Thin or fat?

Being thin ain’t fun, you get kidded a lot and you get a lot of advice about eating and other lifestyle habits. When I got home this summer break, the initial conversations with anyone I met seemed to be over-run with the topic of my weight. So hey, now am back in Singapore and in God’s own humorous way He has given me a room mate who is very knowledgeable in all these weight issues an has promised to draw up a diet plan toward the end of me putting on a bit of weight.

But why am I sharing my anatomical woes out here?? Well as I got reading about weight gain programs and techniques, I learned more and more that it is all about growing the muscles. Not just pure gluttony as I presumed I would have to indulge myself in. One of the articles said “it’s not just about eating a lot, it is about eating enough … enough of the right things that is”

Now unfortunately I am an over-excited bible college student so I tend to see a spiritual angle to most things, and faithfully I saw one in this as well. All the kidding and serious concern in delhi got me thinking about weight gain. I come here and God brings along side someone who has the wisdom and experience to help me with this goal. Isn’t that how it is supposed to work in the church as well? Through the fellowship and interaction of one and another God instills in us a desire for greater intimacy with Him, and then brings alongside people in our lives who can help.

After that it’s all about the diet plan and exercise. Don’t just go on a reading spree and pick up every single Christian book you can lay hands on or listen to every Christian message that comes on God tv or whatever. Eat enough (spiritually) but eat enough of the right stuff. But eating enough of the right stuff aint enough, you also got to exercise. So get up and pray (most importantly). Go join a small group, get involved in ministry, share the word, be a witness tell others of the love you have received. Exercise what God has given you and the knowledge you have learned. Live out the bible… and well maybe not in twelve weeks (as my weight gain program promises) but definitely soon you will put on weight … spiritual weight that is!

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