A Cup of Tea With Me

I got several of these things you get in the email, that I will be sharing over the next few days. I hope they bless you, or make you smile, like they did me. Thank you for sharing, Christina

Sometimes we wonder, “What did I do to deserve this?” or “Why did God have to do this to me?” Here is a wonderful explanation!

A daughter is telling her Mother how everything is going wrong, she’s failing algebra, her boyfriend broke up with her and her best friend is moving away.

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While My Journey will not be getting any changes, the changes are in direct relation to my walk with my Lord and Savior, so I felt the need to post them here.

Most of you all have noticed that I was feeling blah. That was because I had come under a deep conviction that I had bit off more than I could chew.

I will not be developing My Body, God’s Temple, any longer. Great idea, wrong time. I will be incorporating the information into Cup of Tea with Me. As, Cup of Tea is supposed to be a kind of diary anyway. I am still working on the idea behind the blog, just not making an entire blog out of it.

Faith Filled Wives, the website, is on hold a while longer. God is not ready for me to publish the entire site, however the blog, will still be growing.

I have to keep myself motivated. This is very hard to do. I start thinking that I can have “just one”. I have not given in to those thoughts yet, but still, they are there.

I have a real spiritual battle going on, as well. That does not help matters. I did not read my One Year Bible last night. That is the first night this year I missed. I did spend a lot of time in prayer with Him though.

It is all about the motivation. Why do I want to quit Diet Coke? Why do I want to live a healthier lifestyle? I tell you, it is because:

1 Corinthians 3:16 (AMP)
Do you not discern and understand that you [the whole church at Corinth] are God’s temple (His sanctuary), and that God’s Spirit has His permanent dwelling in you [to be at home in you, collectively as a church and also individually]?

Ephesians 2:21-22 (AMP)
In Him the whole structure is joined (bound, welded) together harmoniously, and it continues to rise (grow, increase) into a holy temple in the Lord [a sanctuary dedicated, consecrated, and sacred to the presence of the Lord].
In Him [and in fellowship with one another] you yourselves also are being built up [into this structure] with the rest, to form a fixed abode (dwelling place) of God in (by, through) the Spirit.

*Emphasis added

My body is the dwelling place of God, through the Holy Spirit. Would I want God to be living in a hovel? Or a grand mansion? OK, you got me, my body will never be a grand mansion, but my physical health is very much part of my worship of Him. He has charged me to take care of my earthy body, until I get home to Him in Heaven.

This means not only do I need to take care of my own, but I need to teach my family the same principle.

It is all about my motivation. My motivation is to please the Lord, God Almighty.

Father God,
I know I have not taken the best care of this earthly body that you have given me. I have not taught my children the best way to take care of their bodies. Father God, I humbly come before you this morning to ask that You teach me Your will regarding my body and how You want me to care for it. Please give me strength as I battle the addictions that I have to caffeine and artificial sweeteners. Please guide my day so that fit in the physical exercise that You would have me perform. Please help me to prepare a menu that helps my family eat so that their bodies also become worthy of being Your temple. Thank you, God. In Jesus’ name, I ask these things. Amen