24 Day Challenge...Day 18

I wasn't able to go for a walk yesterday due to a combination of rain and having to go to town for a dentist appointment (which are always loads of fun), so I made sure to take Miss Thang for a long walk today.  It was nice and cool due to the rain we have had the last 2 days, so it was perfect weather for a walk.  I usually just turn the music on my phone to shuffle whenever I walk, but today I decided to take advantage of the time and listen to one of my favorite preachers, Beth Moore.
On her website she has a weekly sermon that I like to listen to, but have not had a chance to over the last couple of weeks.  She has been doing a really good series about the book of Romans, so I decided to listen to that on my walk.  I figured I could listen to the past 2 sermons that I had missed, one on the way and the other on the way back, and that would give me a good hour long walk.  Like always, one of the things she was talking about really hit me.  She was talking about a verse in Romans 6 that says we must die to sin (Romans 6:11).  She made a statement about that verse that was so good.  She said "We must die to sin, sin doesn't die to us."  Wow!  I started thinking about it and it is so true.  Just because we become Christians doesn't mean that all of the sudden we have no urge to go on sinning.  Think about it, to die is not an easy process, or a fun one.  No matter what sin you are involved in (even if it is the sin of not treating your body as a temple, like me), you must die to that sin.  There is a process involved in that.   It will be uncomfortable sometimes, and a little inconvenient, but in order to really have victory you must go through that process.  I have been going through that process over the last several months, since I was first really convicted about it.  Beth also said that no matter how many times there is a no...God will ALWAYS have a yes when the time is right.  Good stuff!  (If you are interested in listening to Beth Moore click here, I encourage you to listen to the whole series on Romans it is really good)
I have done really good on my foods the last several days, I tried another good recipe tonight.  I made Beef Stew in the crockpot and it was really good.  The cooler weather made me crave some stew.  I also made some corn bread to go along with it.  Although it is a little higher in the carbs, I made sure to avoid high carb foods earlier in the day.  It was really not even much of a recipe since I used a seasoning packet, but I will put it anyways ; ).

Crockpot Beef Stew

1 lb stew meat
2 bags of frozen stew vegetables (or fresh ones if you are not lazy like me ; )
1 packet beef stew seasoning (make sure it is fairly low in sodium)
3 cups water

Place uncooked stew meat in bottom of the crockpot, cover with seasoning, put frozen veggies on top of meat, then cover with water.  Cook on low 8 hours.