A man at church shared about how God is working in his life as he comes clean from drugs and alcohol. He said, “It took a long time for me to get where I was and it will take time to change, but God is working on me.”
I thought, “Hmm, that sure is a good thought.”
Of all the things we don’t like about ourselves, and all the things we wish to change, we have to remember how long it took us to get where we’re at. Then we have to realize that change doesn’t come easy and it doesn’t come quickly. It’s often a long road.
With weight loss, I see clients who want to lose weight now! They want their bodies to “hurry up” and lose weight. They get frustrated, tired, and discouraged if the process doesn’t happen fast enough. They’re tempted to throw in the towel if they hit a bump in the road.
But how long did it take them to get where they are? How many months and years of poor eating habits and lack of exercise accumulated to put them in their current condition?
Any change, including weight loss, takes time. It’s a long process. It’s a hard process. If you really want to make healthy changes, lose weight, get in better shape, and improve your health you have to be in it for the long haul.
It took awhile to get you in this mess and it’ll take awhile to get you out.
