December 8, 2008

 Connected By Our Love!

Several years ago as we started to move forward with the New Beginnings Ministry and even The Fitness Angel Show, many issues rose up that impact people, that we felt compelled to address. The issues related to relationships, emotions, spirituality and our physical conditions. How do you deal with these issues with all of our differences?

As we looked at specific issues related to, marital discord, divorce, infidelity, emotional eating, drug addition, cancer, health issues, bad relationships, rejection, suicide, child abuse, adoption, emotional and physical abuse we found they were not related to race, culture, economic or religious background. These issues and so many more are no respecter of where we come from or what we look like. These issues do not care how much money you have or where you live. These issues can and do impact us all.

We determined to move forward in dealing with them by first realizing that none of the issues of life is specific to a culture, economic, racial or religious background. The man or woman at the grocery store that is struggling with the loss of his or her wife due to cancer suffers the same as someone who loved their spouse and lost them and comes from a different racial background. The pain is the same. Issues cross cultural, racial, economic and religious backgrounds, so when we deal with them, we can leave all of those factors out and just deal with the issue.

We are united in our suffering if we can look past our differences. We may deal with our situations differently based on our backgrounds, but we will deal with the same issues. Maybe you would go to your pastor, to the church or go in for counseling while someone from another background was taught not to trust counselors so they try to handle their pain themselves or they try to mask it or medicate it, but we will have to experience it.

These are Kingdom issues and the issue of being separated by our differences has been bothering us for a while. There is no black heaven or white heaven. There is no black or white drug addiction. There is no black, hispanic or white emotional eating problem. There is no black, white or hispanic bad relationship issue and infidelity is not relegated to a race, culture or economic status either, they impact us all.

When my sister cries, I cry, because she is hurting and I do not care what color she is, she is hurting. When my brother suffers because his wife divorced him, I do not look at the situation and blame either of them based on who has what, I encourage and attempt to provide support.

It is time to forget about our differences and focus on the things we have in common. It is time to be obedient to love one another. Revelation 2:4, says 4But I have this against you, that you have abandoned(A) the love you had at first. We have to love God and love each other, not because of what we look like, but because of who we are, God’s children. As a ministry that is our approach. It is about the people, it is about the kingdom. When you hurt we don’t care what you look like, we only care that you hurt and want to know what we can do to help you get better and walk in the purpose God has for you. For us it is about the kingdom not our differences.

It is our prayer that you will adopt and attitude that connects and unites us by our love and stops dividing us by our differences.

Love and Blessings to you from New Beginnings Holistic Fitness Ministries, Inc. and The Fitness Angel Show

 Weekly Scripture:

Revelation 2:4:
4But I have this against you, that you have abandoned(A) the love you had at first.

New Beginnings 2008 Workout Focus
10,000/steps per day or 70,000/steps per week Walking Program*

This is the fitness opportunity that New Beginnings is promoting for 2008. It is simple and easy and almost everyone can participate at whatever level of fitness they are at. All you need is a good pair of walking shoes, comfortable clothing, a pedometer, and you're all set.
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