{"id":313,"date":"2018-03-25T15:59:41","date_gmt":"2018-03-25T15:59:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/shop.honestreflections.net\/?p=313"},"modified":"2019-12-10T08:44:11","modified_gmt":"2019-12-10T13:44:11","slug":"jump-start","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/2018\/03\/25\/jump-start\/","title":{"rendered":"Jump Start"},"content":{"rendered":"

\u201cI have the right to do anything,\u201d you say\u2014but not everything is beneficial. \u201cI have the right to do anything\u201d\u2014but I will not be mastered by anything.” 1 Corinthians 6:12<\/strong><\/em>
\nI need a jump start.\u00a0 Life has been a bit much for me of late.\u00a0 There has been a lot going on which has drained me.\u00a0 I’m feeling mentally fatigued, physically tired and just over all blah.\u00a0 I’m not jumping out of bed in the morning excited for the day ahead.\u00a0 Instead I’m burying my head under the covers and dreading the moment my feet have to hit the floor.
\nI’m depressed.\u00a0 I don’t like it.\u00a0 It’s time to do something about it.
\nI’m into groups.\u00a0 I don’t know if you know that about me, but I believe in the power of groups.\u00a0 So much so, I am actually on staff as a volunteer at my church organizing groups.\u00a0 I believe in them so much I give my time away to form and help sustain them.\u00a0 Groups change people’s lives.\u00a0 They care for people, connect people and grow people.
\nGroups rock!
\nFor instance, I’m in an online group, it’s a health group centered solely on making good health choices.\u00a0 There are 80 participants in the group, it was formed by a friend who was frustrated with her recent choices and wanted support.\u00a0 She was amazed at how many other people were in the same boat, wanting the same thing.
\nI was one of them.
\nThe group has been amazing for me.\u00a0 We are at the end of the first three months.\u00a0 I’ve done well, I’ve instituted some good work out habits, I’ve counted calories.\u00a0 It has helped me stay on track.\u00a0 However, I have faltered of late.
\nThankfully I’m in a group!
\nOur leader has issued a 30 day challenge for April.\u00a0 Set one goal and attain it.\u00a0 It is exactly what I needed to jump start my life again.\u00a0 At first I didn’t know what I wanted to set as a goal.\u00a0 I wanted something which would reset my mindset, my exercise routine, my life.\u00a0 As I began to pray about it, my eyes fell upon the long unopened book “The Daniel Plan” by Rick Warren.\u00a0 I had done it a year or so ago and it had truly helped me get motivated.\u00a0 I knew immediately it was my challenge.
\nI’m doing the 40 day fitness challenge starting tomorrow.\u00a0 Along with it, I am going to do the 10 day detox.\u00a0 Then I will continue to follow the Daniel Plan guidelines for the rest of the 30 days. God help me, it’s the only way I’ll succeed.
\nIt’s my jumpstart.
\nI started to re-read the book this morning as I prepare for my challenge.\u00a0 Already it has lifted my heart and quickened my step.\u00a0 I’m excited to get back on the plan.\u00a0 I remember how good I felt when I did this before.\u00a0 How balanced my emotions were, how energetic my body felt.\u00a0 I want that again.\u00a0 I can’t wait to start!
\nI love the words the author is praying for the people who choose to take this journey:
\n3 John 2 “Dear friend, I pray that you may enjoy good health and that all may go well with you, even as your soul is getting along well.”<\/em>
\nWelcome to the journey!
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