Let's Lose Some "Wight" - I Think I've Found the Perfect Diet...

Colossians 3:3-1 -->
"Since, then, you have been raised with Christ, set your hearts on things above, where Christ is seated at the right hand of God. Set your minds on things above, not on earthly things. For you died, and your life is now hidden with Christ in God. " (NIV)

Wow. I was reading this today, and it really challenged me and got me thinking, so i thought i would share it with you. This verse tells us to set our hearts and minds on things above, not on earthly things. For we are with Christ now, we don't need to think about the things of this world. It goes back to another place where it says that we live in the world yes, but we are not of this world. We are heavenbound, and therefore our thoughts need to be heavenbound as well. Sometimes i think we can get easily caught up in thinking about earthly things. Just think about your every day life. So many times i get caught up in thinking about me. About what i have to do, who i have to see, my future, etc. And since i'm trying to think about it and figure it out all by myself (thinking i'm real smart) i just end up feeling stressed out, overwhelmed, confused, and worried, none of which is cool at all. These verses tell me i need to re-focus, get back to Christ. Get back to thinking about God and let him figure out the rest. I mean he says he'll take our burdens, why is it so hard for us sometimes (it definitely is for me) to let him? i mean why do we want that extra weight? Why do we want to hold on to those things so badly? It really doesn't make sense. i don't know about you, but when i read this, and then looked at my life, i came to the conlusion that i am a little bit burden-fat. And it is all because i am not fully relying on Christ. My thoughts are not focused on him, and on things above all of the time. Instead i always seem to want to think on things below! -- and it never gets me anywhere. I'm like a little kid who always forgets the same thing. I need constant reminders from God, to put my trust in him, and stop thinking so much. Thank goodness he is so patient with me. He will never let me down no matter how much i let him down. He is so faithful. So i thought, it's time for me to lose some earthly weight. i'm getting a little chunky, and i don't like it. I don't feel good. So i'm going on a diet. A less of me and WAY more of Jesus diet. it's like when you cut out a certain type of food, in some diets, well i'm cutting out me. me is done. it's over. no more me. beacause me doesn't work. Jesus works. So this is my challenge of late, join me if you want. Let's lose some "weight." Are you ready to feel lighter? I'm in, are you?
~jade

update on me and some other things....

Hello everyone! Hope that you are all doing wonderfully. i am attempting to update this thing more often, but i keep having to remind myself, things just get busy and i forget so i apologize. first of please continue praying for Kyleigh, she was doing better and was taken out of hospital, however after only one day out she had to go back in because her wounds were leaking, they had to perform another surgery, and if it doesn't work they will have to do it again! so she's going through a lot. so please continue to pray. also please pray that God would just take care of her long term since the doctors have no way of removing the tumor. And please pray for her dad, Ryan, who is sick with a fever right now. Thanks. Prayer works, so thanks so much for praying with me on this.

As far as me. well i've been busy lately. This term at school is a little bit more work, but i am loving it and learning lots. i go at least one day a week to happy life, (the children's home) to help out there, and then on thursdays i go with Christa to her school is one of the slums here, to help with her students. i help students that need extra attention, i read with some students, and this week i will be talking to her Class 7's (grade 7) for a little bit, sorta like a motivational/bible study thing. so please pray for me. but i am really excited to have that opportunity available to me. God is so good. I've also been going to one church regularly now, and am starting to get involved there, beginning with being a part of an out-reach/evangelism/mission team. So i am really excited about that. so when that gets under way i will have stories for you i'm sure. Overall i am doing really well, and enjoying every minute of being here. i'm officially half way through! which is a little bit hard to believe. i look forward to the many experiences that are ahead of me in the next 5 or so months. Thanks so much for all of your prayers and support.

love, jade

xoxox

ps- i'm inlcuding some pictures of the kids at happy life...they're so cute. please pray for them too! and for the home itself. they are doing an awesome ministry what prayer is always needed.

Update on Kyleigh.

hello everyone, i just wanted to thank you so much for your prayers for Kyleigh. she is doing much better. They did a surgery to re-route the blood supply in her brain and it went well. she is home now, and doing better. For all the details, if you are interested you should check out Ryan's blog (her dad) at : http://community.elevate-k.ca/blogs/index.php/ryan. So check that out, for updates, pics, and all that. Thanks again for your prayers, and please keep praying, for Kyleigh long term.
love you all
jade