I've know Jesus Christ as my personal Lord and Savior since I was 11 but did not have a personal relationship with him. I didn't grow up in a Christian home but in God's sovereignty He placed my Aunt & Uncle (who are like parents to me) in my life. Every Sunday they came and picked me up for church, they took me to church camp, they had a significant impact on my life. Although God called me at a young age I did not grow up having a relationship with him. You see, it is one thing to confess with your mouth that Jesus is Lord and being saved - your eternity is sealed. It is another thing to go day after day without being changed (transformed) into His image.
As I began to grow up I could see that something was missing. I found that just as our relationships with family and friends require time and investment, so does our relationship with God through Christ Jesus. My salvation and eternity can never be taken away and oh what a glorious day it will be when I can be face to face with Jesus but why would I want to wait? He gave me the Holy Spirit as a seal of what is to come. The Holy Spirit is to help guide me through this life.
So, in 2003 I rededicated my life to Christ. Since that time God has done an amazing work in me. This blog is intended to document this new season of my life in that journey. As I've grown spiritually I began to understand that while I was physically appealing (looks, size, etc.) my inner beauty was decaying. I began to pray that God would make my inner and outer beauty match--thus the name spiritually fat and physically fit.
My commitment in 2011 is grow so spiritually fat that it will be obvious to all that interact with me that my life mirrors Jesus Christ and that physically I run a half marathon and lose thirty pounds. So here it goes.....
