Adding Feet to your FAITH

I read a great story from author Laurie Beth Jones that applies to walking by faith. A grandmother gave her two grandchildren pumpkins to carve. She set out a few knives for the task.

The older grandson got access to all of the knives and he carved a fancy pumpkin, even putting feet on it.

In contrast, the younger granddaughter was given access to only one knife. The girl wasn’t happy about it.

She protested, “But Grandma, I don’t want to carve a pumpkin that doesn’t go anywhere. I want my pumpkin to have feet!”

Have you added feet to your faith?

2 Corinthians 5:7 says that as disciples of Christ, we walk by faith and not by sight.

To me, that means that even though you may not see results yet with your natural eyes, you see them with your Spiritual “eyes” and keep walking toward it until you reach your destination!

Your feet were made for walking…even running!

When I wanted to reach my ideal weight, I dreamed of running the Peachtree Road Race, a 10K race in Atlanta .

It was on my imaginary “Bucket List” – you know, the list of things you want to do before you die.

When I was 240 pounds, I felt that my dream was impossible. After all, I could barely walk to the mailbox!

But I thought, “Hey, I’ve got to start somewhere!”

So I created a path to walk for myself. At the time, I was living in an apartment complex and the mailboxes were a couple of blocks away.

Before, I used to drive up to the mailbox after getting home from work, pick up the mail, and then drive on to my apartment.

One day, I decided to drive past the mailboxes. I drove to the apartment building and parked. Then I walked back to the mailboxes, picked up the mail, and walked back.

Boy, was I huffing and puffing! My leg muscles felt like they were filled with concrete.

But I’ll never forget that feeling of accomplishment!

I had started walking toward my dream of better health.

I decided then that I wasn’t going to wait until I reached my ideal weight to enjoy my life. I was going to enjoy the process all the way down.

Why should I put my life on hold? Tomorrow wasn’t promised to me.

So I kept on walking to the mailbox until that became easy.

Then I started walking to the entrance to the apartment complex until that became easy.

Next, I walked down the street until that became easy.

Eventually, my walks became runs!

I entered the Peachtree Road Race. The first year, I half-walked, half-ran.

The next year, I entered again.

That time, I ran the entire 6.2 miles. And I  have the photo to prove it!

What is your dream?

Let’s say your dream is to run a marathon.

Would you go out tomorrow and try to run all 26 miles when you haven’t even walked around the block yet?

Of course not!

Yet, many people refuse to even start with the block.

To them, they’d rather let year after year pass sitting on the couch, dreaming about the marathon they’ll run. Someday.

Somehow, conquering the block seems insignificant.

But I say, get out there and conquer that block. Or the mailbox. Whatever the challenge is right in front of you. A quote by the late President Theodore Roosevelt applies here:

Do what you can, with what you have, where you are.”

Are you maximizing the resources God has given you?

If not, then it’s time to get going. Take a positive step in the right direction today.

…that you may walk worthy of the Lord, fully pleasing Him, being fruitful in every good work and increasing in the knowledge of God (Colossians 1:10)”

Be blessed in health, healing, and wholeness,

Kimberly Taylor
Author/Christian Life Coach of the Take Back Your Temple program

P.S. If you are excited about your future and know that your health habits are supplying you with energy to maximize your present and future, then you don’t need the Take Back Your Temple program.

You are already on a good road.

However, if you are sensing that your current habits are standing in the way of your better future, then that is where I can help. I can help you uncover those roadblocks that are standing in the way of reaching your best  weight.

Come join me on the journey to better health in the Take Back Your Temple program, starting today. Let’s go farther – together.