ONE BIG CREATOR

I HAVE A RATHER LARGE VIEW OF GOD. I FEEL IT IS FOOLISH OF US TO TRY TO BOX THE CREATOR IN A DENOMINATION OR RELIGION. I MEAN WE ARE TALKING ABOUT THE VERY SOURCE OF ALL THE STARS AND PLANETS, OF ALL THE PLANTS AND CREATURES, OF ALL THE MANY PEOPLES AND CULTURES. WHETHER YOU BELIVE IN GENESIS' ACCOUNT OF CREATION OR THAT WE WERE GENETICALLY ENGINEERED BY EXTRATERESSTRIALS THE ULTIMATE POINT IS THAT GOD HAS CREATED ALL THAT WAS AND IS AND IS TO COME. THIS UNIFYING FORCE OF UNCONDITIONAL LOVE HAS SPOKEN ALL THAT IS INTO BEING AND HOW SCIENCE OR SUPERSTITION TRIES TO EXPLAIN IT MATTERS NOT.

AN UNDERSTANDING OF THIS CAN BRING PEACE. ONE ISSUE MANY ATHEISTS AND OTHERS BRING UP IS HOW COULD GOD CREATE SO MUCH PAIN AND HURT, BUT THIS QUESTION ONLY COMES FROM AN IMMATURE SPRITUAL STATE. AS I UNDERSTAND THROUGH STUDY, DREAMS, AND INTUITION OUR UNIVERSE WAS CREATED AS A MEANS OF RAPID SPIRITUAL GROWTH AND EVENTUAL REUNION WITH OUR GOD. EXAMPLE WOULD BE THE STORY OF ADAM AND EVE IN THE GARDEN. HAD THEY NEVER LEFT THE GARDEN THEN ALL THEY WOULD HAVE KNOWN WAS BLISS, BUT THEY WOULD NEVER HAVE BEEN ABLE TO UNDERSTAND OR EXPERIENCE IT AS BLISS. WITHOUT THE STORMY DARK DAYS WE CAN'T COMPREHEND THE BEAUTY AND GRACE OF A SUNNY SPRING AFTERNOON. WITHOUT HARDSHIPS IN LIFE WE CAN'T UNDERSTAND VICTORY OVER SAID HARDSHIPS. ESSENTIALLY ONE CAN'T EXIST WITHOUT THE OTHER.

THE KEY TO SPIRITUAL WEALTH AND MATURITY IS BEING ABLE TO RECONCILE THIS WITHIN. EVERY TRIAL BRINGS AN OPPORTUNITY TO LEARN AND MOVE FORWARD. OUR WHOLE REALITY IS BASED AROUND OPPOSITES: NIGHT AND DAY, HAPPY AND SAD, GOOD AND EVIL, ENTHROPY AND ENTROPY, UP AND DOWN, HEAVEN AND HELL, THE GOD AND THE DEVIL, LIFE AND DEATH, SPRING AND FALL, WINTER AND SUMMER, HOT AND COLD. RELIGION AND SOCIETY BOTH DEMAND THAT YOU PICK ONE AND FIGHT THE OTHER. THEY DRAW A CLEAR LINE IN THE SAND AND CONDEMN THOSE ON THE OTHER SIDE.

BUT AS A TRUE GENIUS HAS BALANCED THE LEFT BRAIN WITH THE RIGHT BRAIN, SO TO MUST WE FIND BALANCE BETWEEN THE OPPOSING FORCES AND UNITE THEM AS ONE. JOHN 1:3 INFORMS US THAT ALL WAS CREATED BY GOD. NOT JUST THE GOOD THINGS, BUT EVEN THOSE WE SEE AS BAD OR EVIL. MOST PEOPLE HAVE AN IDEA OF GOD AND BELIEVE IN A DOGMA SET FORTH BY THEIR PASTORS AND PRIESTS. WHEN ONE PERSON HAS AN EXPERIENCE THAT VERIFIES THE EXISTENCE OF GOD AND THE NEXT PHASE OF LIFE WE ALL SHOULD TAKE HEED. BUT ALL TOO OFTEN WE JUST DISREGARD THESE AS TOOLS OF THE DEVIL BECAUSE THE EXPERIENCE DOESNT CONFIRM OUR SELFISH AND IGNORANT BELIEF. IN EFFECT, WE HAVE GIVEN THE DEVIL MORE GLORY AND POWER, MORE REVERENCE THAN OUR CREATOR. WE WILL HAVE STATED THAT OUR GOD IS UNABLE TO WORK AND SPEAK IN THE LIVES OF HIS CREATION.

BEFORE I GET OFF TRACK LETS BRING IT BACK TO THE ORIGINAL THOUGHT OF GOD BEING TOO LARGE TO FIT IN ONE RELIGION OR BOX. WE NEED TO SEEK BALANCE WITHIN AND NOT BE SO QUICK TO LABEL MODERN DAY MIRACLES AS TRICKS OF THE DEVIL. AFTER ALL, IT WAS THAT MINDSET THAT LED TO THE CRUCIFIXION OF THE CHRIST. LEARN FROM TRYING EXPERIENCES, LET THEM GIVE YOU INSIGHT AND WISDOM....

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A New Day.

much has changed since i last visited this blog. my p90x days are somewhat just a memory, although i intend to resume workouts this month. what i lost there i gained in my spiritual rebirth. the hour is late....but tomorrow i will begin to tell the story of where i began and where i am currently.....until then, may the Creator, that which created the whole of the cosmos and dwells within guide you to peace and joy.

66 Days and counting

So its been 66 days since we began our Power 90 journey. We haven't skipped or missed one workout so far and will not miss any of the remaining. I have injured my back which has kept me out of the ab rippers but the weight is still coming off. I've now lost 27 lbs and 19.25 inches total.

The point is that for the last decade weight has been a struggle for both me and my wife Catherine. Various fad diets and short bursts of exercise have come and gone but one thing always remained the same...we were unhealthy and extremely overweight. But something about Tony Horton's program really clicked with us. It gave us the direction and motivation to see this thing through.

We are on our path to becoming healthy and fit, and are not stopping anytime soon! If in doubt or curious about how you can become healthy just contact me. We will help you on your path to health!

Fitness Continues

My journey continues. I've decided that my goal weight for our cruise (Sept. 23) should be 190lbs. To reach that goal I need to lose 22 more lbs. I have never been that weight since my childhood. The smallest I've been able to get was 195. That was a good weight for me, but I want the definition so my ideal goal is 180 or less.

My back has been really hurting lately. I do believe it's the ab exercises that has caused the inflammation. It's an older injury I sustained while working in the steel business. So I'm trying to take it easy with the ab workouts until the pain subsides.

On a plus side, I am avering 140 pushups per routine in the Power 90 sculpt 3-4. Tonight I even got an extra 20 in! We also started running/walking for twenty to thirty minutes on sculpt days as well.

I believe our day 60 is this Sunday so will have an update of measurements then!