A Time for Everything

A Time for Everything: If that isn't the truth.
One minute I think I've got it all together and in the right order then ... nope it all changes.
But I guess that is what makes life interesting and challenging.
TIA

A Time for Everything:
There is a time for everything,
and a season for every activity under heaven:
a time to be born and a time to die,
a time to plant and a time to uproot,

a time to kill and a time to heal,
a time to tear down and a time to build,

a time to weep and a time to laugh,
a time to mourn and a time to dance,

a time to scatter stones and a time to gather them,
a time to embrace and a time to refrain,

a time to search and a time to give up,
a time to keep and a time to throw away,
a time to tear and a time to mend,
a time to be silent and a time to speak,

a time to love and a time to hate,
a time for war and a time for peace.

What does the worker gain from his toil? 10 I have seen the burden God has laid on men.
He has made everything beautiful in its time. He has also set eternity in the hearts of men; yet they cannot fathom what God has done from beginning to end.
I know that there is nothing better for men than to be happy and do good while they live.
That everyone may eat and drink, and find satisfaction in all his toil—this is the gift of God.
I know that everything God does will endure forever; nothing can be added to it and nothing taken from it. God does it so that men will revere him.

Whatever is has already been,
and what will be has been before;
and God will call the past to account. [a]

And I saw something else under the sun:
In the place of judgment—wickedness was there,
in the place of justice—wickedness was there.

I thought in my heart,
"God will bring to judgment
both the righteous and the wicked,
for there will be a time for every activity,
a time for every deed."

I also thought, "As for men, God tests them so that they may see that they are like the animals. Man's fate is like that of the animals; the same fate awaits them both: As one dies, so dies the other. All have the same breath ; man has no advantage over the animal. Everything is meaningless. All go to the same place; all come from dust, and to dust all return. Who knows if the spirit of man rises upward and if the spirit of the animal goes down into the earth?"

So I saw that there is nothing better for a man than to enjoy his work, because that is his lot. For who can bring him to see what will happen after him?

Ecclesiastes 3 (New International Version)

EXERCISE BY OSMOSIS

This is a devotional out of my Healthy Lifestyle class, I Don't Do Diet. 

EXERCISE BY OSMOSIS

You were bought at a price. Therefore honor God with your body. 1 Corinthians 6:20

I’m going to ask you to think back to your grade school and high school days when your teachers were telling you that you couldn’t learn history by just putting the book under your pillow at night in hopes of the knowledge just seeping in while you sleep.  They were trying to get you to realize that at some point you would have to pick up the book and study the material to learn it.  The same concept is true of your goal to living a healthy lifestyle and becoming physically fit.

As tempting as it seems we have to be careful that we don’t carry this childhood concept into adulthood because exercise doesn’t happen by osmosis.  I have come across many people that could walk into any health club and teach a class on proper exercise technique and nutrition but they still struggle with holding themselves accountable to the daily routine that gets it done.  They have become rich in knowledge but poor in the application of that knowledge.  Remember that the win is in the ‘doing’ not in the ‘knowing or learning.’ 

I know some of us, me included,
that like to know as much as possible about something before we get started.  But there is a point that we have to put action to our learning and just start the process.  You will always have the chance to learn more things about how to improve what we are doing but you won’t get a second chance to repeat this day.  So as a means of accountability; what does your exercise program look like now?  You are in the fourth week of this class and you should be consistently exercising 3-4 times per week.  If you are, then that’s great.  But if you’re not, why?  What is holding you back?  Don’t let complacency and the status quo control your life anymore.

Don’t forget that we all made a COMMITMENT to ourselves when we started this class and we need to stay true to that.  Realize that nobody can do the heavy lifting for us and we will have to work hard for our goal.  This even means sweating – yes I know it’s out of style but it must happen, your success depends on it. 

Let's Get Healthy,

Coach TIA 

Pledging to be aware of what I eat!

I am pledging right now that...
I will be aware of what I am eating!
How much I eat!
I will not ignore the "fullbutton" in my mind.
I will choose healthy foods!
I will drink water!
I will have vicotry in Jesus =)

DO you want it?

A man who wants something will find a way;
a man who doesn't will find and excuse.
Stephan Dolley Jr.

Goal Setting!

Goal setting: make two goals you can do today, then two next month, then two next month. Then you have accomplished 6 new things in 3 months.
These goals you can write on your fridge because you will do them!

A Time for Everything

Tuesday, April 06, 2010

A Time for Everything: If that isn't the truth.
One minute I think I've got it all together and in the right order then ... nope it all changes.
But I guess that is what makes life interesting and challenging.
TIA

A Time for Everything:
There is a time for everything,
and a season for every activity under heaven:
a time to be born and a time to die,
a time to plant and a time to uproot,

a time to kill and a time to heal,
a time to tear down and a time to build,

a time to weep and a time to laugh,
a time to mourn and a time to dance,

a time to scatter stones and a time to gather them,
a time to embrace and a time to refrain,

a time to search and a time to give up,
a time to keep and a time to throw away,
a time to tear and a time to mend,
a time to be silent and a time to speak,

a time to love and a time to hate,
a time for war and a time for peace.

What does the worker gain from his toil? 10 I have seen the burden God has laid on men.
He has made everything beautiful in its time. He has also set eternity in the hearts of men; yet they cannot fathom what God has done from beginning to end.
I know that there is nothing better for men than to be happy and do good while they live.
That everyone may eat and drink, and find satisfaction in all his toil—this is the gift of God.
I know that everything God does will endure forever; nothing can be added to it and nothing taken from it. God does it so that men will revere him.

Whatever is has already been,
and what will be has been before;
and God will call the past to account. [a]

And I saw something else under the sun:
In the place of judgment—wickedness was there,
in the place of justice—wickedness was there.

I thought in my heart,
"God will bring to judgment
both the righteous and the wicked,
for there will be a time for every activity,
a time for every deed."

I also thought, "As for men, God tests them so that they may see that they are like the animals. Man's fate is like that of the animals; the same fate awaits them both: As one dies, so dies the other. All have the same breath ; man has no advantage over the animal. Everything is meaningless. All go to the same place; all come from dust, and to dust all return. Who knows if the spirit of man rises upward and if the spirit of the animal goes down into the earth?"

So I saw that there is nothing better for a man than to enjoy his work, because that is his lot. For who can bring him to see what will happen after him?

Ecclesiastes 3 (New International Version)

DO you want it?

A man who wants something will find a way;
a man who doesn't will find and excuse.
Stephan Dolley Jr.

Pledging to be aware of what I eat!

I am pledging right now that...
I will be aware of what I am eating!
How much I eat!
I will not ignore the "fullbutton" in my mind.
I will choose healthy foods!
I will drink water!
I will have vicotry in Jesus =)

Goal Setting!

Goal setting: make two goals you can do today, then two next month, then two next month. Then you have accomplished 6 new things in 3 months.
These goals you can write on your fridge because you will do them!

EXERCISE BY OSMOSIS

This is a devotional out of my Healthy Lifestyle class, I Don't Do Diet. 

EXERCISE BY OSMOSIS

You were bought at a price. Therefore honor God with your body. 1 Corinthians 6:20

I’m going to ask you to think back to your grade school and high school days when your teachers were telling you that you couldn’t learn history by just putting the book under your pillow at night in hopes of the knowledge just seeping in while you sleep.  They were trying to get you to realize that at some point you would have to pick up the book and study the material to learn it.  The same concept is true of your goal to living a healthy lifestyle and becoming physically fit.

As tempting as it seems we have to be careful that we don’t carry this childhood concept into adulthood because exercise doesn’t happen by osmosis.  I have come across many people that could walk into any health club and teach a class on proper exercise technique and nutrition but they still struggle with holding themselves accountable to the daily routine that gets it done.  They have become rich in knowledge but poor in the application of that knowledge.  Remember that the win is in the ‘doing’ not in the ‘knowing or learning.’ 

I know some of us, me included,
that like to know as much as possible about something before we get started.  But there is a point that we have to put action to our learning and just start the process.  You will always have the chance to learn more things about how to improve what we are doing but you won’t get a second chance to repeat this day.  So as a means of accountability; what does your exercise program look like now?  You are in the fourth week of this class and you should be consistently exercising 3-4 times per week.  If you are, then that’s great.  But if you’re not, why?  What is holding you back?  Don’t let complacency and the status quo control your life anymore.

Don’t forget that we all made a COMMITMENT to ourselves when we started this class and we need to stay true to that.  Realize that nobody can do the heavy lifting for us and we will have to work hard for our goal.  This even means sweating – yes I know it’s out of style but it must happen, your success depends on it. 

Let's Get Healthy,

Coach TIA