Day 8 - Skittles Brought Me to My Demise!

Confessional: I cheated again today. Last time it was with pizza. This, now my second time, was Skittles. I took my son to the movies today and bought us popcorn and Skittles. He and I were sharing the Skittles, innocently, until I remembered that I'm not supposed to be eating candy. The bag was about 1/3 of the way gone, and I knew I couldn't give the rest to him or he'd be sick. So, I tried to keep the rest in my pocket, but I failed. He and I finished the rest together. I am doing so great on this journey in all other ways, but I have now failed twice with food, in the first 8 days. Let's see if I can do better in this area.

This morning I weighed in at 160.2 pounds.

Short workout today:

• 100 push-ups (5X20)
• 40 bicep curls -40 lb. bar- (4X10)

Read from Psalms today.

Psalm 130
Out of the depths I cry to you, O Lord;
O Lord, hear my voice.
Let your ears be attentive
to my cry for mercy.

If you, O Lord, kept a record of sins,
O Lord, who could stand?
But with you there is forgiveness;
therefore you are feared.

I wait for the Lord, my soul waits;
and in his word I put my hope.
My soul waits for the Lord
more than watchmen wait for the morning,
more than watchmen wait for the morning.

O Israel, put your hope in the Lord,
for with the Lord is unfailing love
and with him is full redemption.
He himself will redeem Israel
from all their sins.

No matter how hard we try, we cannot push the Lord away. We sin, and he is still there. I cannot help but to cry out his name. My soul waits to hear his reply. He will hear my call.