Sorry, it's been a while. So, if you were to check out my other blog: meganfrumpweightlossjourney.blogspop.com, you would see that I am on this journey with God to lose the extra weight and he is helping me every step of the way.... But let me tell you what's been going on.
I can to the conclusion that I was absolutely FED UP WITH MY WEIGHT! I am SO over weight and I have to do something about it, and don't misunderstand me, I have been fighting with my weight my whole life! And I have always tried to lose the extra pounds. Unfortunately, I have climbed up to where honestly, I need to lose a minimum of 80 pounds.... In the last 6 years, I have GAINED 70 pounds.. .can you believe what I am saying- 70 pounds in only 6 years, horrible!!!
So, I was going to try and join the Biggest Loser, I figured, I believe that I have what it takes to be a contestant on the show and do Really Good At It!! Then I thought more about it.... I KNOW what I am suppose to be doing, I have had trainers, and I know what to do about eating.... I just have to DO IT!!! These people on the show, don't know these things, and they need the show more than I probably do. I am not trying to sound conceited, just honest. I know what I need to do, I just need to do it!!! I decided that I was going to figure out my own plan and seek GOD to help me along this LONG journey.
So far, so good! In 4 weeks, I have lost 6.5 pounds and 5 inches so far. I am a little frustrated, because I feel like I should be losing more, but while I have been praying for God to help me with my weight loss, I have also been praying for patience, I have never had much of those. And I really believe that God is answering my prayers! I need to be patient, I have always heard that the slower you lose the weight, the easier it is to keep it off... so in this God is teaching me so much!!! He is helping me with losing weight through diet and lots of exercise, and then with the patience, because we are taking the weight off nice and slow.
But I am not losing faith- I am going to continue to put my trust in him, I know that he only has the best for me!! Thank you God for answering my prayers! Thank you for continuing to give me your strength to get through each day. Thank you for giving me the courage to stick with it no matter what.. even if I screw it up - I go right back at it - thank you!!!
I am so grateful that God is working with me, it's pretty cool to part of "Team God" : ) I love and trust you with all that I have. Thank you for never letting me go!!
Have a great day - and a wonderful weekend : )
Friday, January 30, 2009
Friday, January 16, 2009
Don't lose hope....
This goes in line with the daily devotional on my page. Today's is pretty simple, but oh so great!
No matter WHAT, no matter the struggles, the blessings, the illnesses, NO MATTER WHAT, it is part of GOD'S plan for you!! Isn't that cool??
When you think about it, it's pretty neat that he took all that time to plan out each minute of our days, of our lives. I mean everything happens to us for a reason, and they are God's reasons. Wouldn't it be cool to pray to God, and ask about revealing his path for out life - Ask to follow his plan. It lightens any mood when you realize and acknowledge that God is in the Driver Seat and he has control. It's just neat when we can really come to grips with that and watch life happen as it unfolds.
Don't misunderstand me, God wants us to follow him and make the right choices. But once I came to an understanding over this, it makes my struggles a whole lot easier to deal with - I just give them over to God.
I hope this is making sense - sometimes when you are trying to say something so simple, it doesn't come out that way. God please know my heart on this. Thank you for loving me - Love, one of your people who is so undeserving.
No matter WHAT, no matter the struggles, the blessings, the illnesses, NO MATTER WHAT, it is part of GOD'S plan for you!! Isn't that cool??
When you think about it, it's pretty neat that he took all that time to plan out each minute of our days, of our lives. I mean everything happens to us for a reason, and they are God's reasons. Wouldn't it be cool to pray to God, and ask about revealing his path for out life - Ask to follow his plan. It lightens any mood when you realize and acknowledge that God is in the Driver Seat and he has control. It's just neat when we can really come to grips with that and watch life happen as it unfolds.
Don't misunderstand me, God wants us to follow him and make the right choices. But once I came to an understanding over this, it makes my struggles a whole lot easier to deal with - I just give them over to God.
I hope this is making sense - sometimes when you are trying to say something so simple, it doesn't come out that way. God please know my heart on this. Thank you for loving me - Love, one of your people who is so undeserving.
Wednesday, January 14, 2009
God is a Faithful GOD!
I could start crying right now, and actually, I already did a little! As you may or may not know. My husband, the 2nd love of my life, next to God, and I have been trying to have a baby now for the last 2 years! I can't believe it's already been that long~
We tried for almost a year on our own, and nothing. So we started seeing doctors and going through tests after tests - (oh it was rough!) and guess what? Yep, we were infertile. I mean there was stuff we could try to help us get pregnant, but getting pregnant on our own be nothing short of a miracle - Glad I believe in miracles : )
So in 2008, we went through a year of disappointments, drugs and inseminations and NOTHING. All of which cost us big bucks because our insurance, ya, they covered NOTHING. So let me tell you, while there was a lot of wonderful things that came out of 2008 - there was a TON of heartache! It really put a strain on Chris and I and thanks to GOD we have such a strong relationship/bond, it did NOT brake us, sorry Satan : )
The end of 2008 brought about other changes, we all know how bad the economy has been and companies doing all they can to save money! Well, besides us getting our pay cut at my job - we were switching payroll companies and health insurance. Come to find out our insurance was going up HUGE! So, I called Chris and said can you check again with your (new) company to see what their coverage is for Health care and he did. If your standing, please sit down for this - we found out that Chris's NEW company covers like 85% of their health care and it was only going to cost us about $150 to have better coverage, ya, I was paying OVER $400 a month!!!!! Yep, that's right!!! About a $250 savings. Thank you Jesus!!
Ok, I am getting to my point, bare with me : )
So, we started to look more closely at what this health care provider covers, and we saw a section infertility. I was thinking to myself, "is this some kine of sick joke, to tease people that they have coverage and then call to find out it's a front?" I was under the impression that NO ONE covers infertility.
GUESS what they actually do, can you believe it - 100% AND they cover th cost of in-vitro and inseminations too!!! OH my gosh, I about fell out of my seat with tears in my eyes, I had to have her keep repeating it to make sure I heard her right : )
See, we had decided early on that we would look at all our options - not just take and do everything we could to have our own biological child. We were exploring adoption and even fostering... in-fact, TODAY is our orientation for the infant foster program. I had decided that I was going to follow GOD'S plan for us and I wanted to be faithful to what he was showing us in order to start our family. I feel like GOD is saying thank you for staying faithful. I know adoption is something you can do right this minute, and you're just starting to look into fostering, but stay with me, stay faithful and I will show you the way - and he is!! He is showing us a way!!
We will have options coming out the ying-yang : ) Lord, can you bless us with a larger house so we can have a lot of babies : ) (he knows my heart on this, and I am smiling right now... in GOD'S time, not ours - his will, will be done!).
I had to share this - I don't think anyone can read this blog, but GOD - you can and I love being able to share not only my thoughts, but my words. You are a mighty GOD and you are so FAITHFUL! Thank you God for loving me an showing me your path for us.
We tried for almost a year on our own, and nothing. So we started seeing doctors and going through tests after tests - (oh it was rough!) and guess what? Yep, we were infertile. I mean there was stuff we could try to help us get pregnant, but getting pregnant on our own be nothing short of a miracle - Glad I believe in miracles : )
So in 2008, we went through a year of disappointments, drugs and inseminations and NOTHING. All of which cost us big bucks because our insurance, ya, they covered NOTHING. So let me tell you, while there was a lot of wonderful things that came out of 2008 - there was a TON of heartache! It really put a strain on Chris and I and thanks to GOD we have such a strong relationship/bond, it did NOT brake us, sorry Satan : )
The end of 2008 brought about other changes, we all know how bad the economy has been and companies doing all they can to save money! Well, besides us getting our pay cut at my job - we were switching payroll companies and health insurance. Come to find out our insurance was going up HUGE! So, I called Chris and said can you check again with your (new) company to see what their coverage is for Health care and he did. If your standing, please sit down for this - we found out that Chris's NEW company covers like 85% of their health care and it was only going to cost us about $150 to have better coverage, ya, I was paying OVER $400 a month!!!!! Yep, that's right!!! About a $250 savings. Thank you Jesus!!
Ok, I am getting to my point, bare with me : )
So, we started to look more closely at what this health care provider covers, and we saw a section infertility. I was thinking to myself, "is this some kine of sick joke, to tease people that they have coverage and then call to find out it's a front?" I was under the impression that NO ONE covers infertility.
GUESS what they actually do, can you believe it - 100% AND they cover th cost of in-vitro and inseminations too!!! OH my gosh, I about fell out of my seat with tears in my eyes, I had to have her keep repeating it to make sure I heard her right : )
See, we had decided early on that we would look at all our options - not just take and do everything we could to have our own biological child. We were exploring adoption and even fostering... in-fact, TODAY is our orientation for the infant foster program. I had decided that I was going to follow GOD'S plan for us and I wanted to be faithful to what he was showing us in order to start our family. I feel like GOD is saying thank you for staying faithful. I know adoption is something you can do right this minute, and you're just starting to look into fostering, but stay with me, stay faithful and I will show you the way - and he is!! He is showing us a way!!
We will have options coming out the ying-yang : ) Lord, can you bless us with a larger house so we can have a lot of babies : ) (he knows my heart on this, and I am smiling right now... in GOD'S time, not ours - his will, will be done!).
I had to share this - I don't think anyone can read this blog, but GOD - you can and I love being able to share not only my thoughts, but my words. You are a mighty GOD and you are so FAITHFUL! Thank you God for loving me an showing me your path for us.
Today's Devotional - I shall not want.
Wow - this is right up my alley. I know that I struggle with this, and I always have. I'm not sure why I have always been consumed by all the things I don't have! Well, about two years ago now, 1/7/07 - I started getting back on God's track. I had always knew there was something missing from my life and I felt God calling me back.
I was away from God for a good 10 years. Now, when I say away, I mean that I wasn't following his ways on a regular basis - I have always believed and I have always known that Jesus is my savior! I gave my heart to God when I was 13 years old and my Grandma prayed the Salvation prayer with me. I have always believed God was there, but while I was far away, I would only turn to him when I truly needed him. And when he wouldn't respond, I started to think that praying is a joke, ya right it works. Oh it works all right - when you know HOW to pray and what to pray for. Very important to remember "Prayers are NOT wishes!". Hard to grasp I know, but when we pray for selfish reasons, reasons that only consume us, God says, nope, sorry. Go back and try again - we can try 1,000 times until you get it right - and you know what, when you get it right it is amazing! Wow!
Like I mentioned, I have been back following God now and working on changing my worldly heart now for about 2 years and you know what, these two years have been LIFE CHANGING!! I am so excited and still so on fire!!! I still have so much to learn and to clean up in my life - but you want to know what, God loves me no matter what - he loves me just the way I am and he is going to help me with cleaning up my life as long as I continue to seek him, trust him and OBEY him!! It's hard a lot of the time, and I feel convicted often - but you know what, I love it, because I know that's GOD speaking to my heart and he is revealing what I need to change in my life!
OK, so this brings me to the devotional today - I shall not want. This is something that God is working on in me as we speak! I have always had the attitude that what I have isn't enough, instead of being grateful for what he has blessed me with. Especially when I look at others and see what they have and how they live their life - you know that whole comparing thing that we are NOT suppose to do!! Ya, I struggle with that. But I am changing that. God is working in me like you wouldn't believe and he is strengthening my faith and he is opening my eyes to all the beautiful and wonderful things that he has blessed me with. And I AM THANKFUL - God THANK YOU!!! I won't say that it's easy and that I am healed, not yet anyway :) but it's coming along. I am working on loving what I have and being thankful for them - not that we can't want better things for ourselves and our families, but our heart needs to be in the right place. We need to remember to ALWAYS put GOD first in our lives and when we do that he will bless us back! Remember, even though it's hard, sometimes the troubled times in our lives are our blessings - pray and seek God and ask him what you are to see through this.
There is a positive in all negatives. So, if you think about it, there really aren't negatives - ask GOD to reveal this to you and he will!
As I end this really long post - I want to close in a Prayer - God, please speak to my heart today Lord. As I go through the day God, please reveal to me the positives out of the negative Lord. I don't want to want what I don't God and I ask you to help me with that control God - with you I know ALL things are possible and that as long as I put my full FAITH and TRUST in you lord God - Thy will be done. Lord I pray this in your son Jesus' powerful name - amen.
I was away from God for a good 10 years. Now, when I say away, I mean that I wasn't following his ways on a regular basis - I have always believed and I have always known that Jesus is my savior! I gave my heart to God when I was 13 years old and my Grandma prayed the Salvation prayer with me. I have always believed God was there, but while I was far away, I would only turn to him when I truly needed him. And when he wouldn't respond, I started to think that praying is a joke, ya right it works. Oh it works all right - when you know HOW to pray and what to pray for. Very important to remember "Prayers are NOT wishes!". Hard to grasp I know, but when we pray for selfish reasons, reasons that only consume us, God says, nope, sorry. Go back and try again - we can try 1,000 times until you get it right - and you know what, when you get it right it is amazing! Wow!
Like I mentioned, I have been back following God now and working on changing my worldly heart now for about 2 years and you know what, these two years have been LIFE CHANGING!! I am so excited and still so on fire!!! I still have so much to learn and to clean up in my life - but you want to know what, God loves me no matter what - he loves me just the way I am and he is going to help me with cleaning up my life as long as I continue to seek him, trust him and OBEY him!! It's hard a lot of the time, and I feel convicted often - but you know what, I love it, because I know that's GOD speaking to my heart and he is revealing what I need to change in my life!
OK, so this brings me to the devotional today - I shall not want. This is something that God is working on in me as we speak! I have always had the attitude that what I have isn't enough, instead of being grateful for what he has blessed me with. Especially when I look at others and see what they have and how they live their life - you know that whole comparing thing that we are NOT suppose to do!! Ya, I struggle with that. But I am changing that. God is working in me like you wouldn't believe and he is strengthening my faith and he is opening my eyes to all the beautiful and wonderful things that he has blessed me with. And I AM THANKFUL - God THANK YOU!!! I won't say that it's easy and that I am healed, not yet anyway :) but it's coming along. I am working on loving what I have and being thankful for them - not that we can't want better things for ourselves and our families, but our heart needs to be in the right place. We need to remember to ALWAYS put GOD first in our lives and when we do that he will bless us back! Remember, even though it's hard, sometimes the troubled times in our lives are our blessings - pray and seek God and ask him what you are to see through this.
There is a positive in all negatives. So, if you think about it, there really aren't negatives - ask GOD to reveal this to you and he will!
As I end this really long post - I want to close in a Prayer - God, please speak to my heart today Lord. As I go through the day God, please reveal to me the positives out of the negative Lord. I don't want to want what I don't God and I ask you to help me with that control God - with you I know ALL things are possible and that as long as I put my full FAITH and TRUST in you lord God - Thy will be done. Lord I pray this in your son Jesus' powerful name - amen.
Tuesday, January 13, 2009
Answered Prayers!
I had an issue with my truck, it was starting to shake as I would drive and hit up to certain speed limits. I drive 35 miles one way to work everyday, so round trip, we're talking about 70 miles! So to say the least, I need my car and I need it to be healthy : )
I was starting to get really worried about it and panic about what it could cost!! I mean, we have a little set aside for emergencies, but I was needing it to be something not too serious...
So, I stopped my panic and said GOD, I am not going to worry about this, I am going to trust you fully with this and I ask that you will help me find an honest place that won't try and take for all I'm worth.... Lord you know our situation and you what we can afford, God, I trust and give this over to you!
I dropped off my car at 9:15, and I told him that I thought it might be tie rods (YIKES), told him what it was doing and he said he would call me as soon as he knew. This shop is a great spot!! I DID trust him!! He called me at 9:40AM - "Hi Megan, nope, it's not your tie rods...." (I could have started crying, I could hear in his voice that it wasn't going to be too big of a deal)... "I think that you need to have your tires rotated and I am going to tighten up the wheel bearings, because there is more give in the wheels than there should be.... all would cost $73.00. Can you believe it!! ONLY $73.00 - Are you kidding me - WOW, God you ROCK in so many ways, but answered prayers has got to be one of the greatest things you bless us with, besides your unconditional LOVE, of coarse.
I had to share this - GOD is amazing and this is why I need to blog about all of the wonderful things he does in our lives. This will also help me with reading my bible daily and help strengthen my relationship with our awesome and amazing MAKER!
I was starting to get really worried about it and panic about what it could cost!! I mean, we have a little set aside for emergencies, but I was needing it to be something not too serious...
So, I stopped my panic and said GOD, I am not going to worry about this, I am going to trust you fully with this and I ask that you will help me find an honest place that won't try and take for all I'm worth.... Lord you know our situation and you what we can afford, God, I trust and give this over to you!
I dropped off my car at 9:15, and I told him that I thought it might be tie rods (YIKES), told him what it was doing and he said he would call me as soon as he knew. This shop is a great spot!! I DID trust him!! He called me at 9:40AM - "Hi Megan, nope, it's not your tie rods...." (I could have started crying, I could hear in his voice that it wasn't going to be too big of a deal)... "I think that you need to have your tires rotated and I am going to tighten up the wheel bearings, because there is more give in the wheels than there should be.... all would cost $73.00. Can you believe it!! ONLY $73.00 - Are you kidding me - WOW, God you ROCK in so many ways, but answered prayers has got to be one of the greatest things you bless us with, besides your unconditional LOVE, of coarse.
I had to share this - GOD is amazing and this is why I need to blog about all of the wonderful things he does in our lives. This will also help me with reading my bible daily and help strengthen my relationship with our awesome and amazing MAKER!
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