If the truth be told, which is what I strive for around here, this past summer has probably been the hardest one I’ve ever faced in my short life on this planet. And the reason I suspect it’s been so hard {physically, emotionally, maritally} is because I’ve been living on Diet Coke and not Jesus. I’m sure there will be a handful of you who will stop reading here because you’ll think, “She’s lost her mind and is a religious freak” and that’s ok if you think that but like I said, I strive to tell the truth around here and so I will. We’re in a “hard season” {as Justin likes to say}… 3 kids… 2 toddlers… and one newborn. We don’t sleep. I yell at my precious children. My husband has 2 businesses that are rather slow. If there was anything I needed this summer it was Jesus and not Diet Coke. But guess what I chose? Diet Coke. Yes, full of caffeine to make me think I was doing ok and ZERO calories which left me feeling very empty by the end of the summer.
Without accountability of some sort I am a total slacker. So, with all of this said… I am absolutely delighted that SUMMER is OVER and FALL is HERE because I’m back into Bible study and I KNOW from past experience that if Jesus will replace the Diet Coke things will be looking up around here in no time, and if they don’t “look” up… at least I know where my strength will come from and it will certainly have more than ZERO calories.
I tell you this to encourage you, because if you are a “slacker like me” {which from past confessions, I imagine some of y’all are in the same boat} if you’ll find someone or a study to hold you accountable it’s alot easier to give up the Diet Coke*.
*I am speaking figuratively here. By no means do I intend to give up Diet Coke {at least not now} but I guarantee it won’t be my life support, but merely a supplement!
