"Don’t you realize that your body is the temple of the Holy Spirit, who lives in you and was given to you by God? You do not belong to yourself" 1C619
Wow, I do not know how many times I have read this verse, but it seems that I couldn´t grasp the whole meaning of it! I mean, it literally says that we are our Beloved´s temple, and His Holy Spirits live in here, in me!
My temple wasn´t very nice, I must confess! When I started my journey and found this amazing ministry my mind was renewed and now the way I act, think, read His word and study changed for good! But my body, mmm wasn´t healthy! 😅😅
A year ago, I was so sad that my weight was over the top!! And to add more my cholesterol levels and triglycerides were beyond normal, like triple! Shame!
I became a "couch potato", so lazy! My life needed to change, I needed to move!
I started to pray and decided to let go of rice (that is huge in Costa Rica), bread, and basically everything that came in a package! My family got on board with me and we started to eat what we had in our garden, veggies fruits, seeds, and obviously coffee, hahaha, and I asked my Beloved to give me the right tools, resources, time, energy, food supplies, the money to pay for it and the temperance to accomplish my mission!
Guess what, He send everything and more!! Godly friends who are mentoring me and supporting me every step of the way!
Bragging about the Love He has for me and how He directed my steps, I have lost 7 kilos!!! A huge difference in me, my clothes are so loose that I need new ones!
And all my 4 children are doing exercise because they watched me! They now understand more why we need to take care of not only our minds but our bodies, to enjoy, the abundant life He offers to us!
We are setting a healthy tone for our family, where His word is the center, and moving together toward our goal is real!
Thank you for sharing! I too had gained so much that I was bigger than I was with all my pregnancies and started having high blood pressure. I had trouble finding a way to lose it and be healthier until He showed me! Lower my carb and bread intake and fast. It’s so wonderful to hear how you’ve seen positive changes and your children following. Keep up the great work, and may He continue to be bless you on your path!
Thank you my dear Hope!! I feel different and just seeing the results is amazing! His ways are perfect are He creates all these amazing varieties of food that we must try! Going back to basics! To what He created and not what men promote in stores and restaurants! We are killing ourselves because of what we eat! All those mass produce foods that contain lots of poisons! He wants our health and our minds to be clear!
Thank you so much for sharing this beautiful testimony precious Isabella. Just this afternoon I was thinking how nothing is a coincidence when I come and read something on the blog and that my Darling has all these posts planned out for me and here is the proof. This week I have been talking to my Darling about my weight because I have gained so much weight and your post was really an encouragement for me.
Well done with the 7 kilos, all with our Darling Lord’s help, He is really the best ever!
Yes!!! hahaha I have been enjoying my process!! The exercise has been fun as well!! He led me to try asian workouts, which are fun and easy to do in your living room!! And boy they worked goood!! He wants to transform us in every little detail, He has all the answers and He will direct our steps for the things that best work for each one of us!!
Thank you Isabella for sharing this encouraging post, lots of us struggle with weight gain and tried so many different things and listened to so many people that just creates confusion and leads us to give up. But if we ask our Beloved He will guide us and show us what to do and what the cause is. He knows our bodies and what is going on the inside best, and therefore He is the BEST at showing us the way, but we must also surrender it into His hands and wait for His guidance and not try things in the flesh which will be in vain.
Exactly my sweet Adina!! There is so much information out there! Diets, and training routines, are overwhelming! But you express so beautifully, that He loves and knows our bodies because He created them!! This is a thing of surrendering as well and reading His word for guidance. I call it “GOING BACK TO BASICS”, because when we spend time with Him and read His word, we see that He gave us fresh air, water, sunlight, plants, fruits, and seeds to feed our bodies! And we were not created to stay lay down for long periods, we were created to walk and keep doing things all day long! He will guide each one of our journeys to going back o health with Him!