Let me start out this first blog by saying that i've tried this before, and i'm not very consistent. So maybe i'll use this thing a lot, maybe not, but something hit me this morning i wanted to write about.

Okay...So for a week now the Fuse* staff has been on a type of a diet, really more of a lifestyle change. If you don't know about it you can read about it on B.Coops blog. Anyways, the quick version is that we are going to stop putting trash into our bodies and start eating healthy stuff, stuff that is good for you. And just to let you know, after doing this for a week, i feel great. Seriously, i have way more energy, i'm constantly in a better mood, and i even can think more clearly. All around it is a great change. And if i started eating trash again i'm pretty sure i would start feeling really sluggish again.

The thing is, i didn't realize before that i felt sluggish, i just felt normal. I didn't realize that anything needed to change because i thought the norm was ok. I didn't realize how much better off i would be if i would just change a few things about my diet. And then this morning God hit me with something.....

Maybe this happens spiritually also....Maybe i start filling myself up with trash (trash isn't necessarily terrible things we do - sometimes those are easy not to fill up with - what if it's small things, like an oreo, that isn't really that bad, but it isn't healthy for us, and when we eat too many it slows us down), and stop filling myself up with good stuff (or at least not enough of it, if you eat a box of fudge rounds what good does an apple do?) Maybe i think i'm doing just fine with God because it is the norm, and if i would just stop my trash intake, and start filling myself up more with things that are healthy for my relationship with God, i would have a new energy. Maybe my relationship with Christ would be so much more exciting and deeper than i realized it could be. Maybe i am spiritually sluggish and don't even know it. Maybe a lot of us are that way.

Just a thought - i am challenged to do even more to strengthen my relationship with Christ, and take out garbage. Hopefully you will be challenged to do that same. And if anyone wants to get on the Fuse* Staff Diet, just check out Brad's blog for some guidelines.