I'm a workout DVD junkie. My favorites are Denise Austin and Billy Blanks, especially kickboxing and boot camps! It's a usual occurrence to find me in my bedroom in front of my TV with a workout DVD playing, kicking and punching, and trying to get my 30 minutes of cardio at least 5 times a week! I don't love it, but once I finish a good workout (and take a shower) I usually feel pretty good. It's also become a great stress reliever... My pastor's wife and I share a similar love for kickboxing and were joking how we like to pretend it's satan we're kicking or punching: "Get behind me, satan," POW!
After my car accident last week, I haven't been able to work out like I want to, and I've really missed it. I pulled out one of my really low impact aerobic DVDs the other night just so I could feel like I wasn't taking too many steps back in my fitness routine. As I was step-touching back and forth, I noticed how much I liked being encouraged by the words Denise Austin was saying. Every new move or new level of exercise, she was saying things like, "You can do it. You are worth it. Don't you feel good? You're burning fat and calories. You're getting into shape." I laughed later with my husband about it, because I had visions of me sitting on the couch eating cheesecake while she was on the screen saying these things to me...not knowing what I was really doing. But I do find that those words those trainers are saying when I'm punching and kicking DO make me want to keep going. When I'm tired and don't want to jump or kick 8 or 4 or even 1 more time, there they are cheering me on, telling me I can do it and that I'm worth it.
And then God spoke to me...reminding me that His Holy Spirit is that same type of 'trainer' in my life. Only He's right there with me in everything. He's cheering me on, giving me encouragement and direction, guiding my steps, bringing people into my life who need me or whom I need, reminding me that I'm worth it. We also have His word to help us stay fit and 'train' us. I was moved by the words from The Message in Psalms 18:16-19: But me he caught - reached all the way from sky to sea; he pulled me out of that ocean of hate, that enemy chaos, the void in which I was drowning. They hit me when I was down, but God stuck by me. He stood me up on a wide-open field; I stood there saved- surprised to be loved!
I still plan to use my DVDs and will continue to enjoy the encouragement I receive from people I will probably never know and who will never know me or see me working out along with them. But how awesome is it to know I have that constant Encourager with me everyday and everywhere who truly knows me and loves me?? (take that satan-POW!)
Monday, March 2, 2009
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Monday, March 2, 2009
Kickboxing and the Holy Spirit?
I'm a workout DVD junkie. My favorites are Denise Austin and Billy Blanks, especially kickboxing and boot camps! It's a usual occurrence to find me in my bedroom in front of my TV with a workout DVD playing, kicking and punching, and trying to get my 30 minutes of cardio at least 5 times a week! I don't love it, but once I finish a good workout (and take a shower) I usually feel pretty good. It's also become a great stress reliever... My pastor's wife and I share a similar love for kickboxing and were joking how we like to pretend it's satan we're kicking or punching: "Get behind me, satan," POW!
After my car accident last week, I haven't been able to work out like I want to, and I've really missed it. I pulled out one of my really low impact aerobic DVDs the other night just so I could feel like I wasn't taking too many steps back in my fitness routine. As I was step-touching back and forth, I noticed how much I liked being encouraged by the words Denise Austin was saying. Every new move or new level of exercise, she was saying things like, "You can do it. You are worth it. Don't you feel good? You're burning fat and calories. You're getting into shape." I laughed later with my husband about it, because I had visions of me sitting on the couch eating cheesecake while she was on the screen saying these things to me...not knowing what I was really doing. But I do find that those words those trainers are saying when I'm punching and kicking DO make me want to keep going. When I'm tired and don't want to jump or kick 8 or 4 or even 1 more time, there they are cheering me on, telling me I can do it and that I'm worth it.
And then God spoke to me...reminding me that His Holy Spirit is that same type of 'trainer' in my life. Only He's right there with me in everything. He's cheering me on, giving me encouragement and direction, guiding my steps, bringing people into my life who need me or whom I need, reminding me that I'm worth it. We also have His word to help us stay fit and 'train' us. I was moved by the words from The Message in Psalms 18:16-19: But me he caught - reached all the way from sky to sea; he pulled me out of that ocean of hate, that enemy chaos, the void in which I was drowning. They hit me when I was down, but God stuck by me. He stood me up on a wide-open field; I stood there saved- surprised to be loved!
I still plan to use my DVDs and will continue to enjoy the encouragement I receive from people I will probably never know and who will never know me or see me working out along with them. But how awesome is it to know I have that constant Encourager with me everyday and everywhere who truly knows me and loves me?? (take that satan-POW!)
After my car accident last week, I haven't been able to work out like I want to, and I've really missed it. I pulled out one of my really low impact aerobic DVDs the other night just so I could feel like I wasn't taking too many steps back in my fitness routine. As I was step-touching back and forth, I noticed how much I liked being encouraged by the words Denise Austin was saying. Every new move or new level of exercise, she was saying things like, "You can do it. You are worth it. Don't you feel good? You're burning fat and calories. You're getting into shape." I laughed later with my husband about it, because I had visions of me sitting on the couch eating cheesecake while she was on the screen saying these things to me...not knowing what I was really doing. But I do find that those words those trainers are saying when I'm punching and kicking DO make me want to keep going. When I'm tired and don't want to jump or kick 8 or 4 or even 1 more time, there they are cheering me on, telling me I can do it and that I'm worth it.
And then God spoke to me...reminding me that His Holy Spirit is that same type of 'trainer' in my life. Only He's right there with me in everything. He's cheering me on, giving me encouragement and direction, guiding my steps, bringing people into my life who need me or whom I need, reminding me that I'm worth it. We also have His word to help us stay fit and 'train' us. I was moved by the words from The Message in Psalms 18:16-19: But me he caught - reached all the way from sky to sea; he pulled me out of that ocean of hate, that enemy chaos, the void in which I was drowning. They hit me when I was down, but God stuck by me. He stood me up on a wide-open field; I stood there saved- surprised to be loved!
I still plan to use my DVDs and will continue to enjoy the encouragement I receive from people I will probably never know and who will never know me or see me working out along with them. But how awesome is it to know I have that constant Encourager with me everyday and everywhere who truly knows me and loves me?? (take that satan-POW!)
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