Even When You Can't See It

I've been doing this weight loss thing for years.  As a matter of fact, this blog was initially created to follow a group of us that were trying to get healthy.  As I continue on this journey of obedience, I am trying desperately to keep my eyes on Jesus.  Some times that is easier than others.  When the scale isn't moving, it is hard to stay focused. Some may say not to get on the scale every day, and that's okay.  I choose to do it because my body reacts to certain foods and I use the scale to learn when to rule those out.  That's a blog for another day.   God keeps showing me something over and over again as it relates to the scale not moving so I figured I would share it with you.

This picture represents my weight loss since January 1st.  Each blue dot represents a day of weighing in.  As you can see, I've had my ups and downs and there has been a few days in a row there when the scale hasn't moved at all.  In the past, I would've been discouraged.  I would've been beating myself up wondering what I'm doing wrong.  Not this time. This time I  know that if I stay the course, the line will move down.

In those times, when days go by and the scale doesn't move, I am reassured by the thought that my body is still getting healthy even when I can't see the results.  I know that eventually the scale WILL move. God keeps showing me that my walk with Him is just like that.  There are times when I don't understand why everything seems to be going wrong in my world.  I keep doing the right things.  I keep chasing after Jesus.  I keep loving my neighbor.  I keep trying to be the light in the world, but nothing seems to change.  He whispers, "Holly, just like the scale doesn't always show the work that you are doing to change the inside of your body, the circumstances of your life will not always reflect the work that I am doing to change the inside of your heart."

When I step back and look at this weight loss picture overall, I can see that there is a great downward trend.  I can easily see how much  progress I've made. I can see that what I am doing is working.  If I could step back and look at my life from the moment I met Jesus until now, I would see such an amazing upward trend.  There would be a few bumps in the road when I started to lose my way but the change would be undeniable.  Jesus has filled empty places in me that I didn't even know existed.  God has restored relationships that would've been completely written off in the past.  God has helped me heal from insurmountable grief.  God has taken parts of me that were so completely shattered and somehow pieced them back together into something beautiful.

I shutter to think about the blessings I would have missed out on if  I would've given up in the times when the circumstances of my life didn't reflect God moving.  Don't give up.  God isn't finished with you yet.

Phillipians 1:6 I am sure of this, that He who started a good work in you WILL carry it on to completion until the day of Christ Jesus.