Getting Started

     Getting started on a projects is usually a process for me.  Not long ago I was sitting on our couch in the living room looking at our bookshelves.  "What a lot of books I have," I thought.  So, being the industrious person that I am (I sometimes think more highly of myself than I ought) I decided to organize - which led to piles of books everywhere (I really like categories).  Piles on the couch, tables and, of course, all over the floor.  So much so that really one could no longer walk through the living room.  "Oooooooo this feels so awesome," I said to myself.  Something on one of the shelves prompted me to go to the kitchen where I opened a cupboard and noticed, "Hmmmmmm, these cupboards are a real mess."  Soon my kitchen looked eerily like my living room.  Piles of kitchen stuff all over the counters and table. As I was cleaning in there something in our entryway closet caught my eye and soon I had that entire closet emptied into neat categories (did I mention I like categories?).   Imagine with me how that all looked and then, yep, you guessed it, the doorbell rang.  I opened the door, my eyes shifting back and forth from my visitors to the heaps of stuff all over the living room (my family will tell you, I have a thing about people seeing my house truly messy - most likely something I dragged with me from childhood). The lady at the door was quite pleasant, "Hi," she said, "We are from the township, here to look at your basement." You would have thought I was hiding a fugitive and I croaked back, "Right Now?"  Sure enough they needed to come in "right now" so I reluctantly opened the door and looked dismally at the mess I had created and then began to explain to these strangers the state of my house.  I cleared my throat and attempted an airy explanation of the heaps and piles everywhere.  And then one of the ladies said, don't I know you?
    The Lord knows that I tend to jump into things with equal size pieces of gusto and humble pie. So be prepared ladies.  I am not sure what this project will entail.  Be prepared to start with the bookshelf and end up in the closet. But the difference is that we will do this together.  There is nothing like trusting the Lord for something, waiting for Him to show the way and all the while doing it in community.  So as we go please be vocal and let me know how it is going for you.  I am going to be posting once a week to start and you can catch all the Body Temple entries on the right hand side of the blog or on the main page as well.  I need to run now, but I will be back later today to talk about where we begin this journey.  I am excited about what the Lord is going to show us about how to live this life in the healthiest way.  We will learn about how God sees us, we will learn about ourselves and we will figure out how to make healthy goals for ourselves when it comes to our bodies.  Love you all!