I've been thinking about this next month dieting. I've got roughly a decade of garbage to blow out of my system, but on top of that I've got change some bad habits over the course of the month or the results will be very short lived. Obviously, not drinking for 30 days should curtail my current desire to drink on a daily basis. Bad eating habits will go as well. But there are other things that I need to purge from myself. I've gotten to where I cuss like a sailor. Interestingly, I've noticed that the worse my language gets, the worse my attitude about life in general becomes, and my health has begun to decline in a seemingly direct relation. I was reading James this morning and came across this statement that I'd never really paid much attention to: "We all stumble in many ways. If anyone is never at fault in what he says, he is a perfect man, able to keep his whole body in check." (James 3:2 NIV) and "The tongue also is a fire, a world of evil among the parts of the body. It corrupts the whole person, sets the whole course of his life on fire, and is itself set on fire by hell." (James 3:6 NIV). It appears to me that the half-brother of Jesus saw a correlation between what comes out of our mouth and our well being.
I've always wanted to do a fast, but I've managed to find an excuse not to every time its come up. I suggest that we treat this diet like a month long fast. When it sucks and when I'm hungry I want to commit to praying and leaning on you guys rather than projecting my struggles onto my wife and kids, essentially breaking another bad habit and becoming a better husband and dad at the same time. Of course, this would mean that we're going to have to hold each other accountable for more than just eating and drinking. What do you guys think?
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That sounds excellent. After reading your post, I sat back a minute and thought myself. It brings to mind the peeps that cody used to work with that we all made fun of. Hand me that mo_h_r _u_ker.. haha But you bring up a good point.
I know that we want a change, and this V-diet is a very large key. I think we should do as you suggest, and add in the cussing to the chopping block, along with booze, snuff, chimis from allsups, whatever else we can think of.
I know that I haven't been in the word as much as I would like at all. I'm at a spiritual dead. I need to cross back onto a path that I feel better about. I've noticed that I have been sour a lot at work, and I do cuss alot about the patients that come in there. I think it would help big time if I stopped letting cuss words spew out and filled it with only things that need to be said.
Thanks for the eye opener dude...
Prost
i'm with you too. i think one of the reasons i've been looking to this thing so much is that it feels like a fast. i've thought about the cussing thing for a while, and that i need to stop that, diet or no; but i haven't been a real good husband for sure, and i need some accountability for that. This'd make a good time to work on that. i've been thinking that what i'm gonna add to the commitment here is that i keep my computer usage down to a minimum for the duration. That's probably not quite as big a deal with yous guys, cuz you're on 'em at work a lot, but i waste a lot of time playing games and crap when we all get home, and it makes me waaaay less productive, and ticks steph off (which is among the reasons i stay on it.) So i'm gonna see what happens if i lay off'a the games for a month. Might be miraculous. Plus if i'm not playing games and eating, i'll almost certainly get bored and tweaky and say, "i can't tke this! Grab yer kids and let's go work out woman!" i think that'll help many things.
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