So, I've basically given up on trying to keep up with this whole blogging thing. I'm gonna recap the chapters i've read... thus far... give you a briefing on whats been going on since my last blog.
1. So... my first dress no longer fits (being an insane size four) and i needed to rush to the kennesaw store on a friday evening after work to get a size or two bigger. Talk about stressed out!!! But anyway, with a lot of prayer and a lot of calling around we were able to find something that worked.
2. I've pretty much stopped working out and only get to the gym about once a week.
3. However, i've been good about eating right (especially after i found out i gained a gazillion pounds since i bought my dress). I eat less carbs and more fiber and protein.
4. I've been complaining about gaining weight and my clothes shrinking. However, Zack has made me feel a little better by telling me that my butt sagged when i was smaller but now i've filled my butt out and it looks better.-lol
Now... on to Exodus... the abbreviated version:
Chapters 6-16
Pharoah finally decided to let the people of Israel go... but not without going thru it with those crazy plagues:
1. Blood- Turning the water of the Nile river into blood
2. Frogs- The Nile gave birth to a bagillion frogs
3. Gnats
4. Flies
5. Plague on the livestock
6. Boils- Breaking out on all the Egyptians
7. Hail- Beating down and killing everything in its path (except the Israelites)
8. Locusts- Locusts locusts everywhere.... eating everything in sight.
9. Darkness
10. Plague of the first born... - The Passover- The Israelites were told to sacrifice a lamb and mark their doors so that God would "pass over" them. God killed off all the first born in Egypt including humans and animals.
Pharoah was hurt by the last one because his own child was affected. He finally let the people of Israel go and... they left.
Pharoah was cool until he realized that he was angry and then he decided to follow Israel. He caught up with them at the Red Sea. Note... God followed Israel day (as a pillar of cloud) and night (as a pillar of fire).
God told Moses to part the Red Sea with the staff... and he did (without hesitation)! And you know what... that Sea parted like a rat tailed comb through a nappy head (lame...i know)
Anyway, Pharoah and his lame army decided to march right on into the sea which later crashed in on them and they all drowned. Idiots!
Afterwards, all the people of Israel praised God!!!
Morals of the story:
1. Just do what God tells you and everything will be alright.
2. Follow instructions just as they are given to you and you won't be caught up in all the craziness going on with the others.
3. Believe that God will make "it" happen and watch as "it" happens
4. Once it happens, praise Him over and over again!!!
Amen
Thursday, August 2, 2007
Saturday, July 7, 2007
Days 3, 4, and 5
I tell you what... its definitely hard doing something you're not being paid to do. I have managed to let four days lapse between now and my last blog... SHAME ON ME! Thats usually how I do... I'm gunned to do something and I hype it up then I forget I ever started it or I burn myself out... its somewhat like a sugar high.
However, Zack and I have stuck out our fitness plans. He exercises everyday and I have gotten atleast four days in at the gym this week. Our eating has been healthy (for the most part). We did awful on the July 4th (which is probably why I didn't blog about it... SHAME!) We had bar-b-que from One Star Ranch and it was totally awesome! I had the pork sammich(lol), fries, and peach cobbler. MAN! was it good!!! I can't even remember dinner that day (partially, b/c we didn't have any since I didn't cook... SHAME!). I'm going to get on it. I can see my mom shaking her head now... I'm gonna cook ma! I promise you!
Side note: My mom (the good wife she is) cooks all the time and keeps telling me I need to get it together. I'm realizing that cooking is not my thing. Now, I can scrub a mean toilet and tub, wash some mad dishes, and fold clothes all day long! But its something about cooking that I'm just not that proactive about. However, Zack is an awesome cook!
Anyway, I'm gonna cook today. I'm making salmon and something to go with it and probably a puddin or sundae for dessert. We'll see.
I have also been reading my chapters in Exodus (so what I read all the chapters last night!). Its such a good story! The story of Moses takes me back to sophmore year in college when Pam and I took "Old Testament" with that crazy lady. We studied all hours of the night with those stupid flash cards trying to pass those exams only luck enough to get high a "C" or low "B".
Today I'm reviewing Exodus chapters 3-5:
Exo 3: Moses is out in the woods handling some work when he is confronted by God. God comes to Moses in the form of a burning bush! Think about how crazy that must've been. A burning bush thats not burning? But anyway, God tells Moses that He knows of the hardships of His people and He is here to deliver them from Pharaoh and that He's gonna use Moses to do it. (Thats just like God to come get you out of trouble!)
Moses is like, "Who? Me? You want me to do what?! Go against Pharaoh who?" Moses is totally trippin off Gods request (as would most of us if we were standing and talking with a "burning" bush being commanded to go to the President and military talking about "stop what you're doing").
God is like "Dude, don't worry! I'm gonna be with you, everyone will know that, and you're gonna come back to this mountain to give me my props." Moses, at this time, is still worried that the people of Israel won't believe him and asks God what he should say when they ask for Gods name. God tell Moses, "Tell them My name is I AM!"... How hard core is that?!?!? (Not to mention that is the name of one of my favorite songs at church "The Great I AM").
Ok Ok... God tells Moses everything thats gonna happen throughout this whole ordeal. On to chapter 4:
Moses is still going on and on about "what ifs" and God continues to tell him what to expect and that it will all work out just the way He is telling Moses. God then performs a few miracles to show Moses that He's serious about all this. Then Moses starts trippin about how he can't talk eloquently in front of the people and he's "slow of the tongue" and all... even after God showed him He could turn a staff into snake, etc... (I'm thinking we do that today. God gives us a task to do and we back down because we think we're inadequate and that someone else could do the job better... even after God has specifically given US the task. Its totally guaranteed He'll give us the skills if He gives us the task!)
So, now, Moses takes his family and Aaron (the speaker) to go free the people of Israel. He and Aaron show the people the miracles and Israel believed and fell down to worship God.
Exodus 5:
Moses and Aaron go to Pharaoh and demand the infamous line "Let my people go!" and Pharaoh is like, "WHAT?!" Pharaoh, in his arrogance, is wondering who is God to make demands like the one Moses and Aaron presented. Moses and Aaron continue to ask that the people be let go in order to worship the Lord for a few days. They stand their ground.
Pharaoh is looking around like, "These cats must be crazy. I've got cities that need to be built and they're asking that my cities be put on pause for some God I don't even know. You and your God MUST be crazy!"
Out of his anger, Pharaoh orders for the work to be harder for the people of Israel. He withdraws the little bit of help he was giving them (bringing them the straw to make the stuff). Israel now has double duty as fas as their work is concerned. Pharaoh would have the people of Israel beat if they had not fulfilled their quota of bricks. At this time, Israel was tired of Moses and his "trying to do Gods work" and they would much rather had been left alone. Israel begins to "dog" Moses and Aaron.
Moses returns to God and questions His entire process and tells Him that He hasn't held up to His end of the bargain (That peer pressure will make you do some crazy stuff... i.e. question God).
However, Zack and I have stuck out our fitness plans. He exercises everyday and I have gotten atleast four days in at the gym this week. Our eating has been healthy (for the most part). We did awful on the July 4th (which is probably why I didn't blog about it... SHAME!) We had bar-b-que from One Star Ranch and it was totally awesome! I had the pork sammich(lol), fries, and peach cobbler. MAN! was it good!!! I can't even remember dinner that day (partially, b/c we didn't have any since I didn't cook... SHAME!). I'm going to get on it. I can see my mom shaking her head now... I'm gonna cook ma! I promise you!
Side note: My mom (the good wife she is) cooks all the time and keeps telling me I need to get it together. I'm realizing that cooking is not my thing. Now, I can scrub a mean toilet and tub, wash some mad dishes, and fold clothes all day long! But its something about cooking that I'm just not that proactive about. However, Zack is an awesome cook!
Anyway, I'm gonna cook today. I'm making salmon and something to go with it and probably a puddin or sundae for dessert. We'll see.
I have also been reading my chapters in Exodus (so what I read all the chapters last night!). Its such a good story! The story of Moses takes me back to sophmore year in college when Pam and I took "Old Testament" with that crazy lady. We studied all hours of the night with those stupid flash cards trying to pass those exams only luck enough to get high a "C" or low "B".
Today I'm reviewing Exodus chapters 3-5:
Exo 3: Moses is out in the woods handling some work when he is confronted by God. God comes to Moses in the form of a burning bush! Think about how crazy that must've been. A burning bush thats not burning? But anyway, God tells Moses that He knows of the hardships of His people and He is here to deliver them from Pharaoh and that He's gonna use Moses to do it. (Thats just like God to come get you out of trouble!)
Moses is like, "Who? Me? You want me to do what?! Go against Pharaoh who?" Moses is totally trippin off Gods request (as would most of us if we were standing and talking with a "burning" bush being commanded to go to the President and military talking about "stop what you're doing").
God is like "Dude, don't worry! I'm gonna be with you, everyone will know that, and you're gonna come back to this mountain to give me my props." Moses, at this time, is still worried that the people of Israel won't believe him and asks God what he should say when they ask for Gods name. God tell Moses, "Tell them My name is I AM!"... How hard core is that?!?!? (Not to mention that is the name of one of my favorite songs at church "The Great I AM").
Ok Ok... God tells Moses everything thats gonna happen throughout this whole ordeal. On to chapter 4:
Moses is still going on and on about "what ifs" and God continues to tell him what to expect and that it will all work out just the way He is telling Moses. God then performs a few miracles to show Moses that He's serious about all this. Then Moses starts trippin about how he can't talk eloquently in front of the people and he's "slow of the tongue" and all... even after God showed him He could turn a staff into snake, etc... (I'm thinking we do that today. God gives us a task to do and we back down because we think we're inadequate and that someone else could do the job better... even after God has specifically given US the task. Its totally guaranteed He'll give us the skills if He gives us the task!)
So, now, Moses takes his family and Aaron (the speaker) to go free the people of Israel. He and Aaron show the people the miracles and Israel believed and fell down to worship God.
Exodus 5:
Moses and Aaron go to Pharaoh and demand the infamous line "Let my people go!" and Pharaoh is like, "WHAT?!" Pharaoh, in his arrogance, is wondering who is God to make demands like the one Moses and Aaron presented. Moses and Aaron continue to ask that the people be let go in order to worship the Lord for a few days. They stand their ground.
Pharaoh is looking around like, "These cats must be crazy. I've got cities that need to be built and they're asking that my cities be put on pause for some God I don't even know. You and your God MUST be crazy!"
Out of his anger, Pharaoh orders for the work to be harder for the people of Israel. He withdraws the little bit of help he was giving them (bringing them the straw to make the stuff). Israel now has double duty as fas as their work is concerned. Pharaoh would have the people of Israel beat if they had not fulfilled their quota of bricks. At this time, Israel was tired of Moses and his "trying to do Gods work" and they would much rather had been left alone. Israel begins to "dog" Moses and Aaron.
Moses returns to God and questions His entire process and tells Him that He hasn't held up to His end of the bargain (That peer pressure will make you do some crazy stuff... i.e. question God).
Tuesday, July 3, 2007
Day 2 and Beginning of Day 3
Ok... so i forgot my password but i'm on track now!
Zack and I went to the gym on Day 1. We played basketball (I spanked him in a 1 on 1 game {10-9}) and worked on upper body. I ate a turkey burger for lunch and made grilled chicken w/ salsa, rice & broccoli, and berry spinach salad (which tore my stomach up!).
Yesterday (Day 2) we ate oatmeal, eggs, biscuit, and bacon for breakfast... sandwiches for lunch, and I had cereal for dinner (Zack had left overs). Zack went to the gym for a few hours while I was at work and I, later that night, finally followed the Tae-Bo video (after watching several other exercise shows for about an hour). The workout may not have been much but it was something... oh well! I'm still kinda sore from Day 1's workout.
Yesterday's reading was Exodus 2, which is about Moses's birth. All while Pharoah was killing the male babies, Moses was saved after his mom put him in a basket and hid him in the reeds. He was later found by Pharoah's daughter. I'm realizing that this is a book about faith (as are most). I mean... his mom had to be fearful that someone would find the baby and kill him. Who would've known that Pharoah's daughter would keep him for herself and raise him?!?!
Moses was raised in Pharoah's home but he still had a good heart. He did not like the violence and oppression the Egyptians placed on Israel. He stood up for them even before God commanded him to do so. The slaves had been talking about how Moses killed an Egyptian who beat a Hebrew slave. When Moses found out about this "gossip" and the fact that Pharoah was on the rampage to kill him because of what he'd done, he decided to flee the area.
He arrived at an area where he helped some women get water to their flock. The father of the women decided to keep Moses around and give him a wife, Zipporah. Moses and Zipporah later had a son. In the meantime, Egypt continues to oppress Israel and Israel continues to cry out to God. God, being the good God He is, hears their cry and is concerned.
Zack and I went to the gym on Day 1. We played basketball (I spanked him in a 1 on 1 game {10-9}) and worked on upper body. I ate a turkey burger for lunch and made grilled chicken w/ salsa, rice & broccoli, and berry spinach salad (which tore my stomach up!).
Yesterday (Day 2) we ate oatmeal, eggs, biscuit, and bacon for breakfast... sandwiches for lunch, and I had cereal for dinner (Zack had left overs). Zack went to the gym for a few hours while I was at work and I, later that night, finally followed the Tae-Bo video (after watching several other exercise shows for about an hour). The workout may not have been much but it was something... oh well! I'm still kinda sore from Day 1's workout.
Yesterday's reading was Exodus 2, which is about Moses's birth. All while Pharoah was killing the male babies, Moses was saved after his mom put him in a basket and hid him in the reeds. He was later found by Pharoah's daughter. I'm realizing that this is a book about faith (as are most). I mean... his mom had to be fearful that someone would find the baby and kill him. Who would've known that Pharoah's daughter would keep him for herself and raise him?!?!
Moses was raised in Pharoah's home but he still had a good heart. He did not like the violence and oppression the Egyptians placed on Israel. He stood up for them even before God commanded him to do so. The slaves had been talking about how Moses killed an Egyptian who beat a Hebrew slave. When Moses found out about this "gossip" and the fact that Pharoah was on the rampage to kill him because of what he'd done, he decided to flee the area.
He arrived at an area where he helped some women get water to their flock. The father of the women decided to keep Moses around and give him a wife, Zipporah. Moses and Zipporah later had a son. In the meantime, Egypt continues to oppress Israel and Israel continues to cry out to God. God, being the good God He is, hears their cry and is concerned.
Sunday, July 1, 2007
Day 1
Anyway, I don't know how to use this blog thing so I'm gonna try my best. I was writing a blog last night to kick off my fitness plan/blog and it was somehow lost and I gave up and went to bed. So, I'm starting today.
40 days of fitness is an idea I stole from Keanna and her "21 Days of Summer". Keanna used this as a way to stick to her plan of reading Judges (21 chapters) and achieve personal goals. She asked people to follow with her for motivation and I'm sure she was successful (despite the number of her followers who were not so successful). But I digress...
My plan is to get in shape for my upcoming wedding and honeymoon (shout out to my homeboy and fiance, Zack!) by exercising at least 4 days a week and eating low carb/high protein meals. I will lose the 10 pounds I gained while basking in the glory of Zack's love-lol. I will not look like a sausage in my dress nor will I be out of breath while getting down on the dance floor at the reception. I refuse to continue with my laziness and unhealthy habits (at least for the next 40 days!). Hopefully, I will be able to make a lifestyle change that will carry me throughout my years.
In addition to my fitness plan, I will read and study the 40 chapters of Exodus (a chapter a day keeps the devil away... as well as faith and obedience to the Word). I hope you follow my plan and hold me accountable for the readings and the fitness. Come on and join me!!! Keep me posted on your progress and give me your ideas of the readings.
On to today...
I haven't exercised yet but I definitely plan to do so when Zack gets home from work. He usually tries to keep me on track while I moan, groan, and complain about how I hate cardio machines and would rather be in a cardio class. But I'm gonna get it together today! No complaining from me... no sir!
We did major grocery shopping for veggies, fruits, and the like. We had a healthy breakfast and I'll see how lunch goes.
On to the word: Exodus 1:1 starts the beginning of Moses journey to free the people of Israel. The people of Israel totally outnumbered the people of Egypt. Mr. Pharaoh was not happy with that because Israel could, in the time of war, give Egypt the beat down if they joined forces with Egypt's enemies. Pharaoh was livid! He decided to make labor as harsh and unbearable as he could for Israel. I mean, he really gave them the business by making them build cities in that crazy desert heat!
Pharaoh, being the crazy man he was, also decided to kill Israel's male babies. He told two Israeli mid-wives, Shiphrah and Puah, to kill the babies upon their arrival into the world however, the mid-wives were dedicated to God and chose to ignore Pharaoh's commands and lied to him when he asked why the babies were still alive. Imagine the courage they had to have to go against big, bad Pharaoh!!! That must've been scary but faith in God will give you the courage! For their faithfulness, God blessed the mid-wives with strong families. God is Great!
And that Pharaoh... kept on with his mess. He decided, because Israel continued to multiply, to throw all the male babies into the river! Now, how crazy is that?!?!?
More next time...
40 days of fitness is an idea I stole from Keanna and her "21 Days of Summer". Keanna used this as a way to stick to her plan of reading Judges (21 chapters) and achieve personal goals. She asked people to follow with her for motivation and I'm sure she was successful (despite the number of her followers who were not so successful). But I digress...
My plan is to get in shape for my upcoming wedding and honeymoon (shout out to my homeboy and fiance, Zack!) by exercising at least 4 days a week and eating low carb/high protein meals. I will lose the 10 pounds I gained while basking in the glory of Zack's love-lol. I will not look like a sausage in my dress nor will I be out of breath while getting down on the dance floor at the reception. I refuse to continue with my laziness and unhealthy habits (at least for the next 40 days!). Hopefully, I will be able to make a lifestyle change that will carry me throughout my years.
In addition to my fitness plan, I will read and study the 40 chapters of Exodus (a chapter a day keeps the devil away... as well as faith and obedience to the Word). I hope you follow my plan and hold me accountable for the readings and the fitness. Come on and join me!!! Keep me posted on your progress and give me your ideas of the readings.
On to today...
I haven't exercised yet but I definitely plan to do so when Zack gets home from work. He usually tries to keep me on track while I moan, groan, and complain about how I hate cardio machines and would rather be in a cardio class. But I'm gonna get it together today! No complaining from me... no sir!
We did major grocery shopping for veggies, fruits, and the like. We had a healthy breakfast and I'll see how lunch goes.
On to the word: Exodus 1:1 starts the beginning of Moses journey to free the people of Israel. The people of Israel totally outnumbered the people of Egypt. Mr. Pharaoh was not happy with that because Israel could, in the time of war, give Egypt the beat down if they joined forces with Egypt's enemies. Pharaoh was livid! He decided to make labor as harsh and unbearable as he could for Israel. I mean, he really gave them the business by making them build cities in that crazy desert heat!
Pharaoh, being the crazy man he was, also decided to kill Israel's male babies. He told two Israeli mid-wives, Shiphrah and Puah, to kill the babies upon their arrival into the world however, the mid-wives were dedicated to God and chose to ignore Pharaoh's commands and lied to him when he asked why the babies were still alive. Imagine the courage they had to have to go against big, bad Pharaoh!!! That must've been scary but faith in God will give you the courage! For their faithfulness, God blessed the mid-wives with strong families. God is Great!
And that Pharaoh... kept on with his mess. He decided, because Israel continued to multiply, to throw all the male babies into the river! Now, how crazy is that?!?!?
More next time...
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