BrandonM.B’s BodyBlog

I feel like such a selfish JERK, because I forgot to do this blog today, too busy with my broken heart and hurting inside.  But what does that matter?…. Amysuds is doing her first comp this weekend! And she has worked like a pro at this, just check out her progress pics, doesn’t she look totally phenomenal!? WOW..OK, unless you live under a rock you probably know about Amy’s comp, and have already wished her all the best, but what the heck, I’ll say this anyway: Go wish her all the best and pump her up for the amazing performance she will have, she has been kind and supportive to so many so it’s the least we can do!  
Thanks and God bless y’all:)

Sometimes in life all we have is God…things fall apart, every door is slammed shut and all we can do is pray and worship. To some this may see like a disaster, but I know it is a blessing…

I remember that first month of being baptized, I had NO money, NO job, all I did was train, worship, pray and tell others about the Lord Jesus and His plan of salvation…every day was a new possibility, and it was WONDERFUL! Granted, I like knowing that I can buy groceries, aside from that life has become too complicated.

I am ANGRY at myself because this weeks training was not what it could have been, angry that I let myself be distracted from the prize…

But I will train harder than ever, if I can get that weight for an extra 1 or 2 I’m going to do it, EVERY lift, not just some. I will practice my posing every day until I get it right! I will read the Scripture with new fervor, I will spend more time in prayer, I will praise God more…I will do better at my job to glorify Him. When all you have is your work and the Lord, it’s best to make the most of it, no point in thinking about anything else.

God bless

  I’m thinking about a conversation I had at work with a young woman named Katy, a cute red-head with bright blue eyes. I saw her pull out some rolling papers, and as a former pot head, I know what those were for! Anyway, I mention that I was four months sober, and that I had wanted to quit because I was tired of feeling blah all the time. I mentioned that not matter how hard I tried, I couldn’t, because part of me still liked it and wanted to do it…but then I got baptized in the name of Jesus Christ, and still smoked it for another week; then one day, POOF…I simply stopped; that powerful desire was gone! She actually listened, interested in hearing my testimony…

She mentioned that she was raised baptist, and thought that it was cool that I wanted to do more with my life and start putting the Lord first…she also used to lift weights and we talked about weight training/bodybuilding as well. We also talked about church and worship, but when I asked about her going to church she said something that kinda stuck

‘’I'm not really looking for religion right now, I can always come back to God later."

Some thoughts I have are, a) we are all seeking something

and b) you can only walk a fence so long before you fall!

You see, marijuana WAS my religion, when I was depressed or angry, I would get high to numb myself, when I was happy, I would get high to celebrate…I had low self-esteem, so I would sleep w/ girls who weren’t neccesarily good for me…all this was a religion. Even bodybuilding; I started out when I was still using, thinking that big muscles would improve my self-esteem…the problem was that I was depending on all these things for my joy and self worth!

In life, we all have a religion! But let us not base our faith in things that pass away and bring only temporary happiness at best; but let your religion be based on faith in the Lord Jesus Christ, who was God in the flesh and gave that flesh as a sacrifice for our salvation. God is love, God never fails, and God knows us better than ourselves and He knows what we need!

If any of my brothers and sisters read this, please pray for Katy that she may run back to God before it is too late! God bless you all.

   There is no doubt, we are all searching for something, we all have this whole inside that needs to be filled. But God puts this hole there for a reason…it is meant for Him and Him alone!

We try to fill it up with so many things, sex, drugs, relationships, possesions,  some even do it with good works! But whether it be selfish or noble things, nothing can fill a God sized whole except God. Something happened, many decided that because we have knowledge of the Word of God, that we don’t need God anymore; that we are too smart for God now…if you take a look at what has happened to public schools over the last 60 years for example, we can conclude that this is WRONG(before prayer was banned from schools, the worst disciplinary problems were chewing gum and talking in class, after the fact it became kids getting shot and using drugs on campus,ect)  If anything, we need Jesus more than ever!

I talked about the power of faith a couple of blogs ago, and faith is the beggining of any relationship. Communication is also critical…and the way to communicate to the Lord Jesus is prayer. But do we only talk to our loved ones to ask for things? Or sometimes do we say thank you, I appreciate you, you are wonderful, I love you?  God is no different!  

One of the best things we can pray for is that His will be done…His will is for us to have life eternal in His Kingdom. Also, what is His will for us individually?  When we open up the lines of communication to the Lord, we are opening up great new possibilities by openly inviting Him into our lives…what Jesus wants for us is always far greater than what we try to reach for and accomplish on our own power alone…and we end up having far more joy than we would have had before. Nothing compares to the promise we have if we beleive in Him and His Word.

Here is some scripture for you, this ties in very strongly with I am trying to say:

Master, which is the great commandment in the law? Jesus said unto him, ‘Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind. This is the first and great commandment.  And the second is like unto it, thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself.’  Matthew 22:36-39

Everybody please go support Gymrat0226, aka Jenny!  She has worked SO hard for her first figure comp, so lend her some big time encouragement!!!

Everything has been so wonderful lately, praise the Lord!Hearing back good reports on prayers answered, whether it be winning shows, finding lost objects or healing the sick; all this increases my faith…faith that the God I serve is the one true God, faith that he loves, and faith that he hears and answers my prayers! Faith is where it all begins.

My pastor had a sermon about faith…he asked what the most important quality a person could have in God’s eyes… and the answer was faith! Training hard means nothing if you don’t have faith that you will get results, and prayers are worthless without faith that they will be answered. So far to say, it is IMPOSSIBLE to please God without it.  Imagine a relationship where you didn’t have any faith in the other person, it would be horrible; love could not florish at all! God is like us in many repsects…

I want to share this bit of scripture with everyone, I pray you will understand the message of what is being said

 ’And He said unto His disciples, therefore I say unto you, Take no thought for your life, what ye shall eat: neither for the body, what ye shall put on. The life is more than meat and the body is more than rainment. Consider the ravens: for they neither sow nor reap; which neither have storehouse nor barn: and God feedeth them: how much more are ye better than fowls? And which of you taking thought can add to his stature one cubit? If ye then be not able to do that thing which is least, why take ye thought for the rest? Consider the lillies how they grow: they toil not, they spin not, and yet I say unto you, that Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these. If God then so the grass, whihc is today in the field, adn tomorrow is cast in the oven; how much more will He clothe you, O ye of little faith? And seek not ye what ye shall eat, or what ye shall drink, neither be ye of doubtful mind. For all these things shall be added unto you. For all these things do the nations of the world seek after; and your Father knoweth that you have need of these things.

But rather seek ye the kingdom of God; and all these things shall be added unto you."  Luke 12:22-31

Lord, I thirst for you

And I long to be in your presence

My soul waits for you

Father draw me nearer, draw me nearer

to the beauty of your holiness

I will wait on you, Almighty God

In the beauty of your holiness

I will worship you, alimighty God

In the beauty of your holiness