Midweek Moment: Too Much Junk In My Trunk

Yes, this blog post is exactly what you are thinking!
Beep, Beep, Beep……”Caution Wide Load”, Beep, Beep, Beep. Get out the yellow caution banners, sound the alarms, it never fails my behind always seems to get in the way of me finding a nice pair of jeans! I was in total shock last week when I went to try on a pair of jeans which just happened to be my size and I could not for the life of me even stretch them over my knees. I mean help me out here! Am I the only one who suspects that the manufacturers and designers are adding less and less material to a pair of jeans? I realize the economy is slow, but help a girl’s self esteem out here! For once can I find a good pair of fitting jeans without having to go up three more sizes? The trend this year is to monogram the pockets of your jeans with your initials. Loving it, loving it, loving it! Problem is I don’t want to feel like my entire name is spelled out on the back of my pants pocket.
Now don’t misunderstand me. I know all about the bondage of low self esteem & the comparison syndrome. For years I allowed Satan to attack & try to destroy myself worth by comparing myself to models on the magazine covers, photos of friends on facebook, to friends at church, television stars and the lists goes on. Not anymore! I refuse to allow him to take up rent in my mind and to control my thoughts. My Bible reminds me that we are all fearfully & wonderfully made. So yes, I thank God for how I was created. I am just acknowledging and confessing, as my thirteen- year old son so graciously reminds me, this momma has got a lot of “junk in her trunk!” BUT, (here I go with my corny puns again), I am working on it. This girl has been doing some squats and even though I have split three pair of pants in the process,” some thangs is gonna change around here”!
You know sometimes in my daily walk with Christ I have to refine some things in my spiritual trunk. I have been known to have a little attitude,(I know that is hard for you to imagine), to which I sometimes just have to say, “Father forgive me”. There have been times when I had to cry out and say “God , I need you to help me with an attitude adjustment!” As I take a closer look in my trunk, I have to ask God to help me get rid of some things. Is there a bad habit that I need to break, a sin that needs to be confessed, a bad memory that I need to let go of, forgiveness that I need to grant. Is there some area in my life where I am struggling? Yes sometimes my friend I have to REFINE a few things. A little squatting needs to take place. What I mean by that is sometimes I have to let go of my pride, fall to my knees & say Lord, I need you to help me rid some of this junk in my trunk!

 

Beverly Weeks is an energized Christian speaker who is devoted to encouraging couples with God’s inspired Word.  She has written numerous online devotions, blogs & articles to exemplify powerful, practical biblical truths to couples standing for their marriage and family. Candidly & transparently, Beverly shares the grace, hope & redemption that Christ offers to all and their marriage relationships.Beverly speaks from personal experience, a confident faith and a zealous passion, proclaiming encouraging messages of hope. She engages women’s groups, churches and conferences with topics such as Battling Low Self Esteem to Healing in Your Marriage.To find out more about Beverly visit  Intentionally Yours.

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