Life with my sister

I am a good ole Southern Baptist by birth and by choice. I have never participated in Lent, but have decided to do so this year. I am excited about the challenge and to see how the Lord sustains and blesses me through the next 46 days. I know it is all about the "giving up", but I also want to "give". So, I am limiting processed foods and I plan to read my Bible each day. I am guilty of eating too many packaged foods and not reading my Bible but a few times a week. In doing this I hope to see my waistline go down a size so I can wear my cute dresses again. I also hope to limit my social media time at night and read God's word in order to gain more insight on His will for my life. A win, win for all. This is the plan...I hope I can stick to it! Randall is game for the food situation, but I think he is a bit worried sprouts and such may be on the menu. I have assured him he will survive and that I dislike a sprout unless it is a Brussels! Do notice I use the word ...

This week I have nothing to report, other than I am trucking along. I had a stomach bug that wiped me out for 2 days this past week and I then decided to change my course of action. I joined Weight Watchers instead of continuing on with HMR. I know I can succeed at Weight Watchers and feel good about myself while doing it because I have done it in the past. I also know it will fit into my current lifestyle much better than the other program. So, we shall see what the scale says about it next week! Abby

Well I only lost .6 pounds this week. That is . 6 pounds. Make sure you read it correctly. It stinks. It is not even worth posting. I am miffed and most angry with it. I know I need to move my body each day but when do you suggest I do that, mister scale? After the 4:00 am feeding? Yes, I reckon so. Well, we will have to see about that. I will keep plugging along with hopes to be out of maternity jeans before Henry starts school. Abby

Well, I told you I would update you on my weight loss each week and I am a woman of my word. I lost 3.1 pounds. That was with no exercise and a huge lack of water. I plan to try to move a bit more and drink some clear fluids this week and see what happens. So....on to week 2. Abby

Have you seen Facing the Giants? What a movie! A church in Alabama wrote, produced, and acted in this movie. The message of the movie was really good and I watched the directors commentary for it (aren't DVD's great!) (As you can tell I didn't do much on this day!!HA!) too. The directors spoke of many miracles happening during the filming of the movie. It hit me again that God works among those that are working! If I have no expectations and don't work to get anything done, God hardly has anything to work thru. So, I need to ask the question of myself, what work does God want me to be in? Something in the church, something outside the church, a career, volunteer work? At times I can feel so useless, I want to do something, I just don't know what. I've read Proverbs 31 and thought about what it means to me and what I should do about the knowledge I have received from it. Right now, I'm going to focus on being a mother, and a wife, but most importantly a child...