Weird answer

I have been writing about letting God take complete control of me, in every aspect of my life. I have also said that that means every-single-thing...everything. All the stuff that I had lumped together in my 'just life' pile, I have decided that if God said to trust Him for everything, then I really need to trust Him for every-thing....including weight loss.

So, the past few months I have been getting more and more depressed with trying to lose weight. I increased my exercise - a friend and I go 3x at week. That has felt great, but I haven't lost any weight. Then, I tried tracking food with a food journal to get me on board again with portion control or counting my points(WW). But, that hasn't been going so good.

For the past 2 weeks, I have been praying and crying and whining and basically, giving up any hope of ever losing this weight that my body has put back on. My prayers have been sounding pretty desperate. I have been totally honest with God and have told Him that I don't know what to do next. I had, in fact, given up. I was at my end.

Well, about a week ago my sister in law called and left a message about a new thing her and her family had started. It was a program that helped detoxify your body and give it the natural minerals and nutrition that it needed to function normally rather than be bogged down with everything toxic. In the process of all this, your body dropped weight.

It sounded too good to be true. After hearing her message, I rolled my eyes and said out loud, "Oh brother!" I couldn't believe that she was trying to sell this to me! But even as I said that, there was a voice in my head that said, "You asked for help". I was dumbfounded. I stood there, and as I processed this I said, "Seriously, Lord...this is your answer?" It seemed too wacky to be my weight loss answer from GOD! How many useless pills and drinks and drugs were out there proclaiming to be every one's answer to weight loss? Surely, God would not use something as tacky as 'another wonder formula'.

A few days later I talked to her, and I must admit that I was becoming a believer. It was sounding healthy and logical. It wasn't just another magic potion. There was work involved as far as eating right. I would love to give it a try.

If only it didn't cost so much.

I got off the phone and told my husband that I wouldn't be able to try it - we didn't have the money right now(we are in major debt-reduction) for me to do this. But, I did say that if this truly was God's way of helping me, He would provide. I would trust Him for it, or know that this wasn't for me.

My sister in law called me today.
She said, 'would you like to try it'
I said, 'love to, but I can't afford it'
She said, 'I'll pay for you'
I said, 'NO'
She said, 'YES'
I said, 'you shouldn't have to do that'
She said, 'your brother just said we're doing it'
I said, 'why'
She said, 'we really believe in this for you'
I said, ' '

God had just provided for me. God had just provided for me in a way I would have NEVER thought of.

Maybe this... is His answer.