As for everyone who comes to Me and hears My words and puts them into practice, I will show you what they are like. Luke 6:47 NIV Bible
Although this verse doesn't fully explain it, Jesus goes on to tell about the man who dug down into the rock and laid a firm foundation and it wasn't moved when the floods and torrents came, because it was well built [paraphrased]. I want to have that same firm foundation in the Lord, and not just because I don't want to gain all the weight back that He allowed me to loose.
Sure, I don't want to gain the weight back, but that is just be "Small Potatoes," to what I would have lost by not having a firm foundation in Jesus Christ, our Lord. He has blessed me in sooooo many other ways that are far more significant than the weight loss. Things that come to mind are: my sagging self-esteem that the Lord God healed, and left me with a positive self-concept, not just because of the loss of weight. Actually, I didn't have a good self-concept when I lost the 80+ pounds that the Lord allowed. I'm saying that He healed my self-esteem that was sagging, I thought because of all the excess weight I carried, but it was had more to do about how I felt about myself, as a person, than my size.
Also, the Lord makes me be a better person. It's not that I'm a better person, because I lost weight. It's the firm foundation in Him, that He tugs at my conscience when I'm being tempted to be judgmental, impatient, rude, hateful, spiteful.... and the list could go on. He shows me through His example for us, that I am to be much more tolerant, forgiving, kind, and generous! The weight loss He allowed may have been icing on the cake, but they are just "Small Potatoes" compared with all He's shown me and continues to show me within my life.
