This has been a extremely busy year for me. Since the year started, I’ve been contending with moving, sorting, organizing and getting our house in order. Actually, this process started for me last year August, so I’ve been preparing and settling in for almost a year now. Also during these recent months, I’ve been busy with the girls helping one prepare for graduation and the other, being a support and class parent, not to mention, ministry, the family recovering from bouts of sickness, daily responsibilities…etc. With everything I have going on, I began to feel lost in all the NEEDS going on around me that I began to feel unclear as to what was really important to me and The Lord.
There are so many things on my heart, so many visions, so many ideas, so many things I feel the need to do to better myself, my family and so many demands that need attention stat. There’s so many things to get done in my home and so many responsibilities that need tending to that many things had to take the back burner, including me. During this process and most times, I’m so goal oriented and driven, I forget most often about my own self-care and most times, I crash and burn.
One day during prayer, I asked The Lord,
What is important to you during this season in my life and where do you want me to focus my energies.”
I didn’t get a straight answer but continued to pray and wait.
Since the year started, I’ve done my best to stay consistent with exercising but had to limit exercise and do it at home due to weather conditions, sickness and the physical demands of moving…everything just had my body wiped out.
Today, I went back to the gym for the first time in months and knew The Lord answered my question,
“Focus your energies on conquering Obesity…”
It’s not that I stopped trying to overcome obesity, but loosened the reins and haven’t been as aggressive in doing what I did to lose 75 pounds.
Truth is, there’s always going to be a ton of things going on which’ll have me pulled and tugged in every direction, but, I have to take care of me first and ALWAYS honoring God in my temple and that can’t take a back seat. I’m learning and praying for ways to find balance even at the expense of saying NO to things, people or demands when I’m past my limit.
It felt really good doing back to the gym in my body and for mental clarity. The gym for me is inspiring, rejuvenating and keeps me focused. I allowed everything else take me away from me what was important to me and Christ, but now, I know what needs to be done…refocusing and creating a plan to finish the race of conquering Obesity once and for all.
I must begin again to be conscious of my moment to moment choices even with limitations and demands. I must find ways that I can fulfill my earthly obligations in decency and order and fulfill Christs simultaneously, which all can be done in Him.
I encourage you as Christ has encouraged me, ask The Lord the same question to re-align yourself with Christ priorities,
What is important to you during this season in my life and where do you want me to focus my energies.”
The truth is, our priorities most times are not God’s! When we align our purpose with His, our journey becomes a lot smoother, our perspective clearer and the fight harder, but harder with a purpose instead of fighting against the current. There’s a Grace that follows with aligning ourselves with Christ’s priorities and at the end, if we faint not, He ensures us that’ll we’ll win!
Continue to join me so that I can share with you what Christ is sharing with me about overcoming. As always, Be Encouraged, Stay Connected, Fight & Let’s Become Free Together!
Choices-Billy Graham
Yours in Christ,
Ke’Shawn Adamson
B.O.O.M!
