What do you do now?

So I have been in this funk lately. Not really sure why, not really sure how I got into this funk, but I have been in a funk. Maybe it is a lack of REM sleep, maybe it is a lack of food, I don’t know what it is. But I realized something that I haven’t thought about before. As I am driving into work this morning, I am listening to a local christian radio station. Now you may stop and think about all of the weird and crazy christian stations that only play music from like 10 years ago, but this is actually a pretty cool station. This morning they a guy that was on NBC’s The Biggest Loser last year, and he just so happened to be a pastor. This guy said something that made me start to think about what may be missing in my life.

“I was not loving myself, which made it hard for me to love others.”

That was what he said, that was how he decided he needed to do something to take care of himself. He lost 155 pounds on the Biggest Loser, and he said he hasn’t put much of the weight back on. But this thought about loving myself so I can love others struck me.

As I read through different passages, I feel like I hear a lot of times that we are too put others in front of us. The idea of a humble heart. Now please don’t get me wrong, because I want to strive to have a humble heart the rest of my life. But is it ever possible that we need to be able to take some time and think about ourselves?

How do you love yourself? Do you gorge you face in Mexican food? Do you go to the gym and build your muscles? Do you go out for a run?

I think what I have been doing so much is looking at an outwardly appearance of myself and not thinking about the inside. I strive to get to the gym and get in shape, I strive to eat healthy, and those things will help the inside, but its not the inside that is important.

The heart is what is important. I have not tried to take a break and enjoy life, and love where I am in a long time. I have been on a roller coaster and being able to stop and smell the roses every once in a while I believe is one of the most Godly and spiritual things we can do in our lives.

When we take the time to look back, think about where we are, what God has blessed us with, what God has brought to us, what God has supplied us with, where God has lead us, Where God may be leading us too in the future. When we are able to do that, and know that we are loved by a God that loves us more than we can ever imagine. Then I think we can love the people that are around us like we are called to.

Maybe that is the funk I am in. So maybe I need to take the time and smell the roses more often.

How do you get yourself out of a funk?