Wednesday Weigh In (16) | Time in Between

"Don't take much for this crazy world

To rob me of my peace

And the enemy of my soul

Says you're holding out on me

So I stand here lifting empty hands

For you to fill me up again

But it's the time in between 

That I fall down to my knees

Waiting on what You'll bring

And the things that I can't see

I know my song's incomplete

Still I'll sing in the time in between"

- Francesca Battistelli

I've felt for quite some time now that I'm hanging out in the space in between in so many areas of my life. Work, school, church Belize and now even my jeans are in between! In almost all of these areas I know exactly where I'm headed. OK, maybe not exactly but I have a good general direction. I'm on the right path just haven't arrived yet.

Take my jeans for example since this is a weight loss post. I haven't technically dropped a size yet, however after almost 30 pounds, the size I started in is getting pretty baggy and starting to just hang there. But when I put on the next size down it generally looks (and feels) like it's hanging on for dear life. 

Time in between.

I had a conversation this past weekend with some other people on their own weight loss journey. All of us are taking very different routes but desiring the same results. All of us are doing what works for us in this moment, this in between moment. All of us wondering how you maintain once you reach goal. There is no one right way to get to goal. It's what we learn on the way to goal, that in between time, that determines if we can maintain. 

Did we choose a path that we know we can endure for a short time or as long as we are seeing a loss, but will have to learn new skills to maintain. Or as we go are we consistently gaining new skills that will allow us to maintain once we get there. Even in maintenance, different things will work for different people. There is no one right way. We can all learn from one another.

This applies to so much more than just weight loss. Have we chosen a path for our life that we can endure for a short while, hoping to see quick results or get things cleaned up and then change paths later? Or are we on the path Jesus laid out for us, gaining the skills He needs us to gain along the way to prepare us for our next destination. Holy Spirit guided new destinations or Mandy guided try all the easy paths until I find one that works? If I'm not choosing the path the Holy Spirit is leading me to I am missing out on so much. And I'll most likely feel like something is missing. Something big. And that's because it is.

We must also remember, whether we are talking weight loss or other destinations, no two journey's, the time in between, will look the same. We need to support, encourage and love one another even when our journey's take very different paths. 

In reality that's all this time here on Earth is. Time in between.

P.S. Today's weight loss was .8 pounds making my total 29.2 pounds... That's 20% of my goal!