I really needed a pick-me-up yesterday, as I was having a rough afternoon. There wasn't anything really wrong with me, and I can't say that anything is really going poorly for me right now. But still: it felt like a swarm of discouragement and lies was settling in on me! So, in this condition, I hopped on my treadmill at the workout center. I remember thinking how glad I am that I have all my "Jesus music" on my iPod right now. So, after my Daily Audio Bible podcast, I surfed into the music, picking one at random. It was Big Daddy Weave singing that God loves me "Just The Way I Am." In addition to being a big, loud rock song, it gave me a message that my heart needed to hear: that God's love is not so very concerned with all the mistakes I made today, or all the little embarrassments I endure, or all the ways I fall short. Instead, He loves me despite all of that, because He created me. And I love Him back. Because what other friend do I have like that, who never changes?

2 comments

1. Jason on January 5, 2009 at 4:04 PM

   Incidentally, if I keep up THIS pace, I'll be down to 81 pounds by the end of May. Maybe not such a good idea. haha

    
2. DeMo on January 6, 2009 at 9:18 AM

   You'll just have to eat more chicken and really buttery noodles if things get so bad.