a health-sprinter! I could sprint in

“I am the vine; you are the branches. If you remain in me and I remain in you, you will bear much fruit…” John 15:5 (NIV 2011)       I did something kinda funny the other day. Okay more than funny…more like air-headed! I was all jazzed up about this new watch/fitness device I bought. Couldn’t wait to try it out! I charged it up and got ready to run. I was really disappointed by the end of the run, because 2 of the 4 areas the watch was supposed to monitor couldn’t possibly be correct!!! I had been running at a pretty good pace for a pretty good while and my watch pronounced that I had only burned 19 calories and gone .13 of a mile. What?!? I decided that my new dream watch was not so cool and promptly going back to the store. That’s when a key factor occurred to my husband Mark. My watch tracked stats by following my movement on a GPS. The problem was…my first run with the watch on was on the treadmill :) Hellooooooo! Once I got past feeling like a total moron, I was reall