Health and Fitness

I ate gluten today, yesterday, and the day before. And on Thanksgiving. I've had a hard time pooping, too, so no more gluten for me. Really. I need to quit grabbing and eating. Need to be more self controlled.

Counting calories really helps, too. So, I'll have to start doing that now that I'm getting a better recovery from the surgery I had 2 weeks ago. I might try to walk tomorrow.

Also, I've been eating too much sugar. Sugar makes me feel dizzy and I have a major crash after eating it. So, I'll have to only let myself have a treat when I've been super good, exercised, counted my calories, and then only then can I allow myself 50-100 calories of a treat. I actually buy myself a dark chocolate candy bar that's supposed to last me all week. And it does.

I'm considering going on a two day raw veggie fast with just water and/or herbal teas. Maybe I'll start that on Tuesday. Clean out all the stuff I ate over Thanksgiving.

The plan: -count calories. Since my activity is low, I'll do a 1200-1300 calories
-non-stressful exercise to get my metabolism going
-start a 2 day raw veggie fast on Tuesday.
-no gluten

I'll check in to let you know if I was a good girl and did that.

Grace to you.

Persecution

If I think that I will be free and void of all sorrow and suffering, when I chose to follow Jesus Christ, I might want to think again.

Recently, I've put my foot down on moral issues, and I've lost a few friends for it. God never ever promises us a life free and void of discomfort when we chose to follow Him. In fact, how many times does Christ and the Apostles say to "take up your cross and follow Me"?

Or, some denominations preach the "health and wealth gospel". In high school, I dedicated my life to the Lord to go wherever He wanted me to go. To be whatever He wanted me to be. Whatever. I was sold out and surrendered. Soon after, I started having seizures and had developed a Brain tumor. I was on fire for the Lord. So, what happened? Aren't people who have decided to follow Christ supposed to have a life free of suffering?? HA!! HA!! Or maybe, somehow, or somewhere, I was harboring sin or a demon of some sort. That's why I had a tumor. How stupid is that? There is absolutely no Scriptural support for that erroneous philosophy. The Health and Wealth Gospel is just that. A mere philosophy I stick it in a bag along with Taoism, Buddhism, and Hinduism, and any other unbiblical philosophy.

With that said, a Christian Woman who has decided to live a Christ centered life style, should happily expect to be persecuted. In Fact 1 Peter talks a lot about being persecuted. And the Church was persecuted and scattered in the first 50 years of existence. I'm not sure I would of wanted to live in that era: being ripped apart by lions, having a stake up my butt and left to die, or set on fire to light the emperors parties. Do I think I am free of molestation, because I live in America? Our day is coming. And I think it'll be good to see how many of these "Christ Professors" are actually followers of Christ when put through fire. To be tried. To be refined. Scraping off the dross. Making us pure gold.

COME ON!! I've count the cost. I have decided to follow Jesus. No turning back!! No turning back!! Glen Beck wants you to follow the 9-12 thing. Sarah Palin wants mothers to run for office. I love those two, I do. Conservative, I am, but the US Government is not ordained by God. My home is, and my church is. So, if ya wanna get involved in God's economy take care of your home, take care of your kids and husband, and volunteer at church. Satan will hate that!! Oooooh What do my kids need? What does my husband need? What does my church need? Have you prayed for everyone in your church yet? If you go to a mega church, then get involved in a small group, and pray for them. Get your kids involved in showing love for someone else this year.

I Peter 1:13
So Prepare your minds for action, be self controlled, and set your hope fully on the grace to be given you when Jesus Christ is revealed.

This is a time of grace. This is a time of the love of God shown to us. In the last days many will scoff and say He is not here and will not ever return. They mock, but He will come and take his people away. (2 Peter 2:3-10) MARANA-THA!! Come Lord Jesus!! Come!!

1 Peter 1:16
So, be holy, for I am holy.

What's that about anyways? You know I like to ask, "What?" "How?", or "Why?" I'm one of those students a teacher will either HATE or LOVE. If you're an arrogant, proud teacher, we won't get along. But if you're a teacher who's willing to say, "I don't know", and then point me in the right direction to find the answers, we'll do good. I believer it's ok to not know, but only for a day or two. After that you gotta get off your butt and find out. If you're on the net, then you've got all kinds of options open t to you. In fact, I have 1 Peter 1 opened on another screen as I write these things.

So, what does "being holy" mean? I mean, being holy like God is holy. His thoughts are higher than mine, his ways area higher than mine, too. How can I be like Him when He is so way far up there? ONLY THROUGH THE CROSS.

If you haven't done so yet...... SISTER!! if you have not bowed your head and accepted the redemption offered you by the blood of Christ, then you should. You can not follow Christ on your own. Everyone is sinful. You can not do it!! It's impossible. Oh, no not me!! "I'm not a whore, Kim. I haven't murdered anyone, Kim. In fact, I help people. I give to the poor. I go to church every Sunday. I even teach Sunday School. I go on mission trips to Africa to feed needy. I even get my kids to volunteer every year at the food pantry". Sin is not living up to God's standards

Romans 3:23
For all have sinned and fallen short of the glory of God.
Romans 6:23
For the wages of sin is death but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our LORD.
John 3:16
For God so loved the world that he gave his only begotten son that whosoever believes in Him will not perish but have everlasting life
Romans 10:9-10
If you confess with your mouth that Jesus is Lord, and believe in your heart that God raised Him from the dead, you will be saved. For it is with the heart that you believe and are justified and it is with your mouth you confess and are saved

And God is a jealous God. He is not, "Ok, you can have me............oh and a little Hinduism." OR "Ok, you can have me, plus zen, and voo doo, and any other philosophy that might come your way."

NOPE!!

It is Christ alone. Nothing else. And it's a very unpopular way of thinking, very politically incorrect, but if you're conservative, you'll lay it all out and let Christ have his undivided attention (as my favorite musical artist Jeremy Riddle preaches!!). Oh, the joy to be found!! Oh the fruit you will bare. I'd give up a rotten piece of bread for a feast any day. That is what the LORD has for you. I gave up myself and my selfish desires for a very happy place, under the grace of God. I gave up pride and arrogance for my home and husband. I like being under the authority of my husband. It's a safe place for me. I am his. I am my HUSBAND'S WIFE. I belong to him. I am flesh of his flesh. I am bone of his bone. In a very real and intimate way, I belong to him. If he hurts me, he hurts himself. If he loves me, he loves himself. How's that for apolitically incorrect?? I love it. I laugh. I am not a feminist. Nope. The more my husband loves me, the more I'm happy and content to be his wife. And that's it. That's all I need to be. Steve's wife. That's all I am. Chasing ones identity is silly. I am where I am. I like where I am. I like being a wife. Sorry Oprah, as sweet and kind as you are, I graciously disagree with all the weird feminist spouting you have going on on your show.

So, if you've not accepted Christ as your own person Saviour, you should. Then you'll be able to be holy like God is holy. Being holy is being separate and set apart in a godly way. Not being like you used to. The Beatitudes speak about being like Christ: humility, grieving over sin, seeking after righteousness, meekness, being merciful, pure in heart, and being a peace maker. You'll be persecuted for righteous. But, it's ok. Yours is the kingdom of heaven. I've suffered brain tumor, temptation to sin, pain because of sporadic arthritis, and being a tired mommy, but I have made my choice. I am wiling to go where God wants. He will carry me through the fire.


HEALTH AND FITNESS:

I'm at 175 lbs, now. I've lost 20. I have about 30 more to go. If you want to start your journey in changing your life style and making it more healthy, like me, I started with deciding that I actually need to CHANGE. So I changed what I thought of food, exercise, peace and quiet, balance, boundaries, and water drinking.

If you're just starting, go to web MD, and start counting your calories based on exercising, your sex, and how much you weigh. I'm 5'5, weigh 175, and I know I like to exercise. So, I'm allowed 1300 calories a day. If I burn off 100 calories (that would be 10-15 minutes of rigorous step aerobics, like dripping sweat aerobics), then I can still eat an extra 100 calories. Making it 1400 calories. So, I need 1200-1300 to survive every day. So, learn to count your calories.

I've also become gluten free in the past 2 months. Gluten is wheat, barley, or rye. It has helped with gas, bloating, and cleaning out my cholen. And I've been drinking 10 glasses of water, since I live in a very dry high altitude environment. That also helps with pooping!! Yay for poop!! Having a good crap every day is very healthy. Holding your poop is toxic and not healthy to poison yourself. So, FIBER, sister. FIBER!! Raw veggies is the best.

I've also reduced stress in that I don't volunteer for as many things as I used to. I'm not the "Yes" person any more. If I can't do it, then I can't. If I have enough on my plte, someone else can do it. Plus, to deprive someone who should be volunteering at church, by doing it myslef, is wrong. I should not do for someone what they should be doing themselves.

Stinkin' Thinkin'

WHATSOEVER!! Yes! Lets think about about good stuff. Here's a list of stupid stuff a Christian Conservitive Woman might think about: -what if my husband dies? -what if my kids get in a terrible car accident and become brain dead or just dead, for that matter? -what if that guy over there started flurting with me? -what if I get sued for selling my art to a low life money loving jerk? -what if Los Angeles gets bombed by Alqueda or something, and I have to go running to Nabraska or something?

Now, really? Do we need to be thinking of all those "what ifs"? They're not even true. They haven't even happened. So, cut it out and think on these things:

-truth
-nobel, honesty, and honorable things
-right, just, justice, right judgement
-pure
-lovely
-admirable things
-excellent things
-things that should be praised (Philippians 4:8)

There. That's pretty simple. Doesn't God make this pretty easy for us? I mean, we're Americains. Most of us can read. My dyslexic brother reads. So, just open the GOOD BOOK and read it. One of the Beattitudes Christ talks about in Matthew 5 is "hungering and thirsting after righteousness". Because, then, you'll be filled. Christ even says when he was temped, "Man does not live on mere bread alone, but from every word that comes out of the mouth of God". Isaiah 55 talks about those who hunger and thirst and that if you go to Him, he will fill you. His thoughts are higher than yours. So are His ways. He is the Most High God. He is the only one who can fill whatever you are craving, because He is perfect and holy. How can something that is unholy fill you and satisfy you? Only the Holy One can fill you.

And yet we're filling ourselves up with garbage!! How would ya fare on a diet of Hershey bars? Gross!! Your insides will be all black, you'd be constipated, toxic, pimple faced, and an irritating person to be around. Quit spendng so much of your time on the TV, computer, and get some nourishment from the Word of God.

2 PEter 3:1
Dear friends this is my second letter to you. I have written both of them as reminders to stimulate you to wholesome thinking.

WOW!! So, I bet both 1 & 2 Peter are full of great stuff to stimulate us to great thinking. Instead of stinkin' thinkin': thoughts that are lies, ugly, dramatically corney and full of worthless fluff, wrong, dirty, sarcastically mean, stupid and pointless are not allowed here. After all, we want to become more Christ like. Stinkin' thinkin' is not becoming more Christ like. It's just staying nasty and toxic.

If you haven't already, I'd encourage you to fast and pray for a day. Maybe even 2 (since man does not live on mere bread alone, but from every word the comes out of hte mouth of God). Meditate on both 1 & 2 Peter. It's quite wordy. But just remember, it's written by the high strung Appostle Peter. It's bound to be wordy, because he's an excited person about the things Christ has dome. I've been on 1 Peter 1 for two weeks now. It's crazy and packed full of how we are to think of our SALVATION. If you choose to fast, ask God to help you. Satan doesn't want you to live freely. He doesn't want you to focus your attentions on the beautiful things God has for you. He wants to disturb you, and he wants you to continue to be wishy washy. He especially doesn't want you to love and appreciate your salvation like Peter does. Nope. He wants you to live in legalistic nastiness, worldy wishy-washiness, ..........oooooooo, or better yet, he'd love for you to fall into the lust of the flesh, the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life. Yup!! He would.

I will pray for you the the devil will not mess with your desire to think rightly and become more Christ centered.

"God in Heaven!! Most High God! Let my sisters be strong in you and may they think and live rithtly. May all that comes out of their mouths be beautiful, because You have filled them with good thinking. We love you. May Satan not mess with us as we get our lives, hearts, and minds right with you in Christ centeredness!! In Christ alone!! In Christ forever. We are yours. You will keep us. In Jesus' name, AMEN!!"

Love, Kim
Grace to you.

Stinkin' Thinkin'

Introduction

Hi. I was raised Baptist and still consider myself to be a Baptist, but I've become less legalistic and have come to live FREELY under Christ. Since I live freely, temptations are stronger, but I am able to overcome and be content under Christ. Instead of a Christian under legalistic rule, I'm a Christian under Christ. I've made mistakes and I've done and said some really stupid things, but I'd rather have Jesus Christ be the center of my life than any one else, or any one else's ideas of how a "real Christian woman" would live. More than any other doctrine. More than any other creed, Jesus Christ is my all in all. I don't need any thing else.

THE CENTER

Christ, You're the center of my life.
Through any pain or strife,
You're the center of my life.

Christ, You're the center of my soul,
For I know you're in control.
You're the center of my soul.

And in You I will abide.
I will not step aside.
Truth and love abound.
Because in You, I'm found.

Christ, You're the center of my mind.
All else is left behind.
You're the center of my mind.

Christ, You're the center of my days.
I'll walk with you always.
You're the center of my days.
-Copyrite, Kimberly Snover, October, 2008

"On Christ, the Solid Rock, I stand. All other ground is sinking sand. All other ground is sinking sand"

This blog takes a Biblical view of the world, and it focuses on various aspects of the Christian Conservative Woman's life style. Things I talk about that are important to me are Christ centerness in everything: health, fitness, family, diet, children and discipline (disciplining both me and my children), being a godly wife, and serving in my church and community, music and art. I might get political and sarcastic on some issues. As a Christian, God really doesn't want me to be mean, so I'll keep my blab down to a dull roar. This pit bull prefurs chap stick anyhow. And I do love Sara. What conservative woman doesn't?

Topics to be discussed this next year, 2010 most likely will inclued:
-developing biblical views of health and fitness that are both balanced and developes bounderies
-Bible studies on developing a Christ centered life
-politics and a good biblical view of this world and this day and age

I like to ask questions. You may answer them if you want. My favorites are "WHY?" and "HOW?". I like to know the details. Feel free to answer some of them if you'd like this next year. A good Bible verse in your answer would really attract my attention, so you'll need to do your home work. The Holy Bible is my first premis in life, all 66 books. So, if ya got a verse I'm bound to tackle it and see how you treat the WORD OF THE LORD. With respect, I hope.

God bless you as you seek to become a more Christ Centered Conservative Christian Woman. Grace to you!! And peace from God our Father through our LORD jesus Christ

Kim