{"id":2937,"date":"2020-01-10T03:30:52","date_gmt":"2020-01-10T09:30:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.weighdownchronicles.com\/?p=2937"},"modified":"2020-01-10T03:30:52","modified_gmt":"2020-01-10T09:30:52","slug":"2937-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gwenshamblinbooks.com\/?p=2937","title":{"rendered":"Will Weigh Down Work for Me?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A major concern in starting WeighDown may be \u201cHow can this work for me?\u201d because: 1) \u201cI am not particularly religious anymore\u201d and \u201cI feel a distance between me and God because I have been told this is a chronic disease or genetic and I see no cure,\u201d or 2) \u201cI have tried every diet 10 times, every diet pill and exercise, and failed miserably\u2014so how can this work?\u201d What we are really asking is&#8230; \u201cAm I a failure? Has God forgotten me?\u201d Well, you are not a failure, it is not genetic, and the Heavenly Father is not sabotaging you, and everyone is religious in that we are all bowing down to something or someone. Religion is simply what we adore or worship\u2014what makes our pulse rate go up when we think about it, whether it be food, alcohol, tobacco, sports, computer games, TV, lusts, hobbies, the pursuit of fortune, etc. We are giving our heart and soul over to people or praise of man. 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