I'm up! I'm awake!

Get rid of the old yeast, so that you may be a new unleavened batch—as you really are. For Christ, our Passover lamb, has been sacrificed. – 1 Corin. 5:7

This passage caught my eye this morning. Because as I continue on with my dieting battle, I realize I’m battling with the wrong attitude. I see myself as with the old yeast all the time - old habits, old attitudes. And I’m hanging on to them until some unforeseen date in the future when I will wake up and have the battle won. I am waiting and wanting change, but using all my old useless “stuff”. Someday I will be a person who exercises on a regular basis, and loves fruits and vegetables and makes healthy choices on a regular basis.

What I really need is to believe I am – new unleavened bread (as you really are) – NOW. I need to start living “the dream” NOW. I need to start telling myself NOW that I am a healthy person. I don’t mind a little exercise. I do love fresh fruits and vegetables. Gooey, sugary baked goods can be a wonderful once-in-awhile treat that I can thoroughly enjoy without guilt – but it doesn’t need to be a “gotta have it cuz I’m sad, mad, lonely, bored, whatever” mood on a daily basis. No. Not anymore. I am getting rid of the old yeast in my life. It’s springtime and a beautiful day for a walk. And the farmer’s markets are opening up soon. It’s time to pump up the tires on the bike. It’s time!

Whether you’re battle is with food, or laziness, or lack of purpose, or some other time-consuming baggage, choose now to live the way you wish it could be. One of my mom’s favorite words of wisdom to me: “Don’t wish your life away.” Indeed. Live it NOW.

Romans 13:11-14

The Message (MSG)

^11-14 But make sure that you don’t get so absorbed and exhausted in taking care of all your day-by-day obligations that you lose track of the time and doze off, oblivious to God. The night is about over, dawn is about to break. Be up and awake to what God is doing! God is putting the finishing touches on the salvation work he began when we first believed. We can’t afford to waste a minute, must not squander these precious daylight hours in frivolity and indulgence, in sleeping around and dissipation, in bickering and grabbing everything in sight. Get out of bed and get dressed! Don’t loiter and linger, waiting until the very last minute. Dress yourselves in Christ, and be up and about!