Made to Crave - Numbers on a Scale

I started reading the book "Made to Crave"  by Lysa TerKeurst about a week and a half ago or so. I've made it to chapter 8, which is titled "Making Peace with the Realities of My Body". There's a line in this chapter where Lysa quotes a friend, Karen. It says, "Define your week by obedience, not by a number on the scale."

I don't know about you, but when it comes to weight loss and dieting, I ALWAYS define my progress by the number on the scale. But there are so many more factors to consider! When I was a member of Curves in 2004-2005, they measured your chest, arms, waist, thighs - this gives a more accurate account of your weight loss efforts. Even though you may not see the scale move down, I did see half inches and more coming off. But we are not defined by these numbers...I have to remind myself of this often. I am more than that number. Which brings me to the devotion that somewhat goes along with this. You can find it for free on the internet at klove.com, that's where I copied and pasted it from; you can also download the Craving God 21-day devotion for free from the Kindle e-book store (which this devotion comes from). I'm going to post the devo as a separate post - hope you don't mind. :)

Now, along these lines, one of my friend's currently has as her Facebook status "Jesus Take the Wheel." Now, I'm sure you've heard the song since Carrie Underwood made it famous. The chorus says "Jesus, take the wheel / Take it from my hands / Cause I can't do this on my own / I'm letting go / So give me one more chance / To save me from this road I'm on". It made me really think, I need to give Jesus the wheel for my diet and exercise cause I can't do it on my own. I don't want to continue down the road of every other American; I don't want to be another obesity/diabetes statistic. So, I have to let go and let God do this work in me. Don't get me wrong, I've known this and I've tried to let God, but too often my human nature kicks in and I don't want to give up control...I'm sure you know what I'm talking about. It's hard to let someone or something be in control of our lives.

In case you haven't heard it, here's a youtube video of the song and below that are the lyrics:

Jesus Take The Wheel lyrics
Songwriters: James, Brett; Lindsey, Hillary; Sampson, Gordie;

She was driving last Friday on her way to Cincinnati
On a snow white Christmas Eve
Going home to see her Mama and her Daddy
With the baby in the backseat

Fifty miles to go and she was running low
On faith and gasoline
It'd been a long hard year

She had a lot on her mind and she didn't pay attention
She was going way too fast
Before she knew it she was spinning
On a thin black sheet of glass

She saw both their lives flash before her eyes
She didn't even have time to cry
She was so scared
She threw her hands up in the air

Jesus, take the wheel
Take it from my hands
Cause I can't do this on my own

I'm letting go
So give me one more chance
To save me from this road I'm on
Jesus, take the wheel

It was still getting colder when she made it to the shoulder
And the car came to a stop
She cried when she saw that baby in the backseat
Sleeping like a rock

And for the first time in a long time
She bowed her head to pray
She said I'm sorry for the way
I've been living my life

I know I've got to change
So from now on tonight

Jesus, take the wheel
Take it from my hands
Cause I can't do this on my own

I'm letting go
So give me one more chance
To save me from this road I'm on

Oh Jesus, take the wheel
Oh, I'm letting go

So give me one more chance
Save me from this road I'm on
From this road I'm on
Jesus, take the wheel
Oh, take it, take it from me
Oh, why, ooh