21 Day Habit Making

I’ve always heard the saying it takes 21 days to make a habit. Do I believe it? I don’t know but I’ll find out. Tomorrow marks the first day of a 21 day Fast my church and I are participating in. This isn’t something new to me, heck we do it every year! This year however, I want things to be different. This year I want this 21 days to start spiritual and physical (life changing) habits.

Spiritually;

The thing I want to take away spiritually is intentionally spending time with God EVERY day. It’s easy to call on God in our good moments or our bad moments but what about that everyday, comfy, really really know you kind of relationship? I want that. 2017 brought me closer to God but 2018 I really want to know him just in the way he knows the numbers of hairs on my head. Right now, I see God as my creator and master but I want to know him as my father and friend. Fasting isn’t just about removing something in your life to replace it with some other worldly desire. It’s about removing something and placing God in the center. I’m making a conscious effort to read the Bible everyday and journal (whether it be through this blog or on paper). I’m making a conscious decision to know God because to know him is to love him.

Physically;

This year, I’m setting my physical goals apart from my spiritual goals. I really want to focus on making God the center of my fast not just doing a diet disguised as a “fast”. With that being said, the first day of the fast will mark the first day of my diet. Don’t worry, it’s not some unattainable, hardcore diet, that causes you to binge eat in the outcome but, an overall conscious effort to make better eating choices. My body is God’s temple and I definitely need to treat it with more respect. I’m not getting any younger so it’s time I make healthier choices that will save me heartache in the long run. I’ve lost weight before. I’ve been motivated with #healthlife #getfit #fitfam all too often. This time is different. I pray in the next 21 days I create a habit of falling in love with being healthy for me, my husband and future children to come! In order to do so I must stay disciplined and lean on God when things get hard. I’m excited! It’s a new journey…a journey that I intend to make a HABIT!