Here we are on day 11 of what was announced to be a ‘wellness boot camp’. Anyone who is still with me may be starting to lose patience a little bit, wondering when are we going to get to actually do something. Maybe start a diet, or an exercise routine. But what we are trying to do here, is different. I want us to work together through the process of being able to fully utilize all that we have been given and receive all that Our Creator still wants to give to us. But…it takes PATIENCE. We need to allow Him to work in us little by little, step, by step.
Patience is trusting not only in God’s Word, but in His timing. Knowing that for now, this present moment and the lessons that it brings, is enough. We are enough! That as all of this really sinks in, the rest will fall into place too. Patience is not sitting back and doing nothing, it’s about ‘praying and obeying’ and then leaving the results to God.
There was a man who was asleep one night in his cabin when suddenly his room filled with light from the presence of God. The Lord told the man He had work for him to do, and showed him a large rock in front of his cabin. He explained that the man was to push against the rock with all his might — which he did, day after day.
For many years he toiled from sun up to sun down, pushing with all his might against this massive, unmoving rock. Each night the man returned to his cabin sore and worn out, feeling that his whole day had been spent in vain.
Seeing that the man was getting discouraged, Satan decided to pour salt in the wound by saying to him, “After all these years, and despite your best efforts, the rock hasn’t budged. Why keep torture yourself like this? You’re never going to move it.”
These thoughts disheartened the man even more. “Why am I killing myself over this?” he thought. “I’ll just put in my time, give minimal effort and that will be good enough.” But in his wrestling, he decided to make this a matter of prayer.
“Lord” he said, “I have labored long and hard in your service, putting all my strength to do what you have asked. Yet, after all this time, I haven’t even budged the rock a half a millimeter. What am I doing wrong? Why am I failing?”
The Lord compassionately responded, “My friend, when long ago I called you to serve me and you accepted, I told you that your task was to push against the rock with all your might, which you have done. Never once did I mention that I expected you to move it.
Your task was to simply push. And now you come to me with your strength spent, thinking that you have failed. But is that really true?
Look at yourself. Your arms are strong, your back muscled, your hands calloused from constant pressure, and your legs have become massive and rock hard.
Through opposition and resistance, you have grown much in strength, stamina and ability. You may not have moved the rock, but remember this: Your calling was to obediently push against the rock, to exercise your faith and trust in my wisdom. This you have done well, my friend. So I will now move the rock for you.”
Index
| Introduction | Stepping into it, series intro. | video |
| Week 1 intro | *Core intro | |
| Thanksgiving | Day 1 | *Attentiveness to God’s blessings |
| Commitment | Day 2 | *To be all in for whatever the Lord wants of us on this journey. |
| Love | Day 3 | *To love God with our whole heart, mind and soul…and others as ourselves. It’s at the core of who we are, not simply what we do. |
| Trust | Day 4 | *Childlike confidence that He leads us step by step. |
| Kindness | Day 5 | *Out of the fullness of the heart, the mouth speaks. *Focus on the Kingdom |
| Tenacity | Day 6 | * Setting up a specific prayer time |
| Week 1 recap | LOVING GOD WITH OUR WHOLE MIND *What is health and wellness * The Mind’s purpose is to envision God and Heaven (to see the unseen). | |
| Endurance | Day 7 | *Our feelings and emotions * Consecrating them to the Lord for His purposes |
| Forgiveness | Day 8 | *Effect of unforgiveness * ph balance |
| Perseverance | Day 9 | *Mary’s help for the journey *The Rosary *The white ladder *consecration video 2 (the rosary) |
| Acceptance | Day 10 | |
| Patience | Day 11 | |
| Humility | Day 12 | |
| Week 2 Recap | LOVING GOD WITH OUR WHOLE HEART AND MIND |