Truly Inspired

It is Tuesday! Tuesday in our house is Biggest Loser Night. The Biggest Loser is one of my all time favorite shows. I am a sucker for The Biggest Loser. I love the stories of the people that are on the show. I love watching them succeed in something that they have failed at most of their lives. I love watching them get to the core problems in their life that has caused them to be broken and hurt and turn to eating as a solution. I love watching them lose weight and gain self-esteem and confidence.

Almost every single week I sit on my couch and watch The Biggest Loser and cry. My family makes fun of me. I’m totally fine with that. The show truly inspires me. Over the past 10 years, I have gained weight and lost weight. Gained weight and lost weight. I never struggled with my weight growing up or in college. When I hit age 25, it was like 25lbs hit me. It has been a battle for me.

Every single Tuesday I sit on my couch and I am inspired by the people I’m watching. I am moved by their commitment. I watch personal trainers lead exercises that get results. I watch professional chefs give cooking tips and weight loss tips and it inspires me. I am inspired to lose the weight I need to lose. I can feel it. Tomorrow I’m going to the gym. But as I watch, I feel the need for a bowl of ice cream. Sometimes we are out of ice cream so I pop a bag of popcorn. Popcorn is somewhat light and doesn’t fill me up so I might grab some chips and salsa and eat that while I watch.

You know what I’ve learned recently…There is a huge difference between inspiration and transformation.

Just because I am inspired doesn’t mean I will be transformed. Inspiration requires that I feel something…transformation requires that I do something. I think can do the same exact thing as Christians. We have more access to information than ever before. We have online churches and blogs and books and conferences and Google. We have access to so much information yet we experience so little transformation.

Over the past three months, I’ve been able to lose 20lbs. I have about 20 more to go, but I am excited about my progress. A few weeks ago, I was laying in bed arguing with myself about getting up and going to the gym. I finally said to myself, “Laying here is what made you fat. The only thing you gain by laying here is weight.” Inspiration doesn’t change us over the long term. We need to seek transformation. We need to start applying all of the things we know in our heart to our lives.

Maybe you are seeking inspiration in a relationship…but what you need is transformation.

Maybe you desire inspiration to improve your marriage…but what you need is transformation.

Maybe you are looking for inspiration to be the mom or dad you know you should be…but what you need is transformation.

Inspiration comes as we acquire more information. Transformation comes as we apply what we know to our lives.

Our prayer is that RefineUs is a tool of transformation not just inspiration.

Have you confused inspiration with transformation?