One of my favorite zombie movies is Resident Evil. It’s not just the plot of the Umbrella Corporation conjuring up an illness that makes people crazy or the zombies themselves but usually it’s the leading lady, Alice, who kicks everyone’s butt that makes the movie even more great. When I’m at the gym lifting some serious weight, I feel like the leading lady in my own story but what happens when I’m not the leading Lady but the zombie? I felt like that this week as I was banned from the gym by my friends because I am sick.
I should’ve known something was up when 75 pounds seemed too much for me to lift on Monday. It was the beginning stages of the infection. Later that day, I was sent home from my work with a fever and spent the next day lying on the couch sleeping the day away. So what did I do the next day? I worked out at home. Unfortunately it was yoga.
These past couple of months I’ve been going through some emotional things which reminds me of being infected. A little bit of anger and bitterness mixed with injustice when left unchecked began to infect my thoughts and behavior.
Philippians 4:8 Finally, brothers, whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable--if anything is excellent or praiseworthy--think about such things.
I was not following the verse above and allowing my thoughts to think on the worse things. It wasn’t until I finally opened up to God about what was going on that the healing began.
Psalm 139:23-24 ESV
Search me, O God, and know my heart! Try me and know my thoughts! And see if there be any grievous way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting!
I realized that God is for me and if something isn’t in my life like a door closed on an opportunity or a person left my life then it’s because it didn’t need to be in my life. Trust me, I am still working on keeping my thoughts aligned on positive concepts but it does get better as I make it a habit. Then I'll be the hero and not the zombie!
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