Maverick2's Blog

Day 11 ~

Romans 8:13 ~ For if you live according to the flesh you will die, but if by the Spirit you put to death the deeds of the body, you will live.

Is it time for you to soar higher? Consider the following:

Food is pleasurable, sustaining, and life-giving. It is a gift from God. (Let us remember those who don't have enough food and are starving.)

Food is not evil. It is good. Obesity is running rampant in the United States of America affecting 2/3 of our population. Food is good but we are using food as a solution for problems that food can't fix.

Boredom, anxiety, depression, stress, and anger are problems but not problems that food fixes but rather exacerbates.

The unintended consequences of overeating are depression, diabetes, cancer, heart disease, sleep apnea, and low self-esteem. There are many other frightening consequences related to being obese too.

It is not a disease. It is a choice.

If you are happy where you are and want to continue living according to the appetites of the flesh then, by all means, do that and I will still love you and appreciate as you are now.

If you are not happy with where you are and want to stop living according to the appetites of the flesh I will help you. I will help you with behavior modification and give you the tools to succeed.

Put to death the old you and begin to walk in the new you. You won't have to give up much either. The spiritual life you could be living is so amazing that the half cannot even be told. You will have to experience it because it's better felt than told.

Lean and well feels better than anything tastes. I have high hopes for you. Do you have high hopes for yourself?

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Day 10 ~

Is it time to re-invent your self with discipline and self-control?
Is it time for you to harvest your inner power and greatness and show it to the world?

1 Corinthians 9:27 ~ But I discipline my body and keep it under control, lest after preaching to others I myself should be disqualified.

Some may not think so or judge my motives but I really, really love people. I have a co-dependent personality meaning, much of my happiness comes from making others happy. I have improved much over the years. I have learned to balance my need to please others by also pleasing myself and finding happiness within myself. I have learned that you have to make yourself happy first because eventually, your attempts to make others happy will backfire and potentially leave you bitter and broke. I like to live my life owing no one anything but love. That in itself is a discipline.

With that said, that part of me that wants to make people happy sees so many of my brothers and sisters so very unhappy. Most of my circle of friends and acquaintances are of the household of faith. They are great people but they can't see it. For many, not all, but many, their relationships don't really make them happy, they go to church out of habit, they serve and deplete all of their resources for the good of others who oftentimes do not even appreciate it. Many of my friends are faithful, put a smile on their face, but deeply are unsatisfied and have huge voids. Because they are a believer, some haven't turned to drugs, porn, or alcohol to fill those voids but they have turned to food. (Never judge another no matter what they are caught up in because it can also be you.) There are days that the only thing they really enjoyed was the minutes of mouth pleasure they enjoyed while consuming unhealthy foods. They often gorge on these foods until they feel even worse afterward.

If you are one of those who have lost your way, maybe its time to think of reinventing yourself? I will help you. If I am unqualified to help you, I will find someone who is qualified to help you.

Please hear me. If you want your faith in Jesus Christ to make a difference in this world, your faith in Jesus Christ must first make a difference in YOUR OWN LIFE. When your body and mind are unhealthy, others consider you disqualified to help them no matter how loud you preach your faith. Consider that the United States is the most obese country on the planet. Obesity is the #1 cause of all premature death in our country. Lastly, consider that people of faith are the most obese segment of our country. This ought not to be so friends.

Discipline in one area of your life means freedom in other areas of your life.

Discipline your mind and you will live with courage instead of fear.

Discipline your tongue and you won't need to apologize for everything you say (I'm down to having to apologize for about 10% of what I say, lol, so getting better.). Say what you mean and mean what you say....it takes discipline.

Discipline your body with exercise and you will live a longer, healthier life with self-confidence.

Discipline yourself in regards to your eating behaviors and you will improve your life, your waistline, your health, your longevity, your relationships, and much more. Nothing outside the peace of salvation will improve your life like living a disciplined eating lifestyle.

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Day 9 ~

Hebrews 12:11 ~ For the moment all discipline seems painful rather than pleasant, but later it yields the peaceful fruit of righteousness to those who have been trained by it.

Discipline shouldn't be a dirty word.

If you are free to eat what you want to eat when you want to eat it and as much of it as you want to eat then you will soon lose freedoms once enjoyed.

You will be captive to low self-esteem, be held hostage by a CPAP machine, jailed by hypertension, and imprisoned by high blood pressure. You will be free to have continued mouth pleasure but lose much joy and dignity.

To live a self-disciplined life as it relates to diet, exercise, and supplementation does mean that you won't get to eat what you want when you want it and as much of it as you want but it does mean you will live a more abundant and healthy life in so many other respects.

I have lost more than 100 pounds and no longer require four different prescription medications. I don't get to eat whatever I want every day but it's a great exchange because before Shibboleth I was emotionally and physically miserable. I was even miserable during and after overindulging.

Now, I easily maintain my weight eating Shibboleth style four days each week while taking off three days each week. If I put on 5-10 pounds I go back to the basics and only have six "off" days each month until I am back below my happy weight.

Shibboleth is a lifestyle, a management system if you will, that allows you to live a self-discipline life without feeling deprived.

I used to use food as a solution for all of my problems; fear, anxiety, stress, boredom, etc. Now I use food correctly. I use it to sustain me and occasionally, I use it for celebratory reasons. Shibboleth is FUN!

Self-discipline IS freedom.

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Day 8 ~

Proverbs 29:25 ~ The fear of man lays a snare, but whoever trusts in the Lord is safe.
During times like these, fear will lay a snare for you. Anxiety, stress, and uncertainty are a trap. Don't get caught in that trap.

This too shall pass.....

I'm going to try to do a better job of staying on topic and pursuing my mission of personal development, spiritual development, and physical development. The many issues and constant fearmongering brought on by-election year have caused me to get caught in a snare and my progress has come to a halt. I love learning and growing and then sharing nutritional knowledge, wellness knowledge, and behavior modification techniques with others. I love seeing people become healthier and happier people. I get my happiness by pursuing things that make me, my family, and other like-minded people happy.

It's silly for me to think I can change anything that I don't have personal control over. I only have control of myself and my own actions.

Consider your weight loss and wellness progress since most of my acquaintances and friends are trying to lose weight or lead more well lives. How much delay has been made in your progress in 2020 because of the constant fake news, msm, and social media?

I for one, am going to refocus my efforts on my goals without the fear, anxiety, and stress that 2020 has caused my family and Shibboleth members.

It is so easy to let life get in the way. Honestly, the way to change the world is not with our words but by letting our life be a light to those around us. People don't want what you have until you are living your best life. The best way to influence others is to live our lives with courage, conviction, and joy that passes understanding.
I can't expand my light or share my light if I am allowing fear to become a trap that halts my progress.

Today, as much as within me, I am going to rededicate myself to myself, my family, and our Shibboleth members.

Well, at least until I see another report about fake COVID numbers. Bahahaha. After all, I am just human.

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Day 7
Isaiah 43:1 ~ But now thus says the Lord, he who created you, O Jacob, he who formed you, O Israel: “Fear not, for I have redeemed you; I have called you by name, you are mine.

There are a few people who know me well enough that they call me by my name when they see me out and about but relatively speaking, very few.

The so-called powerful and elite people that people seek to know do not know me and cannot call me by name. I know many of them by name because I see them in my inbox asking for money and on my tv pandering to me and making false promises.

Powerful politicians and powerful movements explain how they will make life better for me. They say that I should fear those that oppose them and only they can fight for me but they typically only want money and power.

Yet, not one of them even knows my name. Yet, not one of them desires to know my name. Yet, not one of them would share a meal with me or fellowship with me in private if given the chance. I am sure there would be a few if given the chance that might want to know my name or be my friend but they are just human beings with superficial power, limited time, and limited resources. Don't get me wrong I don't expect them to be able to spend time with me getting to know me nor do I hold it against them. I am just making a point........

The government knows me but knows me by my social security number and that's it. They take my tax money and do with it what they will without even a thank you. Again, I am just a number without a name.

BUT HERE is where I can rejoice. The creator of the universe, author, and finisher of my faith, THE GREAT I AM knows me by my name. The wonderful counselor, mighty God, The Everlasting Father has the number of hairs on my head counted. God has every tear that drops numbered. God cares for me and fellowships with me. He has washed my feet, He has carried me when I couldn't walk my self, He has covered my mischief and been charitable to me richly supplying my every need. God loves me so much that God has even given me a pet name, a new name, written on a white stone that no one knows but me and God. Oh, oh, and when I, on occasion, allow my spirit to move to His frequency He utters that new name and my soul rejoices.

Yes, today I am blessed. My God knows me by name and I know HIM by HIS name. Every knee will bow, regardless of the superficial power, they cling to here in this world. That is the only authority figure that needs to know my name.
I am rich in faith today. * #blessthenameofthelord . .

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Day 6

Psalm 23:4 ~ Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil, for you are with me; your rod and your staff, they comfort me.

A rod ~ a club-like device that shepherds carry to keep/beat the wolves away from their sheep and flock.

A staff ~ similar to a rod but longer and with a hook on the end of it.

I am likened to a sheep in the Bible. I require a shepherd. I may think I'm a mighty lion but my change hasn't come yet. I am still a sheep.

If I were to walk alone in this world without a good shepherd I'd be attacked and eaten by wolves or I would stray from the flock and be eaten by wolves.

There are many wolves these days.

I don't have to fear these wolves/evil because I know the Good Shepherd and He knows me. If I stay with the flock the Shepherd uses His rod to keep the enemy at bay even when I don't visibly see this happen. I am protected.

More often, I lead myself astray and away from the flock but because I have a Good Shepherd with a staff, He gently reaches out with the hook in the staff and pulls me back in line with the flock.

There is nothing to fear unless you walk alone. With an eye and ear of faith, I can hear and feel the Good Shepherd's voice daily.

His rod and His staff do comfort me.

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Day 5 ~

1 John 4:18 ~ There is no fear in love, but perfect love casts out fear. For fear has to do with punishment, and whoever fears has not been perfected in love.

The word fear means ~ an unpleasant emotion caused by the belief that someone or something is dangerous, likely to cause pain or a threat.

I have heard it preached more times than I can remember that I should FEAR the LORD. In fact, it was that FEAR of GOD, of HELL, and of JUDGEMENT that brought me to more than one altar during my short life.

I would pray and beg God for forgiveness in order to avoid the eternal fires of hell. Before long, I'd be back in the same condition I was in before, yielding to the desires of my flesh and avoiding God.

It was only after hitting my rock bottom that I began to learn more about my eternal salvation. I come to realize that my fear of God was really a fear of people and of not pleasing people. I tried to please my spouse, I tried to please my children, I tried to please my parents, I tried to please my bosses, my employees, my friends, and acquaintances. Somehow, I got the God of my salvation mixed up with people that I had made god in my life. When I couldn't live up to their expectations, I would throw my hands up in the air and exclaim, "what's the use!" then I'd go and do even worse than I had before. Hiding, avoiding, and lying. I continued to make my bed in an emotional hell, here on this earth.

It was only when I abandoned the doctrine of fear and hell that I personally come to my truth: God is loving and God is good. God is pleased with my efforts big and small. God covers a fault. God accepts apologies and when you make a mess of your life, God gently helps you reestablish your goings. God is not hard on people. People are hard on people. God loves you when everyone else is kicking you while you are down. God is so easily entreated. My God is gentle and fellowships with me always. God never forces God's self on me but is always there for me when I go to my prayer closet. I never seem to get an "I told you so." from God.

We can continue to create a god in our image or we can accept that God's ways are higher than our ways. God's way is love and charity. God is God and beside God, there is none other.

I am the beneficiary of His charity daily. God keeps giving to me, knowing that I am a charity case and have no way of repayment.

I sin daily. It is the nature of my flesh to do so. You might think without fear that I sin more but I have found it to be right the opposite. I am not sinless, but I do sin less.

I sin less because I do not run from God anymore. I accept myself and I accept that God loves me just the way I am and because of that, I fellowship with God more. Good company causes one to want to do better and God is good company.

Day 3~

2 Timothy 1:7 ~ For God gave us a spirit not of fear but of power and love and self-control.

If you want power practice love and self-control. A person without self-control is like a city without walls. A city without walls is like a country without borders. The wrong ones get in and take over and overwhelm your power.

It's also like food addiction. If you don't have self-control you will use food as a solution for stress, for anxiety, and as a substitute for boredom. Without self-control, you have no borders and can easily be overtaken by the enemy...........by addiction.

Let the right foods in and keep the wrong ones out. Want POWER over food addiction? Practice self-control.

Day 4
Psalm 27:1 ~ Of David. The Lord is my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear? The Lord is the stronghold of my life; of whom shall I be afraid?

A stronghold is a place of security, a place of survival.

When you feel under attack do not worry. Trust God to fight for you. Remember, God's invisible hand is mightier than any weapon that forms against you. You may not see God's hand at work but you can FEEL God's hand at work. God is Spirit and like the wind. You can't see the wind but if you'll be still, you can feel its effects.

When in distress, retreat to your strong tower.

Day 2
Joshua 1:9 ~Have I not commanded you? Be strong and courageous. Do not be frightened, and do not be dismayed, for the Lord your God is with you wherever you go.”

Dismayed means to feel distressed.
Distress means to feel extreme sorrow, anxiety, or pain.
I am commanded to NOT feel distressed.
Don't be dismayed. God is there wherever you go.
God goes before you, with you and also has your back.
There is nothing to fear except fear itself.