1 00:00:02,640 --> 00:00:07,240 Speaker 1: Life Audio. Hey, Heather Creekmore here, Welcome back to our 2 00:00:07,280 --> 00:00:11,119 Speaker 1: Waiting for Weight Loss, a special series through lent on 3 00:00:11,160 --> 00:00:14,000 Speaker 1: the Compared To podcast. I'm glad you're listening. Have you 4 00:00:14,040 --> 00:00:16,760 Speaker 1: joined the community yet? That's really key to getting most 5 00:00:17,280 --> 00:00:19,919 Speaker 1: out of this experience. Go to Waiting Forweight Loss dot Com. 6 00:00:20,120 --> 00:00:22,360 Speaker 1: We had some tech issues earlier in this week, but 7 00:00:22,400 --> 00:00:24,439 Speaker 1: I think they're all ironed out now. You all try 8 00:00:24,440 --> 00:00:25,919 Speaker 1: to get on at the same time and we crash 9 00:00:25,960 --> 00:00:28,200 Speaker 1: the system. But go to Waiting for a Weight loss 10 00:00:28,400 --> 00:00:31,720 Speaker 1: dot Com and we look forward to just interacting and 11 00:00:31,720 --> 00:00:48,440 Speaker 1: getting to new there. Okay, it's day two of our 12 00:00:48,760 --> 00:00:51,560 Speaker 1: Waiting for Weight Loss journey, and I have a question 13 00:00:51,640 --> 00:00:56,640 Speaker 1: for you. Are you tired? Have you ever eaten only 14 00:00:56,880 --> 00:01:00,720 Speaker 1: special k cereal for a week? Have to be of 15 00:01:00,760 --> 00:01:03,640 Speaker 1: a certain age to know what I'm talking about. Or 16 00:01:03,680 --> 00:01:08,080 Speaker 1: maybe you've only eaten grapefruits or only bananas, or maybe 17 00:01:08,240 --> 00:01:11,039 Speaker 1: you've eaten two bars, drank two shakes and had a 18 00:01:11,080 --> 00:01:15,160 Speaker 1: healthy dinner. Oh goodness, I can't recount the number of 19 00:01:15,160 --> 00:01:17,560 Speaker 1: things I've tried over the years to lose weight. I 20 00:01:17,600 --> 00:01:19,880 Speaker 1: put so much hope in each of them. The mental 21 00:01:19,880 --> 00:01:24,280 Speaker 1: commitment is real. Finally, this will work. I get all 22 00:01:24,319 --> 00:01:28,800 Speaker 1: revved up and excited. There's hope, there's possibility, only to 23 00:01:28,920 --> 00:01:34,319 Speaker 1: be let down again. I cannot imagine what I would 24 00:01:34,360 --> 00:01:37,319 Speaker 1: be like now if the Internet and social media had 25 00:01:37,360 --> 00:01:39,600 Speaker 1: been around for the first few decades of my weight 26 00:01:39,640 --> 00:01:43,320 Speaker 1: loss and dieting quests. It feels like one hundred times 27 00:01:43,440 --> 00:01:47,200 Speaker 1: more exhausting. Now there's always something new to buy. Instead 28 00:01:47,240 --> 00:01:50,160 Speaker 1: of seeing one new thing to buy every few months 29 00:01:50,200 --> 00:01:53,360 Speaker 1: in an infomercial and then having to call a number, 30 00:01:53,480 --> 00:01:56,000 Speaker 1: get out my credit card and wait a few weeks 31 00:01:56,000 --> 00:02:01,240 Speaker 1: for delivery, now I'm shown hundreds of supplements, cadgets, pills, 32 00:02:01,280 --> 00:02:04,280 Speaker 1: and potions that are supposed to be the one thing 33 00:02:04,720 --> 00:02:08,000 Speaker 1: that will work when nothing else has, and to buy them, 34 00:02:08,080 --> 00:02:09,560 Speaker 1: all I have to do is tap my finger a 35 00:02:09,560 --> 00:02:12,239 Speaker 1: few times and then they show up at my house 36 00:02:12,639 --> 00:02:16,960 Speaker 1: in just a few days. It's so easy, it's scary. 37 00:02:17,440 --> 00:02:22,399 Speaker 1: So as I stand here wearing my weighted vest, standing 38 00:02:22,400 --> 00:02:25,640 Speaker 1: on my vibration plate, with my red light shining on me, 39 00:02:26,400 --> 00:02:30,000 Speaker 1: enjoying my pizza made out of cottage cheese and fairy dust, 40 00:02:31,240 --> 00:02:35,480 Speaker 1: enjoying the strong word, I wonder, are you as tired 41 00:02:35,560 --> 00:02:40,560 Speaker 1: as I am? It's exhausting? Going from one program to 42 00:02:40,600 --> 00:02:45,280 Speaker 1: the next, trying all the things. What's even more exhausting 43 00:02:45,320 --> 00:02:48,120 Speaker 1: is the rollercoaster of hope, getting all geared up to 44 00:02:48,120 --> 00:02:51,440 Speaker 1: try something new, getting excited at the possibility maybe this 45 00:02:51,480 --> 00:02:54,520 Speaker 1: thing will work. I've never tried this before, only to 46 00:02:54,560 --> 00:02:57,720 Speaker 1: be let down again when it doesn't. It wipes you out, 47 00:02:58,320 --> 00:02:59,840 Speaker 1: and then it takes a few days or weeks to 48 00:03:00,080 --> 00:03:02,480 Speaker 1: get your energy back up to try again, doesn't it. 49 00:03:03,160 --> 00:03:07,040 Speaker 1: Sometimes it feels like life is all about changing my body, 50 00:03:08,040 --> 00:03:12,000 Speaker 1: meeting this goal. Have you ever felt that way too? 51 00:03:12,400 --> 00:03:16,919 Speaker 1: And it's draining, so draining, always thinking about myself, my body, 52 00:03:16,960 --> 00:03:18,880 Speaker 1: how to change it, what I'm doing wrong, what I'm 53 00:03:18,880 --> 00:03:22,000 Speaker 1: supposed to be doing better. I think of myself as 54 00:03:22,040 --> 00:03:27,359 Speaker 1: a DIY project. Only this project never seems to finish. 55 00:03:27,760 --> 00:03:30,280 Speaker 1: Maybe you know how it goes. Just when I thought 56 00:03:30,360 --> 00:03:32,760 Speaker 1: I kind of had things under control of my body, 57 00:03:33,600 --> 00:03:36,480 Speaker 1: aging it like a ton of bricks, all bets are off. 58 00:03:36,520 --> 00:03:41,040 Speaker 1: Everything changed again. Now I'm supposed to fix my body 59 00:03:41,520 --> 00:03:44,800 Speaker 1: and try to stay looking young. My responsibilities as a 60 00:03:44,800 --> 00:03:48,560 Speaker 1: woman just doubled. Now here's the truth. I knew I 61 00:03:48,600 --> 00:03:51,080 Speaker 1: was exhausted in the battle, but I don't think I 62 00:03:51,160 --> 00:03:54,800 Speaker 1: knew how exhausted I really was until I started to 63 00:03:54,800 --> 00:03:57,280 Speaker 1: surrender things to God in a new way. It's like 64 00:03:57,320 --> 00:03:59,880 Speaker 1: we have to stay geared up. Science would call it 65 00:04:00,080 --> 00:04:02,760 Speaker 1: fight or flight. We have to stay in a stress state, 66 00:04:02,920 --> 00:04:05,600 Speaker 1: a stress response for a good part of our lives. 67 00:04:06,080 --> 00:04:08,320 Speaker 1: We have to stay as if we're engaged in finding 68 00:04:08,320 --> 00:04:12,080 Speaker 1: this fight with our weight or aging. We're not actually 69 00:04:12,120 --> 00:04:15,680 Speaker 1: being circled by tigers, but in our nervous system it 70 00:04:15,800 --> 00:04:18,799 Speaker 1: kind of feels that way, like if we let down 71 00:04:18,920 --> 00:04:20,800 Speaker 1: even just a little bit, we'll wake up one hundred 72 00:04:20,800 --> 00:04:23,360 Speaker 1: pounds heavier with a face that zags to our shoulders. 73 00:04:24,200 --> 00:04:28,480 Speaker 1: But I wonder, as Christian women, has this battle taken 74 00:04:28,640 --> 00:04:32,680 Speaker 1: too much from us? Has this battle gotten a little 75 00:04:32,800 --> 00:04:36,200 Speaker 1: out of control? Have we forgotten some of the basics 76 00:04:36,279 --> 00:04:39,040 Speaker 1: about how our worth and value and purpose and identity 77 00:04:39,040 --> 00:04:42,120 Speaker 1: are really found in christ For me, it felt like 78 00:04:42,120 --> 00:04:45,240 Speaker 1: I knew those answers, those God and Jesus answers, but 79 00:04:45,320 --> 00:04:48,520 Speaker 1: the God and Jesus answers didn't seem to have enough 80 00:04:48,560 --> 00:04:51,440 Speaker 1: to say directly to my struggles. It felt like it 81 00:04:51,480 --> 00:04:53,559 Speaker 1: was just part of the deal. Like you're born a woman, 82 00:04:53,920 --> 00:04:56,320 Speaker 1: you got to do all the things. It's what's expected. 83 00:04:56,760 --> 00:04:59,560 Speaker 1: Keep up or get left behind. Let your guard down 84 00:04:59,720 --> 00:05:02,039 Speaker 1: and your we're going to get run over. But I 85 00:05:02,080 --> 00:05:05,400 Speaker 1: think there's a better way. I think there's a more 86 00:05:05,520 --> 00:05:10,680 Speaker 1: peace filled, less consuming way for us to pursue our goals. 87 00:05:11,160 --> 00:05:13,320 Speaker 1: Why do I think there's a better way than buying 88 00:05:13,360 --> 00:05:16,400 Speaker 1: all the things and trying all the things, Because I've 89 00:05:16,400 --> 00:05:19,960 Speaker 1: experienced it. But I also know that God's word makes 90 00:05:20,080 --> 00:05:23,479 Speaker 1: us a promise. Jesus says his burden is easy and 91 00:05:23,560 --> 00:05:27,159 Speaker 1: his yoke is light. Matthew eleven twenty eight to thirty 92 00:05:27,160 --> 00:05:30,080 Speaker 1: reads like this, Come to me, all who labor and 93 00:05:30,160 --> 00:05:33,680 Speaker 1: are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. Take 94 00:05:33,800 --> 00:05:35,760 Speaker 1: my yoke upon you, and learn from me, for I 95 00:05:35,760 --> 00:05:38,720 Speaker 1: am gentle and lowly in heart, and you will find 96 00:05:38,800 --> 00:05:43,240 Speaker 1: rest for your souls. For my yoke is easy and 97 00:05:43,320 --> 00:05:49,400 Speaker 1: my burden is light. Wow, I know I've felt heavy 98 00:05:49,480 --> 00:05:54,080 Speaker 1: laden on my way lost journey. Have you. There's a 99 00:05:54,080 --> 00:05:55,960 Speaker 1: lot of things that will struggle with in this world 100 00:05:56,040 --> 00:06:01,160 Speaker 1: that are hard, It's true, but Jesus still promise us rest. 101 00:06:02,080 --> 00:06:06,800 Speaker 1: And it's interesting Like diets, fitness plans, supplements, they promise 102 00:06:06,880 --> 00:06:09,719 Speaker 1: us rest too, don't they. They say, if you just 103 00:06:09,880 --> 00:06:11,680 Speaker 1: use me, if you just try me. If you just 104 00:06:11,839 --> 00:06:14,119 Speaker 1: are really good this time and stay on my plan, 105 00:06:14,800 --> 00:06:17,760 Speaker 1: then you'll be fixed. Then you'll be better, then you 106 00:06:17,800 --> 00:06:21,560 Speaker 1: can finally relax. But I don't think we have to 107 00:06:21,640 --> 00:06:26,359 Speaker 1: wait on finding the right miracle program or pill to 108 00:06:26,440 --> 00:06:29,400 Speaker 1: be able to find that rest. I think in Jesus 109 00:06:29,480 --> 00:06:32,480 Speaker 1: we're supposed to be able to find that rest now. 110 00:06:33,880 --> 00:06:36,320 Speaker 1: So what would it look like to pursue our goals 111 00:06:36,520 --> 00:06:39,960 Speaker 1: from a place of rest, from a place of peace. 112 00:06:40,640 --> 00:06:42,880 Speaker 1: That's the question I want you to wrestle with today. 113 00:06:44,160 --> 00:06:47,320 Speaker 1: Do you feel like you can rest? Some of us 114 00:06:47,360 --> 00:06:49,920 Speaker 1: feel like we don't deserve rest, like we have to 115 00:06:49,960 --> 00:06:53,479 Speaker 1: earn rest. We're not worthy of rest until we've worked really, really, 116 00:06:53,520 --> 00:06:56,200 Speaker 1: really hard and met all of our goals. But friend, 117 00:06:56,200 --> 00:07:00,760 Speaker 1: that's a trauma response, not biblical truth. Jesus invites us 118 00:07:00,839 --> 00:07:05,800 Speaker 1: all into his rest, and rest doesn't mean laziness or sloth. 119 00:07:06,400 --> 00:07:10,880 Speaker 1: The Greek word for rest here is ano pauso. It 120 00:07:11,040 --> 00:07:17,080 Speaker 1: means a refreshing break intended to restore strength. Wow. I 121 00:07:17,120 --> 00:07:20,400 Speaker 1: don't know about you, but I think it'd be pretty 122 00:07:20,440 --> 00:07:23,640 Speaker 1: amazing to have my weight loss journey look like a 123 00:07:23,680 --> 00:07:29,000 Speaker 1: refreshing break instead of decades on the treadmill of drudgery. 124 00:07:30,600 --> 00:07:35,320 Speaker 1: So if you're ready to find Annopauso, if you're ready 125 00:07:35,320 --> 00:07:38,160 Speaker 1: for this kind of rest, join us again next week. 126 00:07:38,240 --> 00:07:43,160 Speaker 1: Remember episodes our Monday, Wednesday, Friday through Easter in this series, 127 00:07:43,240 --> 00:07:46,400 Speaker 1: and we're going to continue this conversational rest and we're 128 00:07:46,440 --> 00:07:50,400 Speaker 1: going to talk about exhaling. Why you don't have to 129 00:07:50,400 --> 00:07:53,880 Speaker 1: hold your breath and white knuckle through this anymore. You 130 00:07:53,960 --> 00:07:57,480 Speaker 1: can exhale and we'll talk about three specific ways to 131 00:07:57,520 --> 00:07:59,880 Speaker 1: do this next week. And hey, don't forget to do 132 00:08:00,120 --> 00:08:02,480 Speaker 1: in our community how we've got so many women in 133 00:08:02,520 --> 00:08:06,400 Speaker 1: there now, it's amazing. Again, I'm sorry about some technical 134 00:08:06,400 --> 00:08:09,160 Speaker 1: issues we've had, but it's working now. So go to 135 00:08:09,240 --> 00:08:13,480 Speaker 1: Waiting foroweight loss dot com sign up. You'll get instructions 136 00:08:13,480 --> 00:08:16,160 Speaker 1: on how to join right away and we look forward 137 00:08:16,160 --> 00:08:20,160 Speaker 1: to connecting with you there. 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