Goodbye Diet Coke...

If you ever spend much time with me at all you know what a diet coke junkie I am.  It's  rediculous!!!  For years I have craved it, drove out of my way for it, begged for it, and just downright lived off of it.  I was a "diet coke head."  Now I am not stupid.  I know this cannot be healthy.  But still I run to my diet coke...sometimes up to a 2 liter a day.  So I began feeling convicted about this (a long time ago)  But it is just diet coke!!!!  come on people.  or should I say...Come on GOD?????  ANYWAY, it is not always going to be easy...as I deny myself the wonderful acidic treat that only a McDonalds DC ever seemed to be able to satisfy but  it is time.  WHY NOW? Well, for one I am an all or nothin kinda gal and I just can't seem to be satisfied with one here or there (at least not right now) and also and most importantly I felt that my God was saying to me SERIOUSLY ALYSSA?!?!?! And He gave me a purpose bigger than myself to help me stay focused on giving it up.   A CHALLENGE.  Take the $$$ you are pouring into satisfying your self and use that to sponser a child in Haiti or Hondorus.  Now I have always wanted to do this and kept thinking that I would get around to it.  But here I am finally submitting.  BECAUSE I promised my precious daughter this past summer that we would sponser a child from Lifeline.  She desperatly wants to do this and God has said to me,"It is time."  Pray for us all as I withdraw from my addiction and also that God will guide us to the girl (Grace wants a sister) that we can bless with our support and correspondence.  We are not taking this lightly.  To us we are taking on another child in another country to become one of our family and we are excited and blessed to finally be doing it.  I will let you know more later.