God Spoke

This morning I woke up feeling pretty OK about the day.  I didn't have to work, I got 9 hours of sleep (which I needed since I haven't slept well in over a week), and I had the day to myself.  I made a mental To-Do list in my mind as I made the bed and headed downstairs. 
First, I need to fix my breakfast.  You see, I have reached 81 pounds lost....with only 10 to go to reach my lowest goal weight.  They say the last 10 is the hardest to lose so they (the counselors at Slimgenics) have put me on a week long plateau breaker to speed up and revamp my weight loss.  One of the most important things is to eat my protein (which in my case is 2 eggs) within 30 minutes of waking up.  But, today is my weigh-in day and I don't like to eat or drink anything before I weigh.  So I cooked up my eggs, poured myself a giant bottle of water, and headed out to go weigh...taking my eggs in a Pyrex bowl to eat as soon as I was finished weighing. 
I weighed.  I gained 1/4 lb.  I wasn't overly shocked considering I had just spent a wonderful weekend on a couples' retreat and had to eat whatever was served...which was "eggs" smothered in greasy cheese, French toast smothered in cinnamon and sugar, bacon, etc, and this was just breakfast.  Needless to say, I didn't eat my healthy food that I'm used to eating. 
As I walked out the doors of Slimgenics and headed to run a few errands; and eat my eggs,  I could feel my mood plummet.  Amazing what a 1/4 pound weight gain can do to my day!  So I finished my errands in a funk and headed home...straight to the couch.  As I sat on the couch pouting and looking through Pinterest at all the wonderful ideas for weight loss and fitness, God shook me and said,
     "Jenni, why are you pouting?  Are you going to let 1/4 pound defeat you?  Have you forgotten that you have lost 81 pounds and went from a size 18/20 to a size 6?  Have you forgotten that you have worked hard to get where you are and that it isn't all about the scale?  Get off the couch and do something positive for yourself instead of sitting there sulking!"
"WOW!  OK God.  You got my attention."  I immediately went upstairs, put on my cute little workout shorts and tennis shoes, turned on my XBox Kinect and got a great Zumba workout in.  But that still wasn't good enough and I knew the weather was about to change outside to cold and snow so, since I was already warm, I grabbed my iPod and headed out the door.  I found my worship songs play list and off I went, determined to lose this lousy mood.  There is NOTHING like taking a good, long power walk with Jesus as my workout partner! 
So now I am home, with a renewed energy and willpower to get through this week, with His strength and power leading me! 
Moral of the story:  If you are ever having a bad day, there is nothing like a kick ass workout (pardon my French), and a good long walk with our Savior to brighten a gloomy day! 
As I type this, the clouds are rolling in and I can see the snow moving across the mountain tops heading our way.  But I WILL NOT let the gloominess outside ruin my sunny mood! 
Thank you Jesus for the "gentle" nudge and wonderful chat this morning!