Rev. Deb

The Biggest What?????????????? #2

Did you watch it?

"The Biggest Loser" I mean, as I told you on an earlier blog it is the only reality TV I ever watch.  Last night as I was watching it was so interesting to see what happened when they gave the contestants a surprise trip to the Grand Canyon.  They sent them all to the Canyon for a few days with no instructions or trainers, you can probably guess what happened, they didn't know what to do.  They had only been at the ranch for two weeks so they hadn't quite gotten into their new lifestyle yet of fitness and for the most part they reverted back to their old ways.  Here they are in a beautiful setting with lots of places to hike and they only took two short hikes and set by the campfire, slept and ate birthday cake.  When they got back to the campus the trainers were not happy.  In Hebrews 2:1 it says "Since all this is true, we ought to pay much closer attention than ever to the truths that we have heard lest in any we  let them slip."   Just like these people who forgot what they had so intensely been learning for two weeks, when they got out on their own they let the training slip.  It is so important that we are in the Word everyday for ourselves and that we don't let our church attendance slip.  We have been taught so much but we can easily let the truth and the revelation we heard slip.  More later!  

The Biggest What????????????

Last year I took an interest in watching "The Biggest Loser" program on TV.  I haven't been a big fan of reality TV but I was fascinated by this one program.  It was so amazing to see the transformation that took place in these people's bodies in such a short time.  Last year a woman won for the first time and she did not even look like she could be the same person who started the show.  I was just amazed at her determination and drive.  While I was watching the show I would find myself getting a little irritated at some of the others either because they were whining or backstabbing.  I realize that is must be hard on these people mentally (not to mention physically) because they are away from home and out of their regular routine.  Each one of the contestants were getting a once in a lifetime opportunity to change their future for the better, there were so many others who wanted and needed the opportunity just as badly.  It makes me think about the many opportunities and privileges I have as a child of God, what am I doing with my opportunities?  Am I taking full advantage of them?  If so I will see great change in my life for the better.   More on this later!