Balanced Living: Celebrate Small Victories

Managing the Physical and the Spiritual Body

My name is Glenda Cornelius, and for the past year and a half, I have been consumed with physical exercises and during that time, realized that if I spent the same amount (if not more) effort towards my spiritual body, it would be as strong and energized to fulfill the purposes of my life that God has planned for me.

Join me in this exercise of the physical and spiritual body.

"Beloved, now are we the sons of God, and it doth not yet appear what we shall be: but we know that, when he shall appear we shall be like him; for we shall see him as he is."-- I John 3:2

Thursday, December 16, 2010

Celebrate Small Victories

All major battles are won by a series of small victories and defeats. We need to remember that all the major wars of the world were fought and won that way. This should motivate us to keep fighting and when we experience defeats, remember the battle is not over yet. Get up, dust yourself off and keep fighting because there’s a chance you will win the next one.
When you lose this one, instead of getting discouraged, figure out what went wrong and then get ready for the next “scrimmage”.
Today, I celebrate a small victory, because it motivates me to look forward to winning the war against my unhealthy body! I am now a size 8—down from a size 14! And it was awesome to try on some dresses and not have to take them back because they were too small for me—or I was too BIG. Actually, I kept one that didn’t fit (IT WAS TOO BIG!) so I could take it in a few inches.