Preparedness Equals Success

I intended to spend quite a bit of time this week meditating on God and his word. I did do my Bible study (I'm studying Daniel), but nothing outside of that as I had intended. Between work, a new puppy, school, a project, female issues, and coming down with a really bad throat infection (not strep but similar and felt the same) I was quite overwhelmed! In listening to the Aesclepius mp3 today and of course was bothered by it. For those of you who have followed any of my posts you will know that though I like the idea and goals of these practices the new age material bothers me. This one in particular. So instead I tried to focus on envisioning spending time with God, but the voice (though it was a calming voice) kept telling me to do things that bothered me (Like the healing God Aesclepius is really me or within me...) and I just had to let it go. Does anyone know if there are exercises like this that are from a Christian perspective?  This rubs me so hard the wrong way, but I could see how Christian/Biblical based versions could be helpful to me. I hope I'm not the only one who feels this way, but if I am so be it. I don't mean to be negative. I really want to like these exercises. But I do have to follow my convictions and beliefs. Anyway, I have found myself repeated Bible verses to myself throughout the week at random times. I would still like to pick out a weekly verse and use it as a "Mantra" of sorts throughout the week. The more time I spend in prayer, Bible study, and in Biblically based meditation the better I feel spiritually and as we all know that carries over into our overall health.

We are asked what the following quote means: "One cannot lead another where one has not gone himself". I kind of think this means not to be a hypocrite. That a severe word, but it's true if you think about it. How can you tell someone to do something you won't do or haven't done yourself? That's kind of why I am torn right now because my health and weight is far from where I want it to be and yet I want to help people to achieve better health themselves. You have to practice what you preach. This doesn't mean that I have to have a perfect body or anything, but I do need to take everything I've learned both on my own and at Kaplan and truly apply it (all of it) to my life once and for all. Then I will be at a better place to help others. I do think that once I have graduated it will be easier to do because I'm honestly worn out from school at this point. It will be great to have the time to focus on those things rather than on getting assignments done on time. I'm sure you all know what I mean! The main things that I want to implement are daily devotionals and prayer time (every single day not just when I remember to do it), picking out a Bible verse every week and using it as a Mantra for that week, a more regular exercise routine, and I need to do better at being consistent with my nutrition. This may require prep work on Sundays to be prepared for the week. I used to do that and it guaranteed that I wouldn't fail that week. I haven't been doing that since moving to Tennessee and I have definitely noticed a difference. Like for instance I used to prepare several meals or at least prep the meals on Sunday and that way I had no excuses like being too tired to cook. Whereas lately I haven't wanted to cook and my husband ends up picking up food from somewhere (because he sure isn't going to cook). It takes some work on Sunday, but boy does it make the rest of the week flow better!